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CLEP General Mathematics: Arithmetic Basics

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1. When will a decimal terminate and why?






2. A line segment that passes through the center of a circle and has its endpoints on the circle






3. Step 1: Add the absolute values of the addends Step 2. Give the result the sign that is common to the addends






4. The largest integer that can be divided evenly into both the numerator and denominator.






5. A solid figure that has triangles for its sides and a polygon as its base






6. Two angles whose sum is 180 degrees






7. 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?






8. Any value divided by one






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






10. All the positive whole numbers






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






12. Percent Decrease Formula ?






13. Total Sales or Revenue = ?






14. Always check the solutions you get in the original equation! Squaring both sides can actually introduce and extraneous solution.






15. Having the same value






16. A number with an exponent of 2 is often said to be






17. The difference between the least and greatest values in a set of numbers






18. A polygon that has four sides.






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






20. Is ZERO positive or negative - both - or none?






21. Everything may be assumed as unity.






22. Includes an integer as well as a fractional part






23. One number is said to be greater than (>) another when it is






24. The absolute value of numbers is indicated by






25. The base of a triangle refers to?






26. Describe the VIC solving method of Picking Numbers & Calculating a Target... When is this method useful?

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27. A positive whole number with more than two factors. In other words - a number that is not prime. Zero and one are neither composite nor prime.






28. When the factors of a number are all prime numbers - the factors are said to be the






29. A ratio that shows the cost per unit of measure






30. The result of the division called the






31. A mathematical sentence that uses an equal sign






32. Two numbers listed in a specific order; it describes a point on the coordinate graph






33. The horizontal number line of a coordinate graph






34. A fraction such as 12/16 might look a lot different from 3/4 - but it represents






35. The purpose of the first step in Changing Integer Subtraction to Integer Addition is to






36. Odd / Odd = ? e.g. 15/5 = 3 e.g. 15/25 = 0.6






37. What is the formula forCounting consecutive multiples?






38. A quantity that is whole and continuous - as a field - a circle - the universe - and so on. It is also called a 'Continued Quantity'.






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






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. Reducing fractions is






42. Adding integers that have opposite signs means






43. Pick a value for all but one of the variables and then solve for the value of the remaining variable. Then - plug the numbers we've selected into the original expression to get the Target value - and TEST Each Answer CHOICE.






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






45. Species are distinguished into






46. An angle that measures 90 degrees






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






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






49. To indicate the subtraction operation - to indicate a negative integer value






50. A number that when multiplied by itself results in the original number