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CLEP General Mathematics: Geometry
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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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1. Not convex
scalene triangle
The square root of a is a number b
concave
tangent
2. Coplanar lines that do not intersect
parallel lines
Leonhard Euler
Area of a square
Obtuse angle
3. Concave
Area of a circle
inverse
corresponding angles (with parallel lines)
nonconvex
4. Two lines in the same plane that extend infinitely in both directions and never intersect - coplanar lines that do not intersect - lines in a plane that never intersect.
Area of a square
Parallel lines
centroid of a triangle
side of an angle
5. The two congruent sides of an isosceles triangle
legs of an isosceles triangle
regular polygon
Isosceles triangle
Obtuse triangle
6. A ray is part of a line with one endpoint and extending infi nitely in one direction - (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point - A part of a line - with one endpoint - that continues without end in one direction.
Ray
cylinder
Altitude of a Triangle
Scalene triangle
7. A three-sided polygon
Sum of the measures in a triangle
equal
median of a triangle
triangle
8. Planes that do not intersect
parallel planes
plane
quadrangle
midpoint
9. Two angles that lie between the two parallel lines on opposite sides of the transversal.
Area of a trapezoid
Obtuse angle
parallelogram
alternate interior angles
10. Objects on the same line
collinear
equal
Intersecting lines
intersection
11. The point of intersection of the legs of an isosceles triangle
Degree
diameter (object)
heptagon
vertex of an isosceles triangle
12. An arc that measures 180 degrees
nonconvex
semicircle
diameter
Straight angle
13. The square of the hypotenuse c of a right triangle equals the sum of the squares of the other two sides - a and b.
space
ray
Pythagorean theorem
legs of an isosceles triangle
14. A triangle with no two sides congruent
scalene triangle
Isosceles triangle
tangent
Volume of a rectangular solid
15. Two equal sides - a triangle with two equal sides - A triangle with at least 2 congruent sides.
linear pair of angles
Isosceles triangle
point of concurrency
Degree
16. Half of a sphere form through bisection by a plane
Base of an Isosceles triangle
right angle
hemisphere
pentadecagon
17. The sum of the measures in any triangle is 180 degrees.
centroid of a triangle
Angle of a Polygon
Sum of the measures in a triangle
major arc
18. The length of the altitude
Volume of a pyramid
height
diameter
parallelogram
19. A line that touches a curve at only one point.
equilateral
tangent
counterexample
dodecagon
20. Switches the hypothesis and the conclusion and negates both
icosagon
vertex of a polygon
contrapositive
pentagon
21. An arc that measures less than 180 degrees
Perpendicular lines
minor arc
pentagon
angle bisector
22. The ratio of a circles circumference to its diameter. (approximately 3.141592653589...
pi
Isosceles triangle
icosagon
semicircle
23. Sides in a polygon that are connected by a vertex
pentagon
Euler Line
Supplementary angles
consecutive sides
24. A segment that is drawn from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to a side of the polygon. An apothem of a regular polygon is a perpendicular line segment from its center to one of its sides.
space
consecutive sides
Apothem
complementary angles
25. Half of a line
inscribed
ray
Sum of the measures in a triangle
semicircle
26. A structure that is used to support weight from above.
triangle
orthocenter
altitude of a pyramid or cone
Arch
27. A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides
parallelogram
equiangular
height
Supplementary angles
28. Equiangular quadrilateral
Perimeter of a square
rectangle
skew lines
parallel planes
29. Segment that connects any two nonconsecutive vertices of a polygon
diagonal of a polygon
consecutive vertices
Complementary angles
intersection
30. An equilateral quadrilateral
Line segment
consecutive vertices
rhombus
Right angle
31. 1/360 of a complete revolution - A unit used to measure distances around a circle. One degree equals 1/360 of a full circle - A unit of angle measure.
Degree
nonagon
Right triangle
alternate interior angles
32. A triangle with 2 equal sides.
Perimeter of a square
converse
centroid of a triangle
Isosceles triangle
33. Seven sided polygon
Acute triangle
scalene triangle
heptagon
median of a triangle
34. The amount of surface inside a circle.
area of a circle
skew lines
Straight angle
rhombus
35. The perpendicular segment form a vertx to the line containing the opposite side.
Altitude of a Triangle
vertex of an angle
pyramid
pentagon
36. (1.) By using a letter or a number inside the angle. Thus - we would name the angle (read 'angle alpha'). (2.) By using the vertex letter only - such as A. (3.) By using three letters - one from each ray - with the vertex letter in the middle. The
point of concurrency
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
conditional statement
right triangle
37. Swiss mathematician (1707-1783). He is known for his prolific output and the fact that he continued to produce seminal results even after going blind. He invented graph theory with the Seven Bridges of Konigsberg problem and introduced the modern not
vertex angle of an isosceles triangle
Sum of the measures in a triangle
Leonhard Euler
trapezoid
38. A parallelogram with four equal sides not at right angles to each other.
rhombus
Angle
Arc
protractor
39. A triangle with at least two congruent sides
Area of a parallelogram
Intersecting lines
alternate interior angles
isosceles triangle
40. A tool used to measure angles
minor arc
line segment
secant
protractor
41. A point at the end of a segment or ray
Volume of a circular cylinder
endpoint
median of a triangle
side of a polygon
42. The two sides of a right triangle that form the right angle
intersection
Point
nonagon
legs of a right triangle
43. A point that divides a segment into two congruent segments
triangle
midpoint
skew lines
centroid of a triangle
44. An example that shows a statement to be false
counterexample
midpoint
diagonal of a polygon
rhombus
45. Two non-collinear rays with a common endpoint.
Angle
median of a triangle
Sides of an angle
point
46. A term used to describe two numbers having the same value
Euler Line
equal
Ray
point
47. No equal sides - a triangle with no two sides of equal length - no congruent sides - A triangle with three sides of different lengths.
line segment
Scalene triangle
kite
rhombus
48. All elements that are in any of two (or more) sets or figures
side of a polygon
union
Base of an Isosceles triangle
linear pair of angles
49. An eleven-sided polygon
alternate interior angles
Equilateral triangle
Altitude of a Triangle
undecagon
50. A solid figure that has a circular base and one vertex. The intersection of a cone with a plane through the vertex - perpendicular to the base will be a traingle.
Perimeter of a square
cylinder
collinear
cone