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GRE Math: Common Errors

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. (-1)^2 =






2. What percent of 40 is 22?






3. Define a 'monomial'






4. Number of degrees in a triangle






5. What does the graph x^2 + y^2 = 64 look like?






6. Legs 5 - 12. Hypotenuse?






7. Find the surface area of a cylinder with radius 3 and height 12.






8. Max and Min lengths for a side of a triangle?






9. What is the set of elements found in both A and B?






10. In similar hexagons - the ratio of the areas is 16:25. What is the ratio of their corresponding sides?






11. The slope of a line perpendicular to (a/b)?






12. What is a piecewise equation?






13. 60 < all primes <70






14. A cylinder has surface area 22pi. If the cylinder has a height of 10 - what is its radius?






15. Surface area for a cylinder?






16. What is a parabola?






17. Evaluate and write as a mixed number: 2/7 - 3/21 + 2 & 4/14






18. If Madagascar'S exports totaled 1.3 billion in 2009 - and 4% came from China - what was the value in millions of the country'S exports to China?






19. For what values should the domain be restricted for the function f(x) = sqrt(x + 8)






20. Can you add sqrt 3 and sqrt 5?






21. x^4 + x^7 =






22. Simplify the expression [(b^2 - c^2) / (b - c)]






23. Is 0 even or odd?






24. How many digits are there between the decimal point and the first even digit in the decimal equivalent of 1/[(2^8)(5^3)]






25. x^(-y)=






26. What is the graph of f(x) shifted right c units or spaces?






27. Legs: 3 - 4. Hypotenuse?






28. What is the name for a grouping of the members within a set based on a shared characteristic?






29. What are complementary angles?






30. Describe the relationship between 3x^2 and 3(x - 1)^2






31. The larger the absolute value of the slope...






32. What is the ratio of the sides of a 30-60-90 triangle?






33. When the 'a' in a parabola is positive....






34. What is the 'Range' of a function?






35. If the 80th percentile of the measurements is 72degrees - about how many measurments are between 69 degrees and 72 degrees? Round your answer to the nearest tenth






36. What is the slope of a vertical line?

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37. a^2 - b^2 =






38. Define a 'Term' -






39. There are 10 finalists for the school spelling bee. A first - second - and third place trophy will be awarded. How many different people can get the three prizes?






40. Suppose that the graph of f(x) is the result of stretching y=x + 5 away from the x-axis by a factor of 2. What is the new equation for the graph f(x)?






41. Which is greater? 200x^295 or 10x^294?






42. Solve the quadratic equation ax^2 + bx + c= 0






43. What is the formula for computing simple interest?






44. What is the empty set?






45. What are the roots of the quadrinomial x^2 + 2x + 1?






46. Suppose you have a set of n objects - and you want to select k of them - but the order doesn'T matter. What formula do you use to determine the number of combinations of n objects taken k at a time?






47. Factor a^2 + 2ab + b^2






48. Can you simplify sqrt72?






49. 1/8 in percent?






50. What is a finite set?