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CLEP General Mathematics: Arithmetic Basics

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A number that is not a prime number is called a
common denominator
1. Pick numbers for each variable. Can be helpful to use a chart. 2. Answer the question - walking through the logic with the numbers that we've picked. This answer is the Target. 3. Test Each answer choice - Even if you've already found one that equ
composite number
Axiom VII.

2. What are the rules for picking numbers in VICS?
quotient
1. Never pick 1 or 0 - or 100 for % VICS 2. All numbers you pick must be Different 3. Pick SMALL numbers 4. Try to pick PRIME numbers 5. Avoid picking numbers that are COEFFICIENTS in several answer choices
from left to right
Absolute and Relative

3. The number doing the dividing is called the
Negative-value integers
Magnitude at Rest and Magnitude in Motion
scalene triangle
divisor

4. The number being divided is called the
A = (Base x Height) / 2 - A = (BH)/2
dividing the numerator and denominator by the same number
cubed
dividend

5. The result of the division called the
numerator
quotient
circumference
Inserting a zero at the left end of a whole number

6. The result of muliplying two or more numbers
base
product
hexagon
square root

7. What is the result of Adding 2 Odds or 2 Evens? e.g. 7 + 11 = 18 e.g. 8 + 6 = 14
isosceles triangle
Even
Mathematics
Sale Price - Unit Cost

8. Profit = ?
Revenue ($) - Cost ($)
mode
proportion
median

9. Set the denominator of the improper fraction equal to the denominator of the fraction in the mixed number
mixed fraction
Equality
Step 2 of Converting mixed numbers to improper fractions
polygon

10. Any value divided by one
prime factors
y-axis
Is equal to the original value
Even and Odd

11. Shifts all the others upward one place value. The result is exactly ten times larger than before the zero is added.
Inserting a zero at the right end of a whole number
the same point on the number line
prism
fraction or broken number

12. Lines in the same plane that do not intersect. The symbol //
When to use fractions
scale drawing
parallel lines
1 and itself

13. Is the opposite of raising fractions to higher terms.
UnitPrice ($/unit) x Qty.Purchas'd (units)
equal to itself.
Axiom X.
Reducing fractions

14. The number to be multiplied by is called the
multiplier
both integers are positive or both are negative
5/8
complementary angle

15. Method: convert Percent to Decimal?
referred to Unity in the same way
Greater
enclosing the numbers in a pair of vertical lines | |
Shift DP 2 places left

16. A number with only two factors: the number itself and one.
prime number
Multitude
the same point on the number line
Step 2 of Converting Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers

17. Total Earnings ($) = ?
Even or Non-Int
Wage Rate ($ per hr) x Hrs worked
A = (Diagonal1 x Diagonal2) / 2
Even

18. Adding integers that have opposite signs means
Decreases
A sum of 2 primes is Odd
one is positive and the other is negative
The concept of trading decimal places and how it works

19. A comparison of the two values of two numbers
ratio
polygon
isosceles triangle
rectangle

20. Two numbers listed in a specific order; it describes a point on the coordinate graph
ordered pair
Axiom IV.
Evaluating Powers With Negative Exponents
mode

21. What are the properties of the diagonals of a Rhombus?
Even or Non-Int
The diagonals of a rhombus are Always perpendicular bisectors (meaning they cut each other in half at a 90deg. angle)
The sum of all the integers from 20 to 100 - inclusive
Axiom IX.

22. An equation stating that two ratios are equal
proportion
1. Never pick 1 or 0 - or 100 for % VICS 2. All numbers you pick must be Different 3. Pick SMALL numbers 4. Try to pick PRIME numbers 5. Avoid picking numbers that are COEFFICIENTS in several answer choices
Carry the 10's digit of the product to the top of the 10's column of factors.
Decreases

23. A number with an exponent of 2 is often said to be
multiplier
squared
the denominator of the original improper fraction
factor

24. Zero divided by any whole number (except 0)
isosceles triangle
angle
Is zero
Inserting a zero at the left end of a whole number

25. x and y are primes...What values (Odd/Even) must x and y be forx + y = Odd? 2
Odd
whether the addends have the same sign or opposite signs
Absolute and Relative
Known quantities

26. What is the perimeter of a Polygon?
Axiom V.
fraction or broken number
The distance around the Polgyon... i.e. the sum of the lengths of all the sides.
Axiom VIII.

27. Consecutive Integers alternate between ___ and ___ ? e.g. 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - E -O -E -O -E
referred to Unity in the same way
Even and Odd
Equality
radius

28. An angle measuring more than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees
Axiom III.
octagon
Odd
obtuse angle

29. A number that when multiplied by itself results in the original number
The concept of trading decimal places and how it works
square root
Being divided by a power of 10
reciprocal

30. Always perform the operations
rectangle
the Complement of that part to the whole
from left to right
quadrilateral

31. The study of quantity
Shift DP 2 places left
Any value multiplied by one
area
Mathematics

32. Having the same size and shape
congruent
they have the same absolute value
improper fraction
It means that n is Odd. This is because the sum of n consecutive integers divided by n is the average/mean of that set of integers. Because the average is itself an integer - n can only be odd. This is because the average of an odd number of consecut

33. The smallest multiple that two or more numbers have in common
percent
least common multiple (LCM)
unit ratio
radius

34. Step 1: Subtract the absolute values. Step 2. Write the sum with the sign of the larger number.
To add integers that have opposite signs:
The sum of all the integers from 20 to 100 - inclusive
Multiply the numerator of a positive - proper fraction by 1/2 Increase.
Dividing the Polygon into triangles by cutting them into lines connecting the corners - and using the sum of the interior angles of the triangles.

35. A number is increased by 25%... what must you reduce the new number by to get the old number again?
To add integers that have opposite signs:
trapezoid
they have the same absolute value
20% - because 5/4 = 125% and 4/5 = 80% (reciprocal of 5/4) - 80% of the new number is the old number - so you must reduce the new number by 20% to get this amount

36. The total of two or more numbers being added
sum
Odd
quotient
The Decimal Numbering System

37. Even X Even = ? ... and is div. by ?
Negative-value integers
Composite number
Even div. by 4
It means that n is Odd. This is because the sum of n consecutive integers divided by n is the average/mean of that set of integers. Because the average is itself an integer - n can only be odd. This is because the average of an odd number of consecut

38. Three or more line segments in a plane that forms a closed figure. The line segments never cross but meet at their endpoints.
polygon
higher terms
quadrilateral
Dividing the Polygon into triangles by cutting them into lines connecting the corners - and using the sum of the interior angles of the triangles.

39. The result of multiplying two or more numbers.
product
equilateral triangle
Step 1 of Converting mixed numbers to improper fractions
Species

40. Has no sign value
complementary angle
Zero (0)
product
Percent Change

41. Is a term used to express quantity indefinitely and universally - such as 'a certain number' - 'some' etc...
Multitude
Species
square unit
If - after being fully reduced - the denominator Only has factors of 2 and/or 5 - the decimal will terminate

42. Change / Original Formula
1
denominator
Change + - Original = New
A plus sign (+) is used for two entirely different purposes:

43. Two numbers are said to be equal (=) when they are at
the same point on the number line
Multitude
x-axis
Odd

44. What is the formula forCounting consecutive multiples?
Percent Change
Involves: 1. Picking numbers for all or most of the unknowns in the problem 2. Using those numbers to calculate the Answer (i.e. the Target) to the problem 3. Plugging in each number you've picked into each answer choice to see which answer choice yi
( (Last - First) / Increment ) + 1
Terminating decimal

45. What are the 3 main formulaic properties of evenly-spaced sets?
Magnitude
Greater
Revenue ($) - Cost ($)
1. Arithmetic Mean (Ave.) = Median ... you can find out the ave. by figuring out the Median (i.e. MIDDLE number) 2. Mean & Median = (First + Last terms) / 2... i.e. the average of the First and Last terms 3. Sum(Elements in Set) = Ave. x #Elements

46. The whole is equal to all of its parts taken together.
The new qty. is (100 - x)% of the original... i.e. a 15% decrease produces a quantity that's 85% of the original...I.E. Original*(1 - PCT Increase/100 ) = New
pyramid
Axiom V.
ordered pair

47. Area of a Rhombus is?
The rule for adding negative integers is the same as the rule for adding positive integers:
equivalent
improper fraction
A = (D1 x D2) / 2

48. An eight-sided polygon
The new qty. is (100 - x)% of the original... i.e. a 15% decrease produces a quantity that's 85% of the original...I.E. Original*(1 - PCT Increase/100 ) = New
proper fractions
octagon
circumference

49. Units that are not understood under the same notion - such as a pound of stones and a ton of stones - or an inch of string and a foot of string.
range
Different Units
Even or Non-Int
multiplier

50. To make a fraction easier to work with by taking out common factors. In an expression - combining variables that have like unknowns.
simplify
Zero (0)
mode
Sale Price - Unit Cost