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CLEP General Mathematics: Arithmetic Basics

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






2. Any number multiplied to form a product. A product can be divided by one factor to find the other factor.






3. Indicates the number to be multiplied






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






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






6. A triangle that has three equal sides and three equal angles






7. An angle that measures 90 degrees






8. The absolute value of the numerator is smaller than the absolute value of the denominator.






9. The two kinds of Quantity are






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






11. For Data Sufficiency problems involving percent change - all you need to compute a percent change is ____ ?






12. 11/2 - 2 3/4 - 6 5/8 - -4 1/4






13. What is the formula for the Sum of Interior Angles of a Polygon? ...where n = the number of sides






14. Odd x Odd = ? e.g. 3 x 3 = 9 e.g. 5 x 11 = 55 e.g. 9 x 3 = 27






15. Percent Decrease Formula ?






16. Are located to the left of the zero on the integer number line. Negative-value integers use the same symbols as the whole number system - but are distinguished by the use of a negative sign ( - ). Numbers 5 and - 5 - for example - might resemble one






17. What rule is essential to follow when solving ABSOLUTE VALUE EQUATIONS?






18. In a group of values - the value that occurs most often.






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






20. An eight-sided polygon






21. A comparison of the two values of two numbers






22. A polygon with six sides.






23. Total Earnings ($) = ?






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






25. 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






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






27. When the product in the 1's column is greater than 9


28. Factors may be multiplied in any order.






29. What is the formula for: The Area of a Triangle ?






30. The likelihood that an event will occur. The probability that an event will occur is 0 - 1 - or somewhere between 0 and 1.






31. Total Sales or Revenue = ?






32. A mirror image of a figure shown over a line of reflection






33. That which is referred to Unity as a Whole to a Part as - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - etc..






34. In order to understand and use exponents that are fractions or decimals - you must first know about






35. The denominator of the fraction part of the mixed number is






36. A drawing of an object that is different in size (usually smaller than the original) but keeps the same proportions






37. Taken together - the multiplicand and multiplier are known as






38. When working with nested signs of grouping






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






40. A parallelogram with four right angles






41. Adding integers that have opposite signs means






42. A value such as 6^3 can described as


43. The terms Species and Number






44. Quantities which are both equal to one and the same third are equal to one another.






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






46. Rules that tell which steps to follow when solving an expression






47. The process of breaking a number down into its factors is called






48. Two angles whose sum equals 90 degrees






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






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