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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. Lines in the same plane that never intersect.
parallel lines
line
decagon
corresponding angles (with parallel lines)
2. The perpendicular segment form a vertx to the line containing the opposite side.
scalene triangle
Altitude of a Triangle
contrapositive
complementary angles
3. The statement formed by negating both the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement
side of an angle
Scalene triangle
inverse
right triangle
4. The union of line segments with each segment interesecting exactly two others - only at the endpoints
polygon
Apothem
pi
legs of an isosceles triangle
5. Two equal sides - a triangle with two equal sides - A triangle with at least 2 congruent sides.
circumscribed
vertex of an angle
side of an angle
Isosceles triangle
6. A triangle with one obtuse angle
Right angle
cylinder
obtuse triangle
endpoint
7. The amount of surface inside a circle.
area of a circle
rhombus
concave
pi
8. A term used to describe two numbers having the same value
triangle
major arc
vertex of an isosceles triangle
equal
9. A=?r
endpoint
kite
Volume of a pyramid
Area of a circle
10. A line that intersects a circle in two points
altitude of a cylinder or prism
secant
Arch
Perimeter
11. Two lines that intersect to form right angles.
intersection
contrapositive
Right triangle
Perpendicular lines
12. A statement that can be written in if-then form
acute triangle
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
Sides of an angle
conditional statement
13. The square root of a is a number b so that a = b^2.
line
Scalene triangle
line segment
The square root of a is a number b
14. A polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex
pyramid
Bi-conditional statement
diagonal of a polygon
rhombus
15. Having the same size and shape
dart
Cavalieri Principle
parallel lines
congruent
16. An undefined two-dimensional figure
Altitude of a Triangle
plane
Obtuse triangle
prism
17. A line segment perpendicular to the base - with one endpoint on the vertex and the other endpoint on the plane containing the base
hexagon
altitude of a pyramid or cone
circumcenter
nonagon
18. Figures that lie on the same plane
coplanar
line segment
Circumference
contrapositive
19. A segment whose endpoints are point on a circle
quadrangle
intersection
chord of a circle
convex
20. A nine-sided polygon
Supplementary angles
parallel planes
major arc
nonagon
21. One of the line segments that makes a polygon
median of a triangle
side of a polygon
Equilateral triangle
radius (object)
22. A pair of angles which are on the same side of the transversal. With respect to the parallel lines - one must be interior - one must be extirior - and they must be nonadjacent.
consecutive angles
corresponding angles (with parallel lines)
Sides of an angle
regular polygon
23. The angles opposite the legs of an isosceles triangle.
pentagon
Volume of a pyramid
Base angles of an isosceles triangle
right angle
24. The common endpoint of two sides of the polygon
right triangle
vertex of a polygon
centroid of a triangle
Area of a rectangle
25. Coplanar - adjacent angles that are supplementary
Volume of a circular cylinder
linear pair of angles
complementary angles
diameter
26. An undefined three-dimensional figure; the set of all points
Straight angle
space
legs of an isosceles triangle
triangle
27. Objects on the same line
nonagon
equiangular
dodecagon
collinear
28. The two congruent sides of an isosceles triangle
line segment
Vertex of an angle
legs of an isosceles triangle
inscribed
29. No equal sides - a triangle with no two sides of equal length - no congruent sides - A triangle with three sides of different lengths.
Acute angle
Scalene triangle
trapezoid
line segment
30. An eight-sided polygon
Volume of a rectangular solid
octagon
Obtuse triangle
n-gon
31. An angle greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees - an angle between 90 and 180 degrees - An angle that measures more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.
semicircle
Obtuse angle
Pythagorean theorem
Sides of an angle
32. The length of the altitude
Scalene triangle
minor arc
height
circumscribed
33. 1/3 X area of base X height
dodecagon
Volume of a pyramid
concave
Altitude of a Triangle
34. Non-parallel - non-intersecting lines
perpendicular
convex
skew lines
Acute triangle
35. V = (4/3)(pi)(r^3)
Euclid
Volume of a sphere
sphere
Area of a triangle
36. 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.
Area of a triangle
Angle
alternate interior angles
plane
37. Switches the hypothesis and the conclusion and negates both
contrapositive
semicircle
dart
diagonal of a polygon
38. Two lines with one common point - Lines that cross at one point - opposite angles are equal (each pair of angles along the same line add to 180 degrees).
Base angles of an isosceles triangle
congruent
minor arc
Intersecting lines
39. Distance around - the size of something as given by the distance around it.
midpoint
endpoint
prism
Perimeter
40. An angle having two adjacent sides of the polygon as its sides.
Volume of a rectangular solid
major arc
protractor
Angle of a Polygon
41. Lines in the same plane that intersect.
square
concave
intersecting lines
Euclid
42. Two angles that lie between the two parallel lines on opposite sides of the transversal.
protractor
alternate interior angles
dart
Straight angle
43. Angles whose measures add to 90 degrees - two angles whose sum is a right angle - Angles whose measure adds up to 90 degrees.
Complementary angles
line
side of an angle
Straight angle
44. The ratio of a circles circumference to its diameter. (approximately 3.141592653589...
skew lines
Obtuse triangle
right angle
pi
45. All angles are congruent
line segment
equiangular
acute triangle
hexagon
46. The rays forming the angle - Rays that make up an angle - The two rays that meet at a vertex to create an angle.
right angle
circumference
parallelogram
Sides of an angle
47. A = 1/2bh (b = base - h = height) - The area of a triangle is one half the product of a base and its corresponding height - which is the length of the altitude drawn to the given base - A=
diameter
height
parallel lines
Area of a triangle
48. All three angles are acute - a triangle whose interior angles are all acute - A triangle with three acute angles.
right angle
supplementary angles
Acute triangle
The square root of a is a number b
49. 1/360 of a complete revolution - A unit used to measure distances around a circle. One degree equals 1/360 of a full circle - A unit of angle measure.
Degree
cylinder
pentadecagon
union
50. A=1/2h(b1+b2) - or
Right angle
semicircle
Area of a trapezoid
parallelogram