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CLEP College Algebra Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A model of an object in which the dimensions are in proportion to the actual dimensions of the object.
scale model
exponent
reciprocal
perimeter
2. 3.1415.... is an irrational number resulting from the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter
radical expression
Pi
combinations
dependent event (probability)
3. In a sum - you can add terms in any order - a + b = b + a
commutative property of addition
composite
multiple
annual interest rate
4. Consists of numbers and operations
Pi
percent
constant
numerical expression
5. A single term made up of numbers and variables
Inequality
least common denominator
monomial
integers
6. The original amount of money loaned or borrowed
equivalent fractions
rational number
area
principal
7. Ratios that have the same value.
equivalent ratios
commutative property of multiplication
area
median
8. A way to figure out the total number of ways different events can occur. If there are a ways for one activity to occur - and b ways for a second activity to occur - then there are a * b ways for both to occur.
annual interest rate
fundamental counting principle
independent event (probability)
base
9. The point in the exact middle of a circle
circumference
composite
function
center
10. Number in front of a variable
interest
quadrant
coefficient
order of operations
11. Is the number that is repeatedly multiplied in a power
associative property of multiplication
y-intercept
base
odds
12. The distance across a circle through its center (is also twice the radius)
probability of an event
diameter
Pythagorean triple
surface area
13. Changing the grouping of factors will not change the product - (ab)c = a(bc)
height
associative property of multiplication
Equivalent Equations
irrational number
14. Finding all the solutions of an equation
solving an equation
monomial
coordinate plane
associative property of addition
15. skip-counting by any given number Ex: 4 - 8 - 12 - 16...
variable expression
y-intercept
additive inverse property
multiple
16. Is the difference of the greatest value and the least value in a set of data.
equation
permutations
range
equivalent ratios
17. The set of all the output (y-values) for a function
range
absolute value
Pythagorean triple
radical expression
18. The point where a graph crosses the x-axis
scale model
x-intercept
Pi
circle
19. The product of any number and one is that number.
variable expression
prime number
x-intercept
multiplication identity property
20. y = mx + b
mode
tree diagram (probability)
distributive property
slope intercept form
21. An event who's outcome does depend on the outcome of a previous event
median
dependent event (probability)
Inverse Operation
formula
22. The order in which operations in an expression to be evaluated are carried out. 1. parentheses 2. exponets 3. multiplication and divison 4. addition and subtraction
scale model
order of operations
least common multiple
simplest form
23. The bottom of a triangle
ordered pair
base
output
reciprocal
24. A number written as the product of its prime factors
prime factorization
Inverse Operation
ratio
power
25. equations that have the same solution
commutative property of multiplication
additive identity property
Equivalent Equations
distributive property
26. A decimal in which one or more digits repeat infinitely
repeating decimal
surface area
Inverse Operation
monomial
27. The sum of a number and zero is always that number.
diameter
additive identity property
formula
slope intercept form
28. The largest factor that two or more numbers have in common.
composite
multiple
slope
greatest common factor
29. The number that is on the other side of 0 and is exactly the same distance away from 0
rational number
circumference
opposite
additive identity property
30. Is a number made of repeated factors
dependent event (probability)
power
commutative property of addition
Inverse Operation
31. Apr - the percent of the principal you pay or earn a year
annual interest rate
experimental probability
theoretical probability
height
32. The x-value in a function
slope
combinations
input
circle
33. To get a variable alone on one side of an equation or inequality in order to solve the equation or inequality
numerical expression
Isolate the variable
y-intercept
percent
34. An event that is not affected by another event.
monomial
Equivalent Inequalities
slope
independent event (probability)
35. A set of three positive integers that work in the pythagorean theorem
principal
rate
Pythagorean triple
proportion
36. Is the value in a data set that occurs most often. If all values occur the same amount of times there is no mode for that set.
Equivalent Equations
exponent
principal
mode
37. The point where a graph crosses the y-axis
Pythagorean Theorem
coordinate plane
y-intercept
base
38. Fractions that have the same value and the same simplest form
equivalent fractions
center
x-intercept
ratio
39. one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2
like terms
linear equation
reciprocal
fundamental counting principle
40. A method of writing very large or very small numbers by using powers of 10
base
scientific notation
multiple
additive inverse property
41. The smallest multiple that two or more numbers have in common
Pythagorean triple
least common multiple
variable expression
formula
42. The steepness of a line on a graph - rise over run
proportion
principal
slope
variable
43. Is the set of all points that are an equal distance from a point called the center
circle
least common denominator
multiple
percent
44. The total area of the 2-dimensional surfaces that make up a 3-dimensional object.
variable
cube
domain
surface area
45. A comparison of two numbers by division
interest
ratio
function
equivalent fractions
46. The sum of the lengths of the sides of a polygon
quadrant
terms
solving an equation
perimeter
47. A pair of numbers - (x - y) - that indicate the position of a point on a coordinate plane.
multiplication identity property
Inequality
formula
ordered pair
48. Number of favorable outcomes divided by total number of possible outcomes
probability of an event
constant
order of operations
input
49. An expression constructed from a set of terms by multiplying each term by a constant and adding the results.
combinations
power
scale model
unit rate
50. An equation whose answers are ordered pairs (x -y) and whose answers graph a straight line
input
dependent event (probability)
linear equation
variable