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CLEP College Algebra Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Changing the grouping of factors will not change the product - (ab)c = a(bc)






2. special polyhedron with faces that are all squares






3. A term that has no variable and does not change






4. Consists of numbers and operations






5. The largest factor that two or more numbers have in common.






6. What should occur in a probability experiment...an experiment is not actually done






7. The point in the exact middle of a circle






8. All possible arrangements of a collection of things - where the order is important. The number of ______________ of n distinct objects is n






9. The distance a number is from 0 on the number line - value of n is written l n l






10. The steepness of a line on a graph - rise over run






11. The original amount of money loaned or borrowed






12. Apr - the percent of the principal you pay or earn a year






13. An expression constructed from a set of terms by multiplying each term by a constant and adding the results.






14. Is the middle value in a data set where the numbers are ordered least to greatest






15. Is the amount paid for borrowing or lending money






16. Is the number that is repeatedly multiplied in a power






17. A number written as the product of its prime factors






18. A number that has a whole number for a square root ex: 9 - 16 - 121






19. The product of any number and one is that number.






20. An event who's outcome does depend on the outcome of a previous event






21. Is a number made of repeated factors






22. A ratio whose denominator is 100






23. A diagram used to show the total number of possible outcomes in an experiment






24. The distance across a circle through its center (is also twice the radius)






25. A ratio that compares two quantities measured in different units






26. A number that can be written as a/b where a and b are integers - but b is not equal to 0.






27. A set of three positive integers that work in the pythagorean theorem






28. The number that is on the other side of 0 and is exactly the same distance away from 0






29. Number of favorable outcomes divided by total number of possible outcomes






30. A rate that has a denominator of 1






31. operations that undo each other - such as addition and subtraction






32. In a sum - you can add terms in any order - a + b = b + a






33. 3.1415.... is an irrational number resulting from the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter






34. In an expression are separated by addition and subtraction signs






35. Fractions that have the same value and the same simplest form






36. The y-value in a function






37. A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself






38. An equation whose answers are ordered pairs (x -y) and whose answers graph a straight line






39. The smallest multiple that two or more numbers have in common






40. 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






41. Finding all the solutions of an equation






42. The ratio of the number of ways the event can occur to the number of ways the event cannot occur. Favorable over Unfavorable.






43. The set of all the output (y-values) for a function






44. probability based on what happens when an experiment is actually done






45. A pair of numbers - (x - y) - that indicate the position of a point on a coordinate plane.






46. Is the set of all points that are an equal distance from a point called the center






47. An event that is not affected by another event.






48. To find the value of an expression






49. A plane that is divided into four regions by a horizontal line called the x-axis and a vertical line called the y-axis - aka 'the Cartesian plane' after Ren






50. A method of writing very large or very small numbers by using powers of 10