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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 line that intersects a circle in two points
equiangular
secant
radius (number)
altitude of a pyramid or cone
2. A quadrilateral with 2 sets of parallel sides not at right angles to one another.
Area of a triangle
Angle
midpoint
parallelogram
3. The angles opposite the legs of an isosceles triangle.
area of a circle
Base angles of an isosceles triangle
Bi-conditional statement
equilateral
4. 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.
Obtuse angle
scalene triangle
pentagon
Degree
5. A segment whose endpoints are point on a circle
Intersecting lines
Point
chord of a circle
concurrent
6. P = 2L + 2W (L = length - W = width) - (length times 2) plus (width times 2).
Pythagorean theorem
Bi-conditional statement
space
Perimeter of a rectangle
7. 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.
Point
center of a circle
line segment
Apothem
8. An angle between 90 and 180 degrees
hypotenuse of a right triangle
vertex of an angle
pentagon
obtuse angle
9. A structure that is used to support weight from above.
Arch
height
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
collinear
10. The longest side of a right triangle
Complementary angles
circumference
right triangle
hypotenuse of a right triangle
11. A segment from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side
prism
median of a triangle
Euclid
square
12. An equilateral - equiangular polygon
Equilateral triangle
polygon
major arc
regular polygon
13. Regular quadrilateral
Obtuse triangle
vertical angles
square
endpoint
14. Two angles whose sum is 180 degrees
semicircle
diameter (object)
supplementary angles
area of a circle
15. The sum of the measures in any triangle is 180 degrees.
chord of a circle
corresponding angles (with parallel lines)
Sum of the measures in a triangle
convex
16. Two angles whose sum is 90 degrees
complementary angles
central angle
Right triangle
Perimeter of a rectangle
17. 12 sided polygon
dodecagon
counterexample
Arch
pyramid
18. A tool for measuring linear distance
decagon
altitude of a cylinder or prism
point
ruler
19. 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
intersecting lines
parallel planes
vertex of an isosceles triangle
20. An arc that measures less than 180 degrees
minor arc
Sides of an angle
acute triangle
Volume of a sphere
21. Goes through circumcenter - centroid - and orthocenter; circumcenter and orthocenter are its endpoints
Euler segment
convex
circle
scalene triangle
22. A line that touches a curve at only one point.
rhombus
Supplementary angles
tangent
octagon
23. The set of all points that are the same distance from a given point
scalene triangle
altitude of a cylinder or prism
sphere
Circumference
24. Area of a circle x height of cylinder - pi x r*2 x height.
Cavalieri Principle
Volume of a circular cylinder
Leonhard Euler
tangent
25. A series of points that go on and on in opposite directions.
equilateral
pentagon
linear pair of angles
line
26. A closed curve; all the points on the circle are the same distance from the center of the circle.
Vertex of an angle
Volume of a rectangular solid
circle
perpendicular
27. A statement that can be written in if-then form
plane
conditional statement
Euclid
right triangle
28. A triangle that has a 90 degree angle.
right triangle
conditional statement
Obtuse angle
Bi-conditional statement
29. 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.
Acute angle
Degree
rhombus
The square root of a is a number b
30. 10 sided polygon
concave
ray
midpoint
decagon
31. A four sided polygon
Area of a circle
Parallel lines
quadrangle
decagon
32. 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
line segment
parallel planes
nonagon
Leonhard Euler
33. A line that intersects a (coplanar) circle at exactly one point
coplanar
parallel lines
tangent
intersection
34. One of the line segments that makes a polygon
legs of a right triangle
Angle Bisector of a Triangle
side of a polygon
Angle
35. V=
semicircle
Volume of a circular cone
pyramid
minor arc
36. A = 1/2bh (b = base - h = height)
conditional statement
Area of a parallelogram
sphere
dart
37. Having the same size and shape
congruent
line
Ray
contrapositive
38. The point of concurrency of the medians of a triangle; the center of mass of a triangle
Line segment
trapezoid
centroid of a triangle
parallelogram
39. Extends infinitely in both directions. A spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent.
cone
line
pyramid
linear pair of angles
40. A triangle with a right angle
right triangle
inscribed
icosagon
congruent
41. An eight-sided polygon
acute triangle
Perimeter of a square
octagon
consecutive sides
42. An exact location in space. undefined zero-dimensional object
parallel lines
Acute triangle
Area of a triangle
point
43. 15 sided polygon
n-gon
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
pentadecagon
dodecagon
44. 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.
Sides of an angle
polygon
Obtuse triangle
semicircle
45. The point of concurrency of the angle bisectors of a triangle
incenter
Point
right triangle
Circle
46. The union of line segments with each segment interesecting exactly two others - only at the endpoints
polygon
Leonhard Euler
scalene triangle
diameter
47. The statement formed by negating both the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement
height
center of a circle
central angle
inverse
48. A line segment that passes through the center of a circle and has endpoints on the circle.
dodecagon
circumscribed
diameter
Supplementary angles
49. Objects on the same line
Parallel lines
collinear
Scalene triangle
central angle
50. All sides are congruent
conditional statement
regular polygon
equilateral
Intersecting lines