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CLEP College Algebra Vocab

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1. Apr - the percent of the principal you pay or earn a year






2. A ratio that compares two quantities measured in different units






3. Is the amount paid for borrowing or lending money






4. The perpendicular (90 degrees) distance from the base of a triangle to the opposite vertex






5. The number that is on the other side of 0 and is exactly the same distance away from 0






6. The bottom of a triangle






7. 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






8. A plane that is divided into four regions by a horizontal line called the x-axis and a vertical line called the y-axis - aka 'the Cartesian plane' after Ren






9. In a sum - you can add terms in any order - a + b = b + a






10. The point in the exact middle of a circle






11. The least common multiple of the denominators of two or more fractions.






12. The distance a number is from 0 on the number line - value of n is written l n l






13. skip-counting by any given number Ex: 4 - 8 - 12 - 16...






14. Inequalities that have the same solution






15. A relation that assigns exactly one output value for each input value






16. A(b + c) = ab + ac - an + ac = a(b+ c)






17. Is the number that is repeatedly multiplied in a power






18. A whole number that has exactly two factors - 1 and itself.






19. The ratio of the number of ways the event can occur to the number of ways the event cannot occur. Favorable over Unfavorable.






20. Number of favorable outcomes divided by total number of possible outcomes






21. A number that can be written as a/b where a and b are integers - but b is not equal to 0.






22. Finding all the solutions of an equation






23. An equation that shows a relationship among two or more quantities






24. When the GCF of the numerator and denominator is 1






25. Is the middle value in a data set where the numbers are ordered least to greatest






26. The x-value in a function






27. special polyhedron with faces that are all squares






28. Ratios that have the same value.






29. A rate that has a denominator of 1






30. A comparison of two numbers by division






31. A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself






32. The smallest multiple that two or more numbers have in common






33. A set of three positive integers that work in the pythagorean theorem






34. An expression constructed from a set of terms by multiplying each term by a constant and adding the results.






35. The point where a graph crosses the y-axis






36. The sum of a number and zero is always that number.






37. The sum of the values in a data set divided by the number of values in the set






38. A single term made up of numbers and variables






39. The set of all the output (y-values) for a function






40. A number that has more than two factors






41. An expression that contains a square root






42. The order of the factors does not change the product a x b = b x a






43. The sum of a number and its opposite is zero.






44. 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.






45. A number that can not be written a/b






46. To get a variable alone on one side of an equation or inequality in order to solve the equation or inequality






47. In an expression are separated by addition and subtraction signs






48. All possible arrangements of a collection of things - where the order is important. The number of ______________ of n distinct objects is n






49. equations that have the same solution






50. The largest factor that two or more numbers have in common.







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