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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. One of the line segments that makes a polygon
side of a polygon
prism
Sum of the measures in a triangle
icosagon
2. (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
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
Bi-conditional statement
circle
diameter
3. The perpendicular segment form a vertx to the line containing the opposite side.
undecagon
Altitude of a Triangle
Arc
Circumference
4. An angle greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees - an angle between 90 and 180 degrees - An angle that measures more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.
inscribed
Obtuse angle
incenter
tangent
5. An equilateral quadrilateral
inscribed
rhombus
hypotenuse of a right triangle
Apothem
6. A ray - with endpoint on the vertex - that divides an angle into two congruent coplanar angles
converse
Right triangle
Right angle
angle bisector
7. No line that contains a side of the polygon contains a point in the interior of the polygon
convex
Area of a circle
endpoint
semicircle
8. The point where more than two line intersect
point of concurrency
line
angle bisector
Perpendicular lines
9. A statement that can be written in if-then form
Volume of a rectangular solid
conditional statement
central angle
Supplementary angles
10. A point that divides a line segment into two equal parts.
consecutive angles
sphere
radius (object)
midpoint
11. Non-parallel - non-intersecting lines
Point
skew lines
supplementary angles
nonconvex
12. Angles whose measures add to 90 degrees - two angles whose sum is a right angle - Angles whose measure adds up to 90 degrees.
scalene triangle
nonagon
Volume of a sphere
Complementary angles
13. The author / editor of 'The Elements'
Euclid
midpoint
rectangle
concurrent
14. 10 sided polygon
decagon
central angle
conditional statement
Acute triangle
15. The sum of the lengths of the sides of a polygon.
pentadecagon
cylinder
equiangular
perimeter
16. The ratio of a circles circumference to its diameter. (approximately 3.141592653589...
Obtuse angle
plane
pi
scalene triangle
17. A line passing through the circumcenter - centroid - and orthocenter of a triangle
midpoint
altitude of a pyramid or cone
alternate interior angles
Euler Line
18. Objects on the same line
Circle
collinear
pentagon
Euler segment
19. A line that intersects a (coplanar) circle at exactly one point
Arc
supplementary angles
Acute angle
tangent
20. An eleven-sided polygon
pentagon
trapezoid
undecagon
tangent
21. 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.
pentadecagon
minor arc
cone
The square root of a is a number b
22. Seven sided polygon
parallel lines
semicircle
heptagon
vertical angles
23. A quadrilateral with two pairs of adjacent - congruent sides
kite
conditional statement
Perimeter of a rectangle
angle bisector
24. Point of concurrency of the altitudes of a triangle
altitude of a cylinder or prism
obtuse angle
Pythagorean theorem
orthocenter
25. Concave
square
nonconvex
rectangle
incenter
26. Any 2D figure with parallel bases (of length a) and height (b) - that has constant width (a) will have area ab.
Volume of a circular cylinder
regular polygon
Cavalieri Principle
radius (number)
27. A piece of a line using A and B as endpoints - part of a line with two endpoints - A part of a line between two endpoints.
Perimeter of a rectangle
Line segment
median of a triangle
Isosceles triangle
28. Extends infinitely in both directions. A spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent.
median of a triangle
Sides of an angle
line
Volume of a pyramid
29. A point at the end of a segment or ray
cube
pyramid
collinear
endpoint
30. Not convex
median of a triangle
semicircle
vertex of an angle
concave
31. C = (Pi)d = 2(Pi)r - the size of something as given by the distance around it - the length of the closed curve of a circle - 2pr - Pi
Angle
centroid of a triangle
collinear
Circumference
32. The point that is the same distance from all the points on the circle
legs of an isosceles triangle
center of a circle
skew lines
hemisphere
33. A = 1/2bh (b = base - h = height)
side of a polygon
Area of a parallelogram
Equilateral triangle
vertex of an angle
34. A line that touches a curve at only one point.
Parallel lines
line
orthocenter
tangent
35. An angle in a circle formed by two chords with a common endpoint
Parallel lines
centroid of a triangle
inscribed angle in a circle
Point
36. A = 1/2bh (b = base - h = height) - The area of a triangle is one half the product of a base and its corresponding height - which is the length of the altitude drawn to the given base - A=
Area of a triangle
minor arc
equiangular
quadrangle
37. Planes that do not intersect
space
center of a circle
parallel planes
nonconvex
38. 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.
Parallel lines
Straight angle
Circumference
protractor
39. Two lines that intersect to form right angles.
cube
counterexample
Perpendicular lines
vertical angles
40. The set of all coplanar points that are the same distance from a given point
dodecagon
Circle
Euler segment
circumscribed
41. A series of points that go on and on in opposite directions.
contrapositive
major arc
secant
line
42. A = S^2
acute angle
radius (number)
Area of a square
Leonhard Euler
43. The point of concurrency of the perpendicular bisectors of a triangle
Pythagorean theorem
Right triangle
circumcenter
Euclid
44. The common point of the two rays - the point in common of the two rays that form an angle. - the point at which the sides of an angle meet or intersect.
Vertex of an angle
Volume of a sphere
complementary angles
Arch
45. A triangle with all acute angles.
icosagon
acute triangle
complementary angles
regular polygon
46. Lines in the same plane that intersect.
sphere
cube
line
intersecting lines
47. A triangle that has a 90 degree angle.
inscribed angle in a circle
semicircle
diagonal of a polygon
right triangle
48. All sides are congruent
parallelogram
ray
equilateral
circumference
49. The angle formed by the legs of an isosceles triangle
endpoint
vertex angle of an isosceles triangle
concave
Area of a rectangle
50. A=1/2h(b1+b2) - or
inscribed angle in a circle
Area of a trapezoid
skew lines
Acute triangle