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CLEP General Mathematics: Geometry
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The figure formed by two rays with a common endpoint called the vertex - the space between two lines or planes that intersect - a figure formed by two rays that have the same endpoint.
semicircle
Complementary angles
median of a triangle
Angle
2. An equilateral quadrilateral
triangle
rhombus
polygon
Acute angle
3. An eight-sided polygon
octagon
undecagon
major arc
circumcenter
4. A quadrilateral with 2 sets of parallel sides not at right angles to one another.
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
parallelogram
polygon
Parallel lines
5. A line that touches a curve at only one point.
tangent
Perimeter
plane
perpendicular
6. A triangle with 2 equal sides.
Isosceles triangle
dart
incenter
Area of a square
7. Half of a line
heptagon
Circumference
ray
vertex angle of an isosceles triangle
8. The point of concurrency of the angle bisectors of a triangle
Parallel lines
protractor
minor arc
incenter
9. A ray is part of a line with one endpoint and extending infi nitely in one direction - (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point - A part of a line - with one endpoint - that continues without end in one direction.
Ray
Cavalieri Principle
parallelogram
Area of a square
10. Lines in the same plane that never intersect.
parallel lines
circumference
line
perpendicular
11. Not convex
concave
Isosceles triangle
line segment
diameter (number)
12. One-half of a complete revolution - an angle of 180 degrees - an angle with measure equal to 180 degrees.
concave
quadrangle
Straight angle
intersecting lines
13. A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides
central angle
parallelogram
octagon
hypotenuse of a right triangle
14. P = 2L + 2W (L = length - W = width) - (length times 2) plus (width times 2).
Perimeter of a rectangle
obtuse triangle
space
center of a circle
15. Two angles that lie between the two parallel lines on opposite sides of the transversal.
parallel planes
diagonal of a polygon
scalene triangle
alternate interior angles
16. A ray - with endpoint on the vertex - that divides an angle into two congruent coplanar angles
center of a circle
Perimeter
angle bisector
undecagon
17. The union of line segments with each segment interesecting exactly two others - only at the endpoints
Perpendicular lines
Intersecting lines
polygon
Acute angle
18. The length of a line segment with endpoints on a circle that also contains the center of the circle
equiangular
diameter (number)
point of concurrency
center of a circle
19. An angle between 90 and 180 degrees
obtuse angle
coplanar
consecutive vertices
Area of a rectangle
20. A triangle with a right angle
rectangle
right triangle
Angle Bisector of a Triangle
collinear
21. A=1/2h(b1+b2) - or
rectangle
Area of a trapezoid
radius (object)
hypotenuse of a right triangle
22. A continuous part of a circle.
angle bisector
Arc
Base of an Isosceles triangle
acute angle
23. One of the angles is an obtuse angle - a triangle that contains an obtuse interior angle - A triangle where one angle measures over 90 degrees.
pentagon
line
Obtuse triangle
Bi-conditional statement
24. A line segment that passes through the center of a circle and has endpoints on the circle.
vertical angles
diameter
collinear
pentadecagon
25. The set of all points that are the same distance from a given point
sphere
tangent
Vertex of an angle
Angle of a Polygon
26. Sides in a polygon that are connected by a vertex
perimeter
consecutive sides
skew lines
Angle
27. A piece of a line using A and B as endpoints - part of a line with two endpoints - A part of a line between two endpoints.
alternate interior angles
secant
Line segment
kite
28. A line that intersects a (coplanar) circle at exactly one point
Perpendicular lines
tangent
parallelogram
Volume of a sphere
29. Equiangular quadrilateral
convex
Angle Bisector of a Triangle
rectangle
Volume of a circular cylinder
30. Angles whose measures add to 90 degrees - two angles whose sum is a right angle - Angles whose measure adds up to 90 degrees.
Right angle
square
obtuse triangle
Complementary angles
31. More than two lines that meet at the same point
dodecagon
nonagon
concurrent
pentagon
32. (1.) By using a letter or a number inside the angle. Thus - we would name the angle (read 'angle alpha'). (2.) By using the vertex letter only - such as A. (3.) By using three letters - one from each ray - with the vertex letter in the middle. The
Volume of a pyramid
major arc
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
intersection
33. All sides are congruent
Line segment
pyramid
equilateral
Pythagorean theorem
34. A = LW (L = length - W = width).
alternate interior angles
protractor
Area of a rectangle
vertical angles
35. One of the line segments that makes a polygon
regular polygon
side of a polygon
acute triangle
altitude of a cylinder or prism
36. The side opposite the vertex angle.
Straight angle
Base of an Isosceles triangle
side of an angle
parallelogram
37. The only space figure on the game board; it has six equal square faces.
Scalene triangle
cube
legs of an isosceles triangle
nonagon
38. The rays forming the angle - Rays that make up an angle - The two rays that meet at a vertex to create an angle.
Sides of an angle
acute triangle
regular polygon
angle bisector
39. 1/3 X area of base X height
perpendicular
Altitude of a Triangle
Equilateral triangle
Volume of a pyramid
40. Any 2D figure with parallel bases (of length a) and height (b) - that has constant width (a) will have area ab.
Cavalieri Principle
Base angles of an isosceles triangle
Perpendicular lines
inscribed angle in a circle
41. A chord that contains the center of the circle
consecutive angles
diameter (object)
Point
altitude of a pyramid or cone
42. A closed curve; all the points on the circle are the same distance from the center of the circle.
side of a polygon
Obtuse angle
Parallel lines
circle
43. A segment from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side
corresponding angles (with parallel lines)
Angle Bisector of a Triangle
median of a triangle
right triangle
44. A nine-sided polygon
n-gon
nonagon
linear pair of angles
area of a circle
45. The statement formed by negating both the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement
quadrangle
linear pair of angles
inverse
Volume of a circular cylinder
46. A line passing through the circumcenter - centroid - and orthocenter of a triangle
Euler Line
pentagon
supplementary angles
area of a circle
47. The square of the hypotenuse c of a right triangle equals the sum of the squares of the other two sides - a and b.
secant
Pythagorean theorem
Angle
equal
48. The point of concurrency of the medians of a triangle; the center of mass of a triangle
centroid of a triangle
counterexample
perpendicular
Perimeter of a square
49. Twenty sided polygon
corresponding angles (with parallel lines)
obtuse angle
pentadecagon
icosagon
50. A polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
Volume of a circular cone
pyramid
octagon
prism