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






2. An angle whose measure is greater than 180 degrees and less than 360 degrees






3. Is a polygon whose sides are equal in measure






4. A triangle whose angles all equal 60 degrees






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






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






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






8. A _________ number is a number that can be written in the form of a + bi






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






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






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






12. The volume of a cube is






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






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






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






16. The x value of the vertex of a parabola is the equation






17. The value of x where a point intersects the Y axis= ___________






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






19. A triangle with a 90 degrees angle






20. What is a quadrilateral with 2 and only 2 sides parallel






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






22. 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 __________ (b^2-4ac greater then 0)






23. The union of two rays having the same end point






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






25. What property of equality ways for each real number a - for each real number b - for each real number c - if a=b and b=c - then a=c






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






27. A point has no ________or thickness






28. A parallelogram with right angles and equal diagonals






29. The __________ of a regular polygon is the segment joining an vertex with the center of the polygon






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






31. What is 4 to the power of 1/2 or 4^1/2






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






33. An angle whose measure is 90 degrees






34. When calculating the number of sides in a polygon make 360 degrees/ n = ______________






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






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






37. The set of all points on a half line and the dividing point itself






38. Angles that are equal






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






40. Two angles whose sum totals 180 degrees






41. A triangle with having at least 2 equal sides






42. What is the square of ((x1-x2) + (y1- y2)) =






43. In a function the x value is the ___________variable






44. What is the formula for the area of a square






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






46. What is the volume of a cone






47. The ____________ says y - y1= m(x-x1)






48. When calculating the probability of mutually exclusive event y (can not occur simultaniously) you need to ______their seperate probabilities (uses the word 'or')






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






50. In a quadratic formula if the a value of the parabola is less than 0 the parabola opens ___________