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CLEP General Mathematics: Geometry

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A line that touches a curve at only one point.






2. 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.






3. Two lines in the same plane that extend infinitely in both directions and never intersect - coplanar lines that do not intersect - lines in a plane that never intersect.






4. A triangle with no equal sides.






5. Any 2D figure with parallel bases (of length a) and height (b) - that has constant width (a) will have area ab.






6. Two equal sides - a triangle with two equal sides - A triangle with at least 2 congruent sides.






7. A triangle with a right angle






8. One of the angles is a right angle - a triangle with one right angle - One angle in the triangle measures exactly 90 degrees.






9. A parallelogram with four equal sides not at right angles to each other.






10. 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






11. The longest side of a right triangle






12. A triangle with all acute angles.






13. An arc that measures greater than 180 degrees






14. Coplanar lines that do not intersect






15. All three angles are acute - a triangle whose interior angles are all acute - A triangle with three acute angles.






16. A=1/2h(b1+b2) - or






17. V = (4/3)(pi)(r^3)






18. The set of all points that are the same distance from a given point






19. A = LW (L = length - W = width).






20. The amount of surface inside a circle.






21. A triangle with 2 equal sides.






22. The two congruent sides of an isosceles triangle






23. Two angles whose sum is 180 degrees






24. The statement formed by negating both the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement






25. Coplanar - adjacent angles that are supplementary






26. An exact location in space. undefined zero-dimensional object






27. The set of all coplanar points that are the same distance from a given point






28. The two sides of a right triangle that form the right angle






29. A line that intersects a (coplanar) circle at exactly one point






30. The length of a line segment with endpoints on a circle that also contains the center of the circle






31. A polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex






32. Switches the hypothesis and the conclusion and negates both






33. 15 sided polygon






34. An undefined one-dimensional object with no endpoints






35. A triangle with at least two congruent sides






36. More than two lines that meet at the same point






37. A triangle with no two sides congruent






38. The sum of the lengths of the sides of a polygon.






39. A line that intersects a circle in two points






40. An angle in a circle formed by two radii.






41. Lines in the same plane that intersect.






42. The author / editor of 'The Elements'






43. A circle is circumscribed about a polygon if the circle contains all the vertices of the polygon.






44. The sum of the measures in any triangle is 180 degrees.






45. C = (Pi)d = 2(Pi)r - the size of something as given by the distance around it - the length of the closed curve of a circle - 2pr - Pi






46. A statement that can be written in if-then form






47. An eleven-sided polygon






48. Shows a location -






49. (1.) Use a metric ruler. (2.) Measure the length - width - and height (Volume = l x w x h). (3.) Units cubic centimeter (cm3).






50. A tool for measuring linear distance