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Praxis I Math

Subjects : praxis, math
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. How do you calculate the area of a trapezoid (hint h= altitude - perpendicular segment)






2. Wha tis the volume of a right circular cylinder with a radius of r and a height of h






3. A line that joins the midpoint of two sides of a triangle is called the__________






4. A triangle with no equal sides






5. The associative property of multiplicaiton for every real number a - for every realy number b for every real number c (ab)c = ______






6. What property of equality says that a=a






7. What is the formula to calculate the area of a rectangle






8. An angle whose measure is larger than 0 degrees but smaller than 90 degrees






9. In complex numbers the square root of -1 = ______






10. Is a polygon whose sides are equal in measure






11. That points of intersection on a triangle are called its _____________






12. The value of y where a point intersects the x axis = __________






13. Distance from a ___________ to a _________ is the measure of the perpendicular line segment from the point to that line






14. The square of a real number cannot be ___________






15. A __________of a circle is a line segment drawn from the center of the circle to any point on the circle






16. An angle whose measure is 180 degrees






17. Log base b to the b = ____________






18. x= - b (+ or -) square root of (b^2-4ac) divided by 2a - is called the _____________ and can be used to find the roots of a problem






19. The y value of the vertex of parabola is the equation






20. When solving a system of equation with 2 quadratic function - first __________ one equation from the other equation to find isolate one variable - solve for that variable - then ______ and solve for the other variable






21. In a logarithm the answer following the = sign is the __________






22. A __________________ is a circle passing through all the vertices of a polygon






23. What is the closure property of multiplication for every real number a - for every real number b _________ is a real number






24. i^2 = _____________






25. What is the formula for a combination (where order matters)






26. In a quadratic equation with 2 unknown which has the formula ax^2 + bxy + cy^2 + dx + ey + f the graph is _____________ or a pair of __________ if ( b^2-4ac= 0) which may be coincident or it does not exist






27. Log base b to the b^x =






28. A closed three sided figure is called a ____________






29. What is the surface area of a right circular cylinder with a radius of r and a height of h






30. What type of trapezoid has its non parallel sides equal






31. In a quadratic equation in 2 unknowns has the general formula ax^2 + bxy + cy^2+dx ey+ f = 0 the graph is called an __________ (if a - b and c are not zero)






32. A line that intersects a circle in tow point is called the _______






33. The perimeter of a polygon is equal to the ________of sides X the _____________ of sides






34. What is the formula for the area of a circle






35. A ___________is a figure with the same number of sides as angles






36. A point has no ________or thickness






37. What is the volume of a cone






38. The _______ tells how many times the root needs to be multiplied by itself






39. In the pythagorean theorm a^2 + b^2 = c^2 - c is called the ______






40. The segment from the center of the polygon perpendicular to as side of the polygon






41. What is the area of a pyramid or cone (hint B= area of Base)






42. The square of 0 is _____






43. A line segment connecting a vertex of a triangle and the midpoint of the opposite side is called a __________ of a triangle






44. Two angles with a common vertex and with sides that are 2 pairs of opposite rays






45. In the law of proportion if a/b = c/d then (a+b)/ b =






46. Operation in steps = if an event a ways and followed by b ways followed by c ways the total number of ways it can be done is






47. ___________is a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are parallel






48. Use ____________= 1/2a X p (where a = apothem and p = the perimeter)






49. For each real number a - for each real number b - if a= b - then b=a






50. To find the x intersept we need to make __________= 0