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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. A quadrilateral with two pairs of adjacent - congruent sides
undecagon
equal
kite
Straight angle
2. Area of a circle x height of cylinder - pi x r*2 x height.
Volume of a circular cylinder
Complementary angles
perpendicular
octagon
3. A polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
pentadecagon
prism
parallel lines
Area of a triangle
4. A line that touches a curve at only one point.
tangent
linear pair of angles
parallelogram
congruent
5. A segment from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side
line
parallelogram
median of a triangle
conditional statement
6. A triangle with no two sides congruent
Obtuse angle
convex
scalene triangle
square
7. The point of concurrency of the medians of a triangle; the center of mass of a triangle
Acute triangle
Perimeter of a square
centroid of a triangle
vertex of an angle
8. P = 2L + 2W (L = length - W = width) - (length times 2) plus (width times 2).
hemisphere
Perimeter of a rectangle
regular polygon
Pythagorean theorem
9. Two lines with one common point - Lines that cross at one point - opposite angles are equal (each pair of angles along the same line add to 180 degrees).
equilateral
Intersecting lines
Acute angle
circumference
10. The square of the hypotenuse c of a right triangle equals the sum of the squares of the other two sides - a and b.
Pythagorean theorem
Sum of the measures in a triangle
Right angle
line
11. The length of a line segment with endpoints on a circle that also contains the center of the circle
vertical angles
square
diameter (number)
quadrangle
12. A line segment with one endpoint at the center of a circle and the other endpoint on the circle
legs of an isosceles triangle
right triangle
area of a circle
radius (object)
13. 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
Leonhard Euler
protractor
diameter (number)
intersecting lines
14. A five-sided polygon
parallel lines
parallelogram
pentagon
scalene triangle
15. The two sides of a right triangle that form the right angle
altitude of a cylinder or prism
legs of a right triangle
Acute triangle
inscribed angle in a circle
16. A triangle with no equal sides.
parallelogram
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
contrapositive
scalene triangle
17. An eight-sided polygon
radius (object)
legs of an isosceles triangle
Obtuse triangle
octagon
18. A ray - with endpoint on the vertex - that divides an angle into two congruent coplanar angles
Pythagorean theorem
angle bisector
conditional statement
Perimeter of a square
19. Regular quadrilateral
square
n-gon
tangent
parallel lines
20. Coplanar lines that do not intersect
vertex angle of an isosceles triangle
scalene triangle
Cavalieri Principle
parallel lines
21. Two lines that intersect to form right angles.
line segment
Perpendicular lines
circumscribed
Obtuse triangle
22. A triangle with a right angle
Scalene triangle
chord of a circle
Intersecting lines
right triangle
23. An arc that measures less than 180 degrees
concurrent
parallel planes
consecutive angles
minor arc
24. A line that intersects a (coplanar) circle at exactly one point
right triangle
vertex of an isosceles triangle
tangent
octagon
25. One of the rays that makes an angle
Base angles of an isosceles triangle
side of an angle
Area of a square
converse
26. Objects on the same line
diameter (object)
right triangle
collinear
trapezoid
27. A tool used to measure angles
radius (number)
protractor
rhombus
Right triangle
28. The set of all coplanar points that are the same distance from a given point
obtuse triangle
Perpendicular lines
Circle
Area of a parallelogram
29. A chord that contains the center of the circle
diameter (object)
perpendicular
incenter
Right angle
30. The amount of surface inside a circle.
linear pair of angles
Volume of a rectangular solid
area of a circle
radius (object)
31. The only space figure on the game board; it has six equal square faces.
equiangular
protractor
cube
prism
32. Angles whose measures add to 90 degrees - two angles whose sum is a right angle - Angles whose measure adds up to 90 degrees.
vertex of a polygon
Complementary angles
corresponding angles (with parallel lines)
Area of a rectangle
33. An arc that measures greater than 180 degrees
dart
line
protractor
major arc
34. Angles of a polygon that share a side.
point of concurrency
linear pair of angles
consecutive angles
Straight angle
35. A triangle with 2 equal sides.
Isosceles triangle
contrapositive
parallel planes
central angle
36. No equal sides - a triangle with no two sides of equal length - no congruent sides - A triangle with three sides of different lengths.
right triangle
decagon
Equilateral triangle
Scalene triangle
37. Concave
congruent
obtuse angle
n-gon
nonconvex
38. The set of all points that are the same distance from a given point
rectangle
parallelogram
line segment
sphere
39. An exact location in space. undefined zero-dimensional object
coplanar
Area of a parallelogram
point
consecutive sides
40. An angle in a circle formed by two chords with a common endpoint
quadrangle
inscribed angle in a circle
area of a circle
Pythagorean theorem
41. The length of the altitude
Supplementary angles
height
Degree
inscribed angle in a circle
42. A term used to describe two numbers having the same value
Circle
Acute angle
Vertex of an angle
equal
43. A circle is circumscribed about a polygon if the circle contains all the vertices of the polygon.
circumscribed
complementary angles
Isosceles triangle
icosagon
44. All angles are congruent
tangent
pentagon
equiangular
dart
45. A quadrilateral with 2 sets of parallel sides not at right angles to one another.
octagon
Perimeter of a rectangle
secant
parallelogram
46. Lines in the same plane that intersect.
inscribed angle in a circle
altitude of a cylinder or prism
intersecting lines
right triangle
47. V=
Obtuse triangle
midpoint
Arch
Volume of a circular cone
48. One of the line segments that makes a polygon
side of a polygon
decagon
coplanar
vertical angles
49. An undefined one-dimensional object with no endpoints
circumference
isosceles triangle
Volume of a circular cone
line
50. V = (4/3)(pi)(r^3)
n-gon
Volume of a sphere
nonconvex
endpoint