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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. Angles whose measures add to 90 degrees - two angles whose sum is a right angle - Angles whose measure adds up to 90 degrees.
vertex of a polygon
supplementary angles
Scalene triangle
Complementary angles
2. The sum of the measures in any triangle is 180 degrees.
Volume of a rectangular solid
acute angle
Sum of the measures in a triangle
Area of a trapezoid
3. The statement formed by switching the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement
consecutive sides
converse
Volume of a circular cone
vertical angles
4. A five-sided polygon.
Volume of a pyramid
sphere
pentagon
parallel lines
5. A triangle with three equal sides - a three-sided regular polygon - a triangle with three equal sides - three congruent sides.
Sides of an angle
Equilateral triangle
Leonhard Euler
trapezoid
6. An angle greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees - An angle less than 90 degrees - An angle less than 90 degrees but more than 0 degrees.
right triangle
Acute angle
square
heptagon
7. A term used to describe two numbers having the same value
equal
pentagon
nonconvex
Acute triangle
8. Two equal sides - a triangle with two equal sides - A triangle with at least 2 congruent sides.
union
Right angle
Isosceles triangle
Euler segment
9. 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.
Arc
Scalene triangle
ray
Angle
10. No equal sides - a triangle with no two sides of equal length - no congruent sides - A triangle with three sides of different lengths.
regular polygon
Acute triangle
Scalene triangle
conditional statement
11. Goes through circumcenter - centroid - and orthocenter; circumcenter and orthocenter are its endpoints
linear pair of angles
pentagon
trapezoid
Euler segment
12. 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.
congruent
Angle
intersecting lines
Obtuse triangle
13. A structure that is used to support weight from above.
rhombus
perpendicular
obtuse angle
Arch
14. Two angles whose sum is 180 degrees
supplementary angles
Apothem
vertex of an isosceles triangle
Acute angle
15. Equiangular quadrilateral
rectangle
Volume of a rectangular solid
isosceles triangle
height
16. A three-sided polygon
supplementary angles
scalene triangle
line
triangle
17. Twenty sided polygon
cylinder
icosagon
hexagon
Isosceles triangle
18. A chord that contains the center of the circle
Arch
vertex of an isosceles triangle
diameter (object)
Volume of a pyramid
19. An arc that measures greater than 180 degrees
diameter (object)
Acute triangle
major arc
parallelogram
20. A line that intersects a circle in two points
rhombus
skew lines
major arc
secant
21. Swiss mathematician (1707-1783). He is known for his prolific output and the fact that he continued to produce seminal results even after going blind. He invented graph theory with the Seven Bridges of Konigsberg problem and introduced the modern not
Leonhard Euler
diameter (number)
Arch
concave
22. A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides
undecagon
parallelogram
Volume of a pyramid
parallel lines
23. A point a the end of a line segment or ray.
Base of an Isosceles triangle
endpoint
equal
Scalene triangle
24. A part of a line between two endpoints
height
endpoint
hypotenuse of a right triangle
line segment
25. A line that intersects a (coplanar) circle at exactly one point
tangent
Volume of a circular cone
cone
secant
26. A polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
Angle
convex
Volume of a circular cylinder
prism
27. The square of the hypotenuse c of a right triangle equals the sum of the squares of the other two sides - a and b.
Isosceles triangle
circumscribed
line
Pythagorean theorem
28. An undefined two-dimensional figure
regular polygon
plane
scalene triangle
Pythagorean theorem
29. A line segment with one endpoint at the center of a circle and the other endpoint on the circle
radius (object)
point
hypotenuse of a right triangle
vertex of an angle
30. Non-parallel - non-intersecting lines
plane
prism
skew lines
protractor
31. (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
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
converse
parallelogram
scalene triangle
32. An arc that measures less than 180 degrees
line
minor arc
pentagon
radius (number)
33. Extends infinitely in both directions. A spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent.
Arch
circle
line
nonconvex
34. 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
point
endpoint
equal
35. The point of intersection of the legs of an isosceles triangle
Vertex of an angle
square
congruent
vertex of an isosceles triangle
36. The longest side of a right triangle
point
point of concurrency
inscribed
hypotenuse of a right triangle
37. A triangle with no equal sides.
vertex of a polygon
Equilateral triangle
scalene triangle
circumference
38. A statement that can be written in if-then form
cube
conditional statement
right triangle
Arch
39. The common endpoint of the rays of an angle
circumscribed
space
vertex of an angle
n-gon
40. Half of a sphere form through bisection by a plane
side of an angle
Area of a circle
heptagon
hemisphere
41. Coplanar lines that do not intersect
central angle
parallel lines
concurrent
side of a polygon
42. One-half of a complete revolution - an angle of 180 degrees - an angle with measure equal to 180 degrees.
angle bisector
perimeter
Straight angle
corresponding angles (with parallel lines)
43. 1/3 X area of base X height
Volume of a pyramid
contrapositive
midpoint
Acute triangle
44. A series of points that go on and on in opposite directions.
right triangle
Angle Bisector of a Triangle
Equilateral triangle
line
45. A triangle with at least two congruent sides
intersecting lines
isosceles triangle
parallel lines
perpendicular
46. An angle between 90 and 180 degrees
Vertex of an angle
altitude of a cylinder or prism
obtuse angle
union
47. One of the line segments that makes a polygon
side of a polygon
parallelogram
altitude of a pyramid or cone
Parallel lines
48. Seven sided polygon
heptagon
isosceles triangle
vertex of a polygon
cone
49. A line segment perpendicular to the base - with one endpoint on the vertex and the other endpoint on the plane containing the base
complementary angles
ray
altitude of a pyramid or cone
Area of a rectangle
50. A quadrilateral with 2 sets of parallel sides not at right angles to one another.
parallelogram
hemisphere
Supplementary angles
Obtuse triangle