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CLEP General Mathematics: Arithmetic Basics

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1. A statement that needs to be demonstrated and is called in Latin demonstrandum.






2. Are located to the right of the zero on the integer number line. Positive integers are sometimes indicated with a positive sign ( + ). More often - however - we omit the positive sign. So when you see an integer value that does not have a sign - you






3. A mathematical sentence that uses an equal sign






4. By the first letters of the alphabet (a - b - c - d - etc..)






5. The greater any number is in comparison to another - the more equal parts will it contain of that other.






6. What's the reciprocal of v6 - and why?






7. A polygon with five sides






8. Is a part which - being repeated a number of times - becomes equal to the whole; as 4 is of the numbers 8 and 12.






9. Always perform combinations of multiplication and division before






10. The number being divided is called the






11. What is the result of Adding 2 Odds or 2 Evens? e.g. 7 + 11 = 18 e.g. 8 + 6 = 14






12. The value on the x-axis used to locate a point on the coordinate graph. It is the first value in an ordered pair.






13. Two angles whose sum is 180 degrees






14. A sign of grouping can be omitted when it






15. What are the rules for picking numbers in VICS?






16. The two kinds of Quantity are






17. Find the largest number of times the divisor will divide into the dividend. This is the quotient. To determine the remainder - multiply the quotient by the divisor - then subtract the result from the dividend.






18. Whole is equal in Multitude to a Part of the other.






19. The whole-number part of the mixed number is the whole-number part of the






20. You can Never pick a value for Every variable e.g. when the variables are related to each other through an equation






21. Once we have an equation of the form |x| = a - and x>0 - what do we know about x ?






22. The distance around a figure.






23. Reducing fractions is






24. Having the same size and shape






25. The two kinds of Multitude






26. A collection of things taken as a Unity. A bushel of wheat is a whole.






27. Trading decimal places refers to moving the decimals in the opposite direction the same number of places - when multiplying a very large number and a very small number.






28. The whole is more or greater than its part.






29. When a denominator of a fraction is 9 - 99 - 999 or another power of 10 minus 1 - what's an easy way of determining the REPEATING DIGITS of the decimal equivalent of the fraction?






30. Factors may be multiplied in any order.






31. The inverse of a fraction; when multiplied by the original fraction - it results in a product that equals one






32. Odd x ? = Even






33. The ratio of integers that results in a terminating decimal






34. By the last letters (u - x - y - etc.)






35. Area of a Rhombus is?






36. A triangle with two equal sides and two equal angles






37. If the answer is not precise enough - Use the Heavy Division Shortcut when you need an approximate answer to a division problem using decimals that looks complex. Get a Single digit to the left of the decimal in the denominator. Do this by moving th






38. Consecutive Integers alternate between ___ and ___ ? e.g. 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - E -O -E -O -E






39. What is the formula forCounting consecutive integers?






40. Is a part which - being repeated a number of times - always exceeds or falls short of the whole - as 5 is of the numbers 8 and 12.






41. Even X Even = ? ... and is div. by ?






42. Step 1: Subtract the absolute values. Step 2. Write the sum with the sign of the larger number.






43. An evenly-spaced set is fully-defined if what is known...?






44. TotalCost($) = ?

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45. Switch to a number-picking strategy






46. Begins with zero and counts upward through tens - hundreds - thousands - millions - and so on. 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - ... The scale on the number line begins with zero and runs to the right ('from zero to infinity').






47. The figure formed when two rays meet at a common endpoint called a vertex.






48. Any whole number can be expressed in terms of the






49. Operations that do the exact opposite of each other; they undo each other (addition and subtraction - for example)






50. What are the only prime factors that a fraction resulting in a terminating decimals have?