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CLEP College Algebra Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. skip-counting by any given number Ex: 4 - 8 - 12 - 16...
Inequality
experimental probability
multiple
y-intercept
2. The distance across a circle through its center (is also twice the radius)
Inverse Operation
integers
diameter
slope intercept form
3. Is the difference of the greatest value and the least value in a set of data.
scale model
Equivalent Equations
range
rational number
4. A method of writing very large or very small numbers by using powers of 10
probability of an event
unit rate
Pythagorean triple
scientific notation
5. A whole number that has exactly two factors - 1 and itself.
range
rate
absolute value
prime number
6. The product of any number and one is that number.
associative property of addition
domain
associative property of multiplication
multiplication identity property
7. The sum of a number and its opposite is zero.
formula
additive inverse property
base
scale model
8. When the GCF of the numerator and denominator is 1
perfect square
like terms
simplest form
prime number
9. In an expression are separated by addition and subtraction signs
dependent event (probability)
terms
exponent
unit rate
10. What should occur in a probability experiment...an experiment is not actually done
cube
output
theoretical probability
quadrant
11. The sum of a number and zero is always that number.
additive identity property
volume
coordinate plane
like terms
12. one of four sections into which the coordinate plane is divided
height
monomial
diameter
quadrant
13. The smallest multiple that two or more numbers have in common
theoretical probability
least common multiple
repeating decimal
Equivalent Inequalities
14. A number that has a whole number for a square root ex: 9 - 16 - 121
principal
mean
like terms
perfect square
15. A number that has more than two factors
composite
Inequality
perfect square
base
16. A line segment from the center of a circle to any point on the circle (is also half the diameter)
radius
multiplication identity property
fundamental counting principle
area
17. A diagram used to show the total number of possible outcomes in an experiment
numerical expression
interest
theoretical probability
tree diagram (probability)
18. 3.1415.... is an irrational number resulting from the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter
coordinate plane
Pi
range
monomial
19. The distance a number is from 0 on the number line - value of n is written l n l
least common multiple
base
absolute value
Pi
20. An equation whose answers are ordered pairs (x -y) and whose answers graph a straight line
surface area
linear equation
domain
dependent event (probability)
21. The total area of the 2-dimensional surfaces that make up a 3-dimensional object.
tree diagram (probability)
dependent event (probability)
surface area
absolute value
22. An event that is not affected by another event.
independent event (probability)
associative property of multiplication
Pythagorean triple
simplest form
23. A term that has no variable and does not change
Pythagorean Theorem
composite
constant
circumference
24. A pair of numbers - (x - y) - that indicate the position of a point on a coordinate plane.
rate
interest
ordered pair
additive inverse property
25. probability based on what happens when an experiment is actually done
prime number
x-intercept
experimental probability
repeating decimal
26. Is the value in a data set that occurs most often. If all values occur the same amount of times there is no mode for that set.
mode
scientific notation
equation
additive identity property
27. A(b + c) = ab + ac - an + ac = a(b+ c)
distributive property
Pythagorean Theorem
circle
least common multiple
28. A ratio that compares two quantities measured in different units
base
additive inverse property
rate
equation
29. Changing the grouping of terms will not change the sum - (a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
associative property of addition
additive inverse property
least common denominator
rational number
30. A statement that compares two quantities using < - > - = -= - or ?
coordinate plane
ordered pair
proportion
Inequality
31. Is the number that is repeatedly multiplied in a power
Isolate the variable
Inverse Operation
greatest common factor
base
32. The perpendicular (90 degrees) distance from the base of a triangle to the opposite vertex
equivalent ratios
mean
additive inverse property
height
33. The order in which operations in an expression to be evaluated are carried out. 1. parentheses 2. exponets 3. multiplication and divison 4. addition and subtraction
additive identity property
order of operations
combinations
irrational number
34. A ratio whose denominator is 100
cube
volume
percent
ratio
35. Inequalities that have the same solution
Equivalent Inequalities
input
perimeter
Inverse Operation
36. A model of an object in which the dimensions are in proportion to the actual dimensions of the object.
irrational number
scale model
probability of an event
terms
37. The order of the factors does not change the product a x b = b x a
principal
commutative property of multiplication
least common multiple
radius
38. The steepness of a line on a graph - rise over run
domain
proportion
slope
Equivalent Inequalities
39. A
power
Pythagorean Theorem
opposite
median
40. An equation that shows a relationship among two or more quantities
Pythagorean Theorem
cube
associative property of addition
formula
41. The bottom of a triangle
base
distributive property
radius
order of operations
42. Number of favorable outcomes divided by total number of possible outcomes
fundamental counting principle
distributive property
probability of an event
perfect square
43. The point where a graph crosses the x-axis
combinations
equivalent fractions
x-intercept
scale model
44. The x-value in a function
solving an equation
input
output
scientific notation
45. A single term made up of numbers and variables
percent
monomial
y-intercept
Pythagorean Theorem
46. The y-value in a function
output
equivalent fractions
composite
scale model
47. A comparison of two numbers by division
evaluate
prime number
ratio
principal
48. The least common multiple of the denominators of two or more fractions.
least common denominator
simplest form
probability of an event
Inequality
49. A way to figure out the total number of ways different events can occur. If there are a ways for one activity to occur - and b ways for a second activity to occur - then there are a * b ways for both to occur.
prime factorization
fundamental counting principle
median
output
50. To get a variable alone on one side of an equation or inequality in order to solve the equation or inequality
numerical expression
absolute value
Isolate the variable
Pythagorean Theorem