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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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1. Two equal sides - a triangle with two equal sides - A triangle with at least 2 congruent sides.
pentagon
hypotenuse of a right triangle
Isosceles triangle
protractor
2. An eleven-sided polygon
concurrent
legs of an isosceles triangle
decagon
undecagon
3. A line that touches a curve at only one point.
tangent
parallelogram
intersection
Area of a trapezoid
4. Part of a line consisting of a path between two endpoints.
line segment
ray
Degree
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
5. (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
kite
quadrangle
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
Sum of the measures in a triangle
6. The distance around a circle.
Isosceles triangle
alternate interior angles
side of a polygon
circumference
7. A three-sided polygon
triangle
diameter (object)
inverse
Euler segment
8. Half of a line
Angle of a Polygon
ray
isosceles triangle
line
9. Goes through circumcenter - centroid - and orthocenter; circumcenter and orthocenter are its endpoints
Isosceles triangle
Euler segment
Base angles of an isosceles triangle
Area of a circle
10. No equal sides - a triangle with no two sides of equal length - no congruent sides - A triangle with three sides of different lengths.
Scalene triangle
circle
Line segment
circumscribed
11. An example that shows a statement to be false
Leonhard Euler
perimeter
area of a circle
counterexample
12. The length of the altitude
height
prism
parallel planes
nonagon
13. A continuous part of a circle.
complementary angles
Arc
pyramid
equiangular
14. The two congruent sides of an isosceles triangle
legs of an isosceles triangle
median of a triangle
consecutive vertices
rectangle
15. A line segment with one endpoint at the center of a circle and the other endpoint on the circle
vertex of an isosceles triangle
radius (object)
dodecagon
Acute angle
16. The amount of surface inside a circle.
area of a circle
Ray
intersecting lines
line segment
17. A parallelogram with four equal sides not at right angles to each other.
Area of a square
Intersecting lines
cylinder
rhombus
18. A quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sides
trapezoid
counterexample
perimeter
Isosceles triangle
19. In a polygon two vertices that are endpoints of a side
space
Angle Bisector of a Triangle
triangle
consecutive vertices
20. A line segment perpendicular to the bases - with endpoints on the planes containing the bases.
circumscribed
equilateral
Intersecting lines
altitude of a cylinder or prism
21. The set of all coplanar points that are the same distance from a given point
centroid of a triangle
Circle
scalene triangle
tangent
22. 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.
cone
The square root of a is a number b
Obtuse triangle
semicircle
23. Shows a location -
radius (number)
Perimeter of a rectangle
Point
angle bisector
24. A structure that is used to support weight from above.
legs of a right triangle
Arch
Area of a trapezoid
Angle of a Polygon
25. 12 sided polygon
dodecagon
ruler
endpoint
Angle
26. A tool for measuring linear distance
ruler
isosceles triangle
Angle Bisector of a Triangle
rhombus
27. Having the same size and shape
congruent
circumcenter
decagon
intersecting lines
28. A nine-sided polygon
protractor
nonagon
inscribed
Apothem
29. Any 2D figure with parallel bases (of length a) and height (b) - that has constant width (a) will have area ab.
plane
Cavalieri Principle
square
cube
30. Lines in the same plane that never intersect.
right angle
endpoint
parallel lines
pi
31. More than two lines that meet at the same point
scalene triangle
Cavalieri Principle
Intersecting lines
concurrent
32. Lines in the same plane that intersect.
intersecting lines
Volume of a pyramid
acute triangle
midpoint
33. Half of a sphere form through bisection by a plane
nonconvex
secant
hemisphere
orthocenter
34. Area of a circle x height of cylinder - pi x r*2 x height.
inscribed angle in a circle
parallelogram
Volume of a circular cylinder
equiangular
35. An undefined one-dimensional object with no endpoints
convex
vertical angles
Obtuse angle
line
36. No line that contains a side of the polygon contains a point in the interior of the polygon
alternate interior angles
Degree
convex
Perimeter of a square
37. The common endpoint of two sides of the polygon
consecutive vertices
isosceles triangle
Acute angle
vertex of a polygon
38. One-half of a complete revolution - an angle of 180 degrees - an angle with measure equal to 180 degrees.
Obtuse angle
Isosceles triangle
Right angle
Straight angle
39. Two lines that intersect to form right angles
undecagon
protractor
perpendicular
diameter (object)
40. An arc that measures less than 180 degrees
trapezoid
Acute angle
perimeter
minor arc
41. The only space figure on the game board; it has six equal square faces.
cube
trapezoid
icosagon
circle
42. The point of concurrency of the perpendicular bisectors of a triangle
median of a triangle
right triangle
circumcenter
point
43. Objects on the same line
Isosceles triangle
Obtuse triangle
collinear
altitude of a pyramid or cone
44. A quadrilateral with 2 sets of parallel sides not at right angles to one another.
parallel lines
trapezoid
parallelogram
Area of a rectangle
45. An angle having two adjacent sides of the polygon as its sides.
Straight angle
Pythagorean theorem
Angle of a Polygon
line segment
46. A triangle that has a 90 degree angle.
secant
concurrent
right triangle
The square root of a is a number b
47. A point a the end of a line segment or ray.
endpoint
obtuse triangle
circumcenter
Perimeter
48. The author / editor of 'The Elements'
hemisphere
point
Intersecting lines
Euclid
49. A ray - with endpoint on the vertex - that divides an angle into two congruent coplanar angles
angle bisector
parallel planes
Area of a parallelogram
right angle
50. The distance from the center of a circle to a point on the circle
radius (number)
Arc
undecagon
Euclid