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CLEP General Mathematics: Arithmetic Basics

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1. 1/2 - 1/3 - 2/3 - -5/8






2. A quadrilateral with two pairs of congruent - parallel sides.






3. To indicate the subtraction operation - to indicate a negative integer value






4. ' x percent' = ?






5. What are the only prime factors that a fraction resulting in a terminating decimals have?






6. A sign of grouping can be omitted when it






7. Why are Even Exponents dangerous?






8. A unit for measuring area






9. The difference between the least and greatest values in a set of numbers.






10. A Polygon is a closed shape formed by






11. A triangle that has three equal sides and three equal angles






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






13. Odd / Even = ? e.g. 9/6 = 1.5






14. Is equal to zero. 0 x a = 0






15. Area of a Rhombus is?






16. Every lesser homogeneous number is contained in a greater either as an aliquot or an aliquant part.






17. A solid figure that has two congruent - parallel polygons as its bases. Its sides are parallelograms






18. A value that combines a whole number and a fractional amount






19. Unit Profit = ?






20. The difference between the least and greatest values in a set of numbers






21. The result of the division called the






22. A combination of numbers and variables connected by one or more operations signs






23. A terminating decimal only arises as a result of an integer _____________. i.e. the denominator should only have prime factors of 2 and/or 5






24. Step 1: Find any integer greater than 1 that can be divided evenly into both the numerator and denominator. Step 2: Divide the numerator and denominator by the integer from Step 1. Repeat Steps until the fraction is completely reduced.






25. Is the opposite of raising fractions to higher terms.






26. The ratio of a number to 100 (per one hundred). The symbol %






27. An equation stating that two ratios are equal






28. 1 to any power is equal to






29. Consecutive Integers alternate between ___ and ___ ? e.g. 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - E -O -E -O -E






30. The purpose of the first step in Changing Integer Subtraction to Integer Addition is to






31. The result of muliplying two or more numbers






32. That which is referred to Unity as a Whole to a Part as - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - etc..






33. This is an addition problem. Although the addends both have negative values - you still add their absolute values.






34. The largest integer that can be divided evenly into both the numerator and denominator.






35. Odd / Odd = ? e.g. 15/5 = 3 e.g. 15/25 = 0.6






36. The Sum of n consecutive integers is divisible by n. What does this tell us about n - and why?






37. The sum of a group of numbers divided by the number of numbers; also known as the average






38. A parallelogram with four right angles






39. What is the formula forCounting consecutive multiples?






40. What's the reciprocal of v6 - and why?






41. 1 to any power is equal to






42. Is a term used to express quantity indefinitely and universally - such as 'a certain number' - 'some' etc...






43. A number with an exponent of 2 is often said to be






44. Three or more line segments in a plane that forms a closed figure. The line segments never cross but meet at their endpoints.






45. You can Never pick a value for Every variable e.g. when the variables are related to each other through an equation






46. What rule is essential to follow when solving ABSOLUTE VALUE EQUATIONS?






47. Expresses fractional parts that are greater than 1.






48. A known quantity we refer to as One.






49. When a denominator of a fraction is 9 - 99 - 999 or another power of 10 minus 1 - what's an easy way of determining the REPEATING DIGITS of the decimal equivalent of the fraction?






50. Always perform combinations of multiplication and division before