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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. A triangle with 2 equal sides.
congruent
Straight angle
circumference
Isosceles triangle
2. P = 2L + 2W (L = length - W = width) - (length times 2) plus (width times 2).
linear pair of angles
Degree
Perimeter of a rectangle
consecutive angles
3. An angle with 90 degrees
altitude of a cylinder or prism
Point
quadrangle
right angle
4. A line segment perpendicular to the base - with one endpoint on the vertex and the other endpoint on the plane containing the base
altitude of a pyramid or cone
legs of an isosceles triangle
collinear
circumscribed
5. 12 sided polygon
dodecagon
collinear
Point
perpendicular
6. Angles whose measures add to 90 degrees - two angles whose sum is a right angle - Angles whose measure adds up to 90 degrees.
Area of a parallelogram
parallel planes
Complementary angles
chord of a circle
7. Angles whose measures add to 180 degrees - Two angles whose sum is 180 degrees - Angles whose measure adds up to 180 degrees.
Volume of a circular cylinder
Volume of a sphere
Supplementary angles
line segment
8. A line passing through the circumcenter - centroid - and orthocenter of a triangle
Isosceles triangle
right angle
parallelogram
Euler Line
9. Sides in a polygon that are connected by a vertex
Angle
rectangle
secant
consecutive sides
10. Two angles that lie between the two parallel lines on opposite sides of the transversal.
Isosceles triangle
alternate interior angles
Volume of a sphere
Pythagorean theorem
11. All three angles are acute - a triangle whose interior angles are all acute - A triangle with three acute angles.
dodecagon
Acute triangle
rectangle
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
12. A continuous part of a circle.
intersection
Volume of a circular cone
Arc
scalene triangle
13. Two angles whose sides form two pairs of opposite rays
Perimeter of a square
decagon
inscribed angle in a circle
vertical angles
14. An eleven-sided polygon
nonagon
Altitude of a Triangle
undecagon
Intersecting lines
15. A = 1/2bh (b = base - h = height)
Area of a rectangle
Angle
Supplementary angles
Area of a parallelogram
16. A triangle with a right angle
right triangle
point
conditional statement
Euclid
17. The square root of a is a number b so that a = b^2.
Right angle
altitude of a pyramid or cone
The square root of a is a number b
right triangle
18. 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.
midpoint
corresponding angles (with parallel lines)
centroid of a triangle
pentadecagon
19. Non-parallel - non-intersecting lines
Euler segment
skew lines
decagon
Isosceles triangle
20. The sum of the lengths of the sides of a polygon.
square
Arch
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
perimeter
21. V=
Volume of a circular cone
corresponding angles (with parallel lines)
circumscribed
right triangle
22. The point of concurrency of the medians of a triangle; the center of mass of a triangle
centroid of a triangle
Arc
legs of an isosceles triangle
vertex of an isosceles triangle
23. No line that contains a side of the polygon contains a point in the interior of the polygon
convex
side of an angle
triangle
concurrent
24. The ratio of a circles circumference to its diameter. (approximately 3.141592653589...
vertex of a polygon
pi
dart
radius (object)
25. More than two lines that meet at the same point
parallel lines
concurrent
prism
complementary angles
26. One of the angles is a right angle - a triangle with one right angle - One angle in the triangle measures exactly 90 degrees.
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
cylinder
Volume of a sphere
Right triangle
27. The length of a line segment with endpoints on a circle that also contains the center of the circle
altitude of a cylinder or prism
acute angle
diameter (number)
radius (object)
28. A = S^2
tangent
Area of a square
Obtuse angle
sphere
29. A term used to describe two numbers having the same value
endpoint
square
equal
Euclid
30. The angle formed by the legs of an isosceles triangle
parallel planes
vertex angle of an isosceles triangle
Circumference
Volume of a pyramid
31. A solid figure that has a circular base and one vertex. The intersection of a cone with a plane through the vertex - perpendicular to the base will be a traingle.
cone
Parallel lines
line
side of a polygon
32. Extends infinitely in both directions. A spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent.
Volume of a circular cylinder
circumscribed
line
congruent
33. An equilateral - equiangular polygon
quadrangle
regular polygon
Straight angle
midpoint
34. An undefined two-dimensional figure
Area of a circle
Euclid
circle
plane
35. A segment from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side
Altitude of a Triangle
median of a triangle
Obtuse angle
midpoint
36. A line segment perpendicular to the bases - with endpoints on the planes containing the bases.
kite
altitude of a cylinder or prism
Circle
vertex of an isosceles triangle
37. 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.
endpoint
Ray
Circle
side of a polygon
38. A segment that bisects an angle of the triangle and has one endpoint at a vertex of the triangle and the other endpoint at another point on the triangle.
side of an angle
rhombus
Angle Bisector of a Triangle
ruler
39. A statement that contains the phrase 'if and only if'.
Volume of a pyramid
coplanar
Bi-conditional statement
heptagon
40. A segment that is drawn from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to a side of the polygon. An apothem of a regular polygon is a perpendicular line segment from its center to one of its sides.
side of an angle
vertex angle of an isosceles triangle
Perimeter of a square
Apothem
41. Distance around - the size of something as given by the distance around it.
vertex of an isosceles triangle
icosagon
consecutive angles
Perimeter
42. One-quarter of a complete revolution - a quarter of the circumference of a circle - an angle that measures 90 degrees.
Right angle
Apothem
conditional statement
space
43. A series of points that go on and on in opposite directions.
circle
right angle
line
Volume of a rectangular solid
44. The side opposite the vertex angle.
octagon
Base of an Isosceles triangle
tangent
hexagon
45. Angles of a polygon that share a side.
consecutive angles
hexagon
Altitude of a Triangle
complementary angles
46. P = 4S (S = length of side) - (Square with side length s) Perimeter P = 4s.
tangent
Acute triangle
dart
Perimeter of a square
47. 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
alternate interior angles
diameter (object)
Leonhard Euler
Volume of a pyramid
48. One of the line segments that makes a polygon
side of a polygon
space
Area of a trapezoid
orthocenter
49. A triangle with three equal sides - a three-sided regular polygon - a triangle with three equal sides - three congruent sides.
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
Equilateral triangle
Right angle
polygon
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.
ruler
Obtuse angle
regular polygon
Angle