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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=?r
Sum of the measures in a triangle
Area of a circle
dodecagon
altitude of a cylinder or prism
2. No equal sides - a triangle with no two sides of equal length - no congruent sides - A triangle with three sides of different lengths.
Scalene triangle
hexagon
Area of a rectangle
acute triangle
3. The sum of the lengths of the sides of a polygon.
perimeter
midpoint
Angle of a Polygon
quadrangle
4. Shows a location -
Point
polygon
rhombus
pentagon
5. A point at the end of a segment or ray
The square root of a is a number b
intersection
line
endpoint
6. A = LW (L = length - W = width).
Area of a rectangle
orthocenter
Base of an Isosceles triangle
Acute angle
7. Half of a line
diameter
ray
Circle
concave
8. V = (4/3)(pi)(r^3)
Euler Line
circumference
side of a polygon
Volume of a sphere
9. Sides in a polygon that are connected by a vertex
Perimeter of a rectangle
Equilateral triangle
consecutive sides
Obtuse triangle
10. The two sides of a right triangle that form the right angle
Isosceles triangle
Sides of an angle
Circumference
legs of a right triangle
11. 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.
Line segment
nonconvex
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
scalene triangle
12. The author / editor of 'The Elements'
Volume of a circular cone
ray
Euclid
ruler
13. Regular quadrilateral
altitude of a pyramid or cone
right angle
square
skew lines
14. Coplanar lines that do not intersect
Base angles of an isosceles triangle
heptagon
circle
parallel lines
15. A line segment perpendicular to the bases - with endpoints on the planes containing the bases.
coplanar
obtuse triangle
altitude of a cylinder or prism
hypotenuse of a right triangle
16. A quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sides
trapezoid
vertex of an isosceles triangle
endpoint
congruent
17. Two equal sides - a triangle with two equal sides - A triangle with at least 2 congruent sides.
Obtuse angle
Isosceles triangle
pyramid
acute angle
18. Six sided polygon
trapezoid
Ray
tangent
hexagon
19. An angle that measures between 0 and 90 degrees.
obtuse triangle
Base angles of an isosceles triangle
acute angle
altitude of a pyramid or cone
20. A closed curve; all the points on the circle are the same distance from the center of the circle.
triangle
nonconvex
circle
endpoint
21. The common endpoint of two sides of the polygon
Volume of a pyramid
inverse
nonconvex
vertex of a polygon
22. An example that shows a statement to be false
contrapositive
kite
trapezoid
counterexample
23. Half of a sphere form through bisection by a plane
right triangle
diameter (number)
parallelogram
hemisphere
24. A = 1/2bh (b = base - h = height) - The area of a triangle is one half the product of a base and its corresponding height - which is the length of the altitude drawn to the given base - A=
Area of a triangle
Area of a trapezoid
consecutive vertices
sphere
25. An equilateral quadrilateral
dart
perpendicular
rhombus
Perimeter of a square
26. The only space figure on the game board; it has six equal square faces.
pentagon
cube
right triangle
Altitude of a Triangle
27. 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.
corresponding angles (with parallel lines)
center of a circle
Apothem
right triangle
28. A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides
Base of an Isosceles triangle
parallelogram
polygon
point
29. Distance around - the size of something as given by the distance around it.
dart
The square root of a is a number b
Angle Bisector of a Triangle
Perimeter
30. A polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
tangent
parallel lines
right angle
prism
31. Segment that connects any two nonconsecutive vertices of a polygon
Area of a trapezoid
Degree
centroid of a triangle
diagonal of a polygon
32. A tool for measuring linear distance
Acute triangle
ruler
vertex of an angle
legs of a right triangle
33. A surface generated by rotating a parallel line segment around a fixed line
parallel planes
cylinder
Euclid
Angle of a Polygon
34. A line passing through the circumcenter - centroid - and orthocenter of a triangle
circumscribed
Euler Line
ray
obtuse triangle
35. More than two lines that meet at the same point
Line segment
Sum of the measures in a triangle
concurrent
plane
36. Extends infinitely in both directions. A spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent.
Straight angle
undecagon
Obtuse triangle
line
37. An angle having two adjacent sides of the polygon as its sides.
space
Angle of a Polygon
equiangular
Leonhard Euler
38. A parallelogram with four equal sides not at right angles to each other.
Volume of a sphere
altitude of a cylinder or prism
rhombus
parallel lines
39. A structure that is used to support weight from above.
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
right triangle
Volume of a sphere
Arch
40. The square of the hypotenuse c of a right triangle equals the sum of the squares of the other two sides - a and b.
space
semicircle
height
Pythagorean theorem
41. The length of a line segment with endpoints on a circle that also contains the center of the circle
Volume of a sphere
collinear
octagon
diameter (number)
42. Two angles that lie between the two parallel lines on opposite sides of the transversal.
Isosceles triangle
alternate interior angles
vertex of an angle
The square root of a is a number b
43. The point of concurrency of the medians of a triangle; the center of mass of a triangle
centroid of a triangle
cube
parallel lines
Right angle
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.
Bi-conditional statement
Circle
Vertex of an angle
coplanar
45. A quadrilateral with two pairs of adjacent - congruent sides
tangent
major arc
kite
line
46. The set of all points that are the same distance from a given point
Sum of the measures in a triangle
sphere
consecutive sides
Point
47. An eight-sided polygon
diagonal of a polygon
concurrent
octagon
Sides of an angle
48. One-half of a complete revolution - an angle of 180 degrees - an angle with measure equal to 180 degrees.
Arch
Straight angle
point of concurrency
Pythagorean theorem
49. Having the same size and shape
congruent
perimeter
Area of a rectangle
Perimeter of a rectangle
50. A term used to describe two numbers having the same value
conditional statement
point of concurrency
equal
Angle