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CLEP General Mathematics: Arithmetic Basics

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1. .625 --> Percent?






2. What are the 3 main formulaic properties of evenly-spaced sets?






3. Total Earnings ($) = ?






4. When will a decimal terminate and why?






5. Step 1: Change the subtraction sign to the addition sign - and then switch the sign of the subtrahend the number that immediately follows the operation sign you just changed. Step 2: Add the result according to the procedures for adding signed intege






6. Why are Even Exponents dangerous?






7. 1 to any power is equal to






8. Divide the denominator into the numerator. Use ordinary whole-number division that produces a quotient and a remainder.






9. 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.






10. A quantity consisting of disconnected parts - as three stones or seven coins. It may be also called a 'Discontinued Quantity'.






11. When are you allowed to divide by a variable - (or Any expression) ?






12. In a division problem - the number that an amount is divided by






13. Unknown quantities by the first letters of the alphabet (a - b - c - d - etc..); Known quantities by the last letters (u - x - y - etc.)






14. Assemble the mixed number. The whole-number part of the mixed number is the whole-number part of the quotient. The numerator of the fraction part of the mixed number is the remainder from the quotient. The denominator of the fraction part of the mixe






15. Be careful not to assume that a quadratic equation always has _____ _____. Always _____ quadratic equations to determine their solutions. This will enable you to see whether a quadratic equation has ____ or ____ solutions






16. Can have many different combinations of factors






17. Any number with an exponent of 0






18. Step 1: Do the multiplication and division first - from left to right. Step 2: Do the addition and subtraction last - from left to right.






19. In an equation made up of two fractions - the numerator of one fraction times the denominator of the other fraction.






20. The lower number in a fraction is the






21. A combination of numbers and variables connected by one or more operations signs






22. The sum of a group of numbers divided by the number of numbers. Also known as the average.






23. When will a decimal Not terminate and why?






24. Every lesser number is contained in a greater more than once.






25. A number with an exponent of 3 is often said to be






26. A Polygon is a closed shape formed by






27. Every number is contained in itself once.






28. A value found by ordering a group of data from least to greatest and choosing the middle value of the group.






29. All whole numbers (both positive and negative) and zero.






30. Dividing by two digit numbers - Make use of estimation to assist in finding the quotient. Do this by rounding both the target digits of the dividend and the factoring divisor.






31. Two angles whose sum is 180 degrees






32. Method: convert Decimal to Percent?






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






34. Everything may be assumed as unity.






35. No integer (except 1) that divides evenly into both the numerator and denominator.






36. One of those primes must be the number __ ?






37. Anything that may be increased or diminished






38. Set the denominator of the improper fraction equal to the denominator of the fraction in the mixed number






39. 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?






40. Change/Original = New






41. That which is referred to Unity as a Part to a Whole as - 1 half - 2 thirds - 1 third - 3 fourths - etc..






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






43. A number that is not a prime number is called a






44. Unit Profit = ?






45. A decimal which ends without repeating e.g. 0.2 - 0.47 - 0.375 the ratio of integers that results in a terminating decimal






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






47. The terms Species and Number






48. A polygon that has four sides






49. A unit for measuring area






50. A number with only two factors: the number itself and one.