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CLEP College Algebra Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The number that is on the other side of 0 and is exactly the same distance away from 0






2. A ratio whose denominator is 100






3. A number that has more than two factors






4. The distance around a circle.






5. Is the amount paid for borrowing or lending money






6. one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2






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






8. Number in front of a variable






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






10. A single term made up of numbers and variables






11. A(b + c) = ab + ac - an + ac = a(b+ c)






12. A number that can not be written a/b






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






14. The sum of the values in a data set divided by the number of values in the set






15. Finding all the solutions of an equation






16. Is a number made of repeated factors






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






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






19. The original amount of money loaned or borrowed






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






21. The bottom of a triangle






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






23. Inequalities that have the same solution






24. Changing the grouping of terms will not change the sum - (a + b) + c = a + (b + c)






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






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






27. Terms that have identical variable parts raised to the same power






28. The point where a graph crosses the x-axis






29. To get a variable alone on one side of an equation or inequality in order to solve the equation or inequality






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






31. A






32. The number of square units needed to cover a flat surface






33. A line segment from the center of a circle to any point on the circle (is also half the diameter)






34. A relation that assigns exactly one output value for each input value






35. An equation that states that two ratios are equal - Ex: 1/2 = x/10






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






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






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






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






40. The amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object






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






42. Ratios that have the same value.






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






44. skip-counting by any given number Ex: 4 - 8 - 12 - 16...






45. The order of the factors does not change the product a x b = b x a






46. The x-value in a function






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






48. A model of an object in which the dimensions are in proportion to the actual dimensions of the object.






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






50. A decimal in which one or more digits repeat infinitely