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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. The side opposite the vertex angle.
icosagon
endpoint
Perpendicular lines
Base of an Isosceles triangle
2. One of the angles is a right angle - a triangle with one right angle - One angle in the triangle measures exactly 90 degrees.
vertex of an angle
Area of a circle
Right triangle
median of a triangle
3. 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).
nonconvex
Intersecting lines
endpoint
Point
4. Two lines that intersect to form right angles.
Perpendicular lines
Perimeter of a rectangle
collinear
perimeter
5. A = S^2
parallelogram
Sides of an angle
Area of a square
chord of a circle
6. An angle with 90 degrees
pi
right angle
pentagon
Line segment
7. An angle in a circle formed by two chords with a common endpoint
rhombus
ray
inscribed angle in a circle
skew lines
8. A five-sided polygon.
Volume of a pyramid
kite
pentagon
central angle
9. Coplanar lines that do not intersect
parallel lines
Vertex of an angle
The square root of a is a number b
regular polygon
10. An exact location in space. undefined zero-dimensional object
dodecagon
point
orthocenter
Sides of an angle
11. A line segment perpendicular to the base - with one endpoint on the vertex and the other endpoint on the plane containing the base
Line segment
Volume of a rectangular solid
hypotenuse of a right triangle
altitude of a pyramid or cone
12. A part of a line between two endpoints
consecutive vertices
Area of a triangle
line segment
area of a circle
13. 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.
trapezoid
Ray
midpoint
cone
14. 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
parallel planes
median of a triangle
plane
Leonhard Euler
15. Two angles whose sum is 180 degrees
height
Angle Bisector of a Triangle
supplementary angles
secant
16. An example that shows a statement to be false
concurrent
Angle of a Polygon
Point
counterexample
17. The length of a line segment with endpoints on a circle that also contains the center of the circle
radius (number)
point of concurrency
diameter (number)
pi
18. The point that is the same distance from all the points on the circle
protractor
chord of a circle
line segment
center of a circle
19. Twenty sided polygon
diameter
icosagon
plane
vertex of an isosceles triangle
20. A segment whose endpoints are point on a circle
chord of a circle
Isosceles triangle
vertex of a polygon
union
21. Point of concurrency of the altitudes of a triangle
orthocenter
altitude of a cylinder or prism
consecutive angles
ruler
22. The sum of the lengths of the sides of a polygon.
Obtuse angle
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
perimeter
complementary angles
23. All elements that are in any of two (or more) sets or figures
union
diameter
Circle
counterexample
24. A closed curve; all the points on the circle are the same distance from the center of the circle.
circle
pentadecagon
angle bisector
Bi-conditional statement
25. A four sided polygon
line segment
equal
quadrangle
legs of an isosceles triangle
26. A circle is inscribed in a polygon if the circle is tangent to all the sides of the polygon.
inscribed
intersection
Sum of the measures in a triangle
parallel planes
27. An equilateral - equiangular polygon
perimeter
point
regular polygon
pyramid
28. (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
isosceles triangle
Obtuse triangle
prism
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
29. The angles opposite the legs of an isosceles triangle.
circumference
Base angles of an isosceles triangle
chord of a circle
contrapositive
30. A line that touches a curve at only one point.
undecagon
dodecagon
tangent
radius (number)
31. The distance from the center of a circle to a point on the circle
vertex of an angle
Leonhard Euler
radius (number)
Line segment
32. Lines in the same plane that never intersect.
right triangle
rectangle
parallel lines
height
33. A quadrilateral with 2 sets of parallel sides not at right angles to one another.
hypotenuse of a right triangle
parallelogram
kite
line segment
34. A triangle with three equal sides - a three-sided regular polygon - a triangle with three equal sides - three congruent sides.
Equilateral triangle
legs of a right triangle
tangent
Ray
35. 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.
pentadecagon
Acute angle
vertex of an isosceles triangle
square
36. Segment that connects any two nonconsecutive vertices of a polygon
Angle
inscribed angle in a circle
collinear
diagonal of a polygon
37. A ray - with endpoint on the vertex - that divides an angle into two congruent coplanar angles
radius (number)
angle bisector
congruent
obtuse triangle
38. An undefined one-dimensional object with no endpoints
diameter
semicircle
Arch
line
39. An arc that measures 180 degrees
semicircle
icosagon
secant
rhombus
40. Two angles that lie between the two parallel lines on opposite sides of the transversal.
alternate interior angles
vertex angle of an isosceles triangle
altitude of a pyramid or cone
Euler segment
41. The statement formed by switching the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement
convex
Obtuse triangle
quadrangle
converse
42. A point a the end of a line segment or ray.
tangent
endpoint
cylinder
quadrangle
43. 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.
conditional statement
Straight angle
Volume of a pyramid
Line segment
44. The common point of the two rays - the point in common of the two rays that form an angle. - the point at which the sides of an angle meet or intersect.
right triangle
Right triangle
Vertex of an angle
Base of an Isosceles triangle
45. A point that divides a line segment into two equal parts.
The square root of a is a number b
central angle
midpoint
Parallel lines
46. Distance around - the size of something as given by the distance around it.
Perimeter
Area of a square
side of a polygon
scalene triangle
47. A series of points that go on and on in opposite directions.
line
semicircle
dodecagon
skew lines
48. Equiangular quadrilateral
undecagon
octagon
Angle
rectangle
49. Goes through circumcenter - centroid - and orthocenter; circumcenter and orthocenter are its endpoints
dodecagon
Euler segment
angle bisector
right triangle
50. 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.
Perpendicular lines
Euler segment
protractor
Angle