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CLEP General Mathematics: Whole Numbers
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Answer 45 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A+0=a - 0 is the -
Difference
Identity for Addition
Exponent
Division Properties of Zero
2. The solution of an equation is the replacement that makes the equation a true statement. - a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem - the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
Sum or total
Solution
Prime number
Area of rectangle
3. 1 - any number times 1 is equal to itself according to what property - the number in a set which when any number n in the set is multiplied by - yields the given number.
Prime number
The Division Principle (Property)
Subtrahend
Identity for Multiplication
4. The number to be subtracted from the minuend
Rounding
RSTUV procedure
Factors
Subtrahend
5. Parentheses & Exponents - Multiplication & Division - Addition & Subtraction
Prime number
Associative Property of Addition
> (greater than)
Order of operations
6. Numbers that are multiplied together to get a product - A number that divides another number without a remainder. Ex) Factors of 18: 1 - 2 -3 - 6 - 9 -18
The Addition Principle (Property)
Associative Property of Multiplication
Factors
Exponent
7. A counting number having exactly two different factors - itself and 1 - an integer that has no integral factors but itself and 1 and - a whole number greater than 1 that has exactly two factors - itself and 1
Prime number
Factors
1 as an exponent
Composite number
8. The equation a = b is equivalent to a - c = b - c.
Dividend
RSTUV procedure
Quotient
The Subtraction Principle (Property)
9. In the expression b^n - n is the exponent. - a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself - a number that shows repeated multiplication
Identity for Addition
Divisor
Composite number
Exponent
10. Sentences using < or > - A mathematical sentence built from expressions using one or more of the symbols greater than - less than - greater than or equal to and/or less than or equal to
Prime number
Inequalities
Multiplier
Difference
11. A sentence using an = sign - a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal - A mathematical sentence that contains an equals sign
Division Properties of One
Equation
Exponent
Distributive Property
12. Two equations are equivalent if their solutions are the same. - equations with the same solutions as the original equation. - equations having the same solution set over a given domain
Commutative Property of Multiplication
Composite number
Equivalent equations
Addends
13. A^1 a
Prime factors
Quotient
1 as an exponent
Multiplication Property of Zero
14. 0 x a = 0 = a x 0 - anything multiplied by zero is equal to zero - For every real number n - n*0=0.
Multiplication Property of Zero
Commutative Property of Addition
Order of operations
Difference
15. The number that remains after subtraction - the answer to a subtraction problem
Solution
Multiplication Property of Zero
Difference
Perimeter
16. States that changing the grouping of the addends does not change the sum
Multiplication Property of Zero
Inequalities
Associative Property of Addition
1 as an exponent
17. The numbers to be added
RSTUV procedure
Addends
Sum or total
Polygon
18. The number obtained by division - the ratio of two quantities to be divided - the result of dividing one number by another number
Quotient
Area of rectangle
Equation
Order of operations
19. The equation a = b is equivalent to a + c = b + c.
Composite number
Identity for Addition
The Addition Principle (Property)
Product
20. Read the problem. Select the unknown. Translate the problem. Use the rules studied to solve the problem. Verify the answer.
RSTUV procedure
Addends
Distributive Property
Perimeter
21. Ab=ba - Changing the order of the factors does not change the product; for example 10 x 9 = 9 x 10; a b = b a
> (greater than)
Commutative Property of Multiplication
Distributive Property
RSTUV procedure
22. The result of an addition
Dividend
Composite number
Exponent
Sum or total
23. The number that is being divided - the number that is to be divided in a division problem - in a division problem - the number inside the 'house' division symbol
Exponent
RSTUV procedure
Dividend
Equation
24. 0 divided by any number that is not 0 is 0 - 0 divided by any number that is not 0 is 0.
Area of rectangle
Equivalent equations
Exponent
Division Properties of Zero
25. A counting number greater than 1 that is not prime - an integer that is divisible without remainder by at least one positive integer other than itself and one - A whole number greater than 1 that has more than 2 factors.
Associative Property of Addition
Order of operations
Composite number
Divisor
26. The distance around an object In the case of a polygon - the perimeter is the sum of the length of all sides - a line enclosing a plane areas
Sum or total
RSTUV procedure
Perimeter
The Addition Principle (Property)
27. A > b means that a is to the right of b on a number line.
> (greater than)
Multiplier
Solution
Order of operations
28. A=bh - base x height - The area of a rectangle is the product of its base and height
0 as an exponent
Area of rectangle
Equivalent equations
Minuend
29. First number in a multiplication sentence - the number in a multiplication problem that represents the number of objects in each (equal sized) group - A quanity by which a given number (the multiplicand) is to be multiplied.
Multiplicand
Solution
Commutative Property of Addition
RSTUV procedure
30. A + b = b + a - The order of addends can be changed & the sum remains the same. 3+7=7+3
Perimeter
Commutative Property of Addition
Identity for Addition
Order of operations
31. The number from which the subtrahend is subtracted
Identity for Addition
Polygon
Minuend
Multiplication Property of Zero
32. 10 - 100 - 1000 - etc. - every counting number multiplied by 10; 10 -20 -30 - and so on - What unit the Metric System based on?
Quotient
Equivalent equations
Multiples of 10
Multiplication Property of Zero
33. A / a = 1 (if a doesn't = 0) - a / 1 = a - a number divided by itself is 1 ; a number divided by 1 is the same number ; - If equal quantities are divided by equal quantities - the quotients are equal. If AB=DE then AC is greater than AB or BC. - a n
Distributive Property
Commutative Property of Multiplication
Identity for Multiplication
Division Properties of One
34. (ab)c = a(bc) - changing the grouping of factors will not change the product - (ab)c = a(bc) - Factors can be regrouped & the product remains the same.
Subtrahend
1 as an exponent
Associative Property of Multiplication
Dividend
35. The number by which a dividend is divided - the number you divide by - the number that divides the dividend (second in the math sentence or outside the 'house')
Multiplication Property of Zero
Divisor
Difference
The Division Principle (Property)
36. A quantity obtained by multiplication
Product
The Division Principle (Property)
Multiplication Property of Zero
Prime number
37. PEMDAS - the order in which operations in an expression to be evaluated are carried out. 1. parentheses 2. exponents 3. multiplication and divison 4. addition and subtraction
Order of operations
Subtrahend
> (greater than)
Solution
38. The equation a b is equivalent to a / c = b / c (if c doesn't = 0).
The Addition Principle (Property)
Composite number
The Division Principle (Property)
Commutative Property of Multiplication
39. Approximating a given number to a specified number of digits
> (greater than)
Quotient
Identity for Addition
Rounding
40. The factors of a number that are prime numbers - 2 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 11 - ... - numbers that divides into another exactly and have no factors of their own except one and itself
Perimeter
Subtrahend
Prime factors
1 as an exponent
41. The multiple by which an initial change in aggregate spending will alter total expenditure after an infinite number of spending cycles;
Prime factors
Division Properties of Zero
Difference
Multiplier
42. A flat geometric region with many sides
Multiplication Property of Zero
Polygon
Rounding
Perimeter
43. A^0 = 1 (if a doesn't = 0)
Prime factors
0 as an exponent
Composite number
Quotient
44. A(b+c)=ab+ac - a property indicating a special way in which multiplication is applied to addition of two or more numbers in which each term inside a set of parentheses can be multiplied by a factor outside the parentheses - such as a(b + c) = ab + ac
Equation
Prime factors
Distributive Property
Division Properties of One
45. In the expression b^n - b is the base. - (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
Base
Associative Property of Addition
0 as an exponent
Perimeter