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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. When proving 2 polygons are similar - what is the formula you use (hint: n= the number of sides)






2. A closed three sided figure is called a ____________






3. A set of points in the seame plane equidistant from a fixed point - called its center






4. A rhomus with a right angle






5. Three or more points are said to be ___________if an only if they lie on the same line






6. In the law of proportion if a/b = c/d then ad =






7. Positions = number of position can be calculated by finding the ______ of the total number of items






8. Is a polygon whose sides are equal in measure






9. What is the volume of a cone






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






11. The absolue value of the difference of the coordinates of any two points on the real number line






12. _____________ of angles is an equivalance relation - it is reflexive - symmetric and transitive






13. What are the 2 formulas to calculate the circumference of a circle






14. A parallelogram that has tow adjacent sides that are equal and whose sides are perpendicular to each other






15. What property of equality says that a=a






16. When solving a system of equation involving quadratics and one is linear and the other is quadratic - solve the _______ first - then substitue the found value into the quadratic and solve for the other unknown






17. Is a polygon that is both equilateral and equangular






18. Two distinct straight lines can intersect at most at only one point






19. A triangle with three acute angles (less than 90 degrees)






20. The inverse property of multiplication says that for every real number a - a cannot = 0 ther is a real number a^____such that a X a ^____ = a^____ X a =1






21. What is the closure property of addition - for every real number a - for every real number b ______________ is a real number






22. In the law of proportion if a/b = c/d then b/a =






23. The square of 0 is _____






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






25. 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 __________or a __________ or __________(b=0 and a=c)






26. Log base b to the b = ____________






27. i^2 = _____________






28. A line that divides a line segment into two congruent segments






29. The perimeter of two similar polygons have the same ratio as the measure of any pair of corresponding line segments of the polygon






30. When you find the inverse of a function switch the x value with a ____ - solve for y






31. The measure of a minor arc is the measure of the __________that intercepts the arc






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






33. What is the formula for the area of a rhomus - (hint d= diagonal)






34. What is the formula for a square if you only know the length of the diaganol






35. A parallelogram with right angles and equal diagonals






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






37. What is the formula the formula for an arc if you know the radius and the n= central angle






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






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






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






41. A triangle whose sides are equal






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






43. 1/a^n can also be written as a to the ______






44. How do you calculate the area of a parallelogram - what is the formula






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






46. The least common multiple is the smallest quantity divisible by ______ number of the set






47. The square of both a positive number and a negative real number is _____________






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






49. A portion of a circle is called an ________ of the circle






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