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CLEP General Mathematics: Whole Numbers
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Answer 45 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The number that remains after subtraction - the answer to a subtraction problem
Inequalities
The Addition Principle (Property)
Order of operations
Difference
2. Parentheses & Exponents - Multiplication & Division - Addition & Subtraction
Minuend
Multiplier
Order of operations
The Addition Principle (Property)
3. A counting number greater than 1 that is not prime - an integer that is divisible without remainder by at least one positive integer other than itself and one - A whole number greater than 1 that has more than 2 factors.
Prime number
The Addition Principle (Property)
Composite number
Associative Property of Multiplication
4. A counting number having exactly two different factors - itself and 1 - an integer that has no integral factors but itself and 1 and - a whole number greater than 1 that has exactly two factors - itself and 1
Difference
Prime number
Division Properties of Zero
Dividend
5. A + b = b + a - The order of addends can be changed & the sum remains the same. 3+7=7+3
Commutative Property of Addition
Identity for Multiplication
Factors
Order of operations
6. A=bh - base x height - The area of a rectangle is the product of its base and height
Multiplication Property of Zero
Area of rectangle
Associative Property of Addition
Dividend
7. Ab=ba - Changing the order of the factors does not change the product; for example 10 x 9 = 9 x 10; a b = b a
Prime number
The Subtraction Principle (Property)
Commutative Property of Multiplication
Addends
8. A flat geometric region with many sides
Polygon
Dividend
Associative Property of Addition
Multiplication Property of Zero
9. Sentences using < or > - A mathematical sentence built from expressions using one or more of the symbols greater than - less than - greater than or equal to and/or less than or equal to
Inequalities
Commutative Property of Multiplication
Quotient
Division Properties of One
10. A > b means that a is to the right of b on a number line.
> (greater than)
Product
Solution
Identity for Multiplication
11. A(b+c)=ab+ac - a property indicating a special way in which multiplication is applied to addition of two or more numbers in which each term inside a set of parentheses can be multiplied by a factor outside the parentheses - such as a(b + c) = ab + ac
Equation
Distributive Property
Exponent
Base
12. A^1 a
1 as an exponent
The Subtraction Principle (Property)
Multiplication Property of Zero
Commutative Property of Addition
13. (ab)c = a(bc) - changing the grouping of factors will not change the product - (ab)c = a(bc) - Factors can be regrouped & the product remains the same.
Perimeter
Order of operations
Addends
Associative Property of Multiplication
14. A / a = 1 (if a doesn't = 0) - a / 1 = a - a number divided by itself is 1 ; a number divided by 1 is the same number ; - If equal quantities are divided by equal quantities - the quotients are equal. If AB=DE then AC is greater than AB or BC. - a n
Sum or total
Division Properties of One
> (greater than)
Equation
15. Approximating a given number to a specified number of digits
Commutative Property of Multiplication
Rounding
Subtrahend
Multiplier
16. The result of an addition
Prime number
Prime factors
The Subtraction Principle (Property)
Sum or total
17. 0 x a = 0 = a x 0 - anything multiplied by zero is equal to zero - For every real number n - n*0=0.
Addends
Multiplication Property of Zero
Polygon
Area of rectangle
18. The number by which a dividend is divided - the number you divide by - the number that divides the dividend (second in the math sentence or outside the 'house')
Identity for Addition
Dividend
The Subtraction Principle (Property)
Divisor
19. 10 - 100 - 1000 - etc. - every counting number multiplied by 10; 10 -20 -30 - and so on - What unit the Metric System based on?
Minuend
Order of operations
Multiples of 10
Prime factors
20. A sentence using an = sign - a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal - A mathematical sentence that contains an equals sign
Multiplicand
Quotient
Commutative Property of Multiplication
Equation
21. The distance around an object In the case of a polygon - the perimeter is the sum of the length of all sides - a line enclosing a plane areas
The Division Principle (Property)
1 as an exponent
Exponent
Perimeter
22. The equation a = b is equivalent to a + c = b + c.
Sum or total
The Addition Principle (Property)
0 as an exponent
Addends
23. Two equations are equivalent if their solutions are the same. - equations with the same solutions as the original equation. - equations having the same solution set over a given domain
Minuend
Exponent
Associative Property of Addition
Equivalent equations
24. States that changing the grouping of the addends does not change the sum
Multiplication Property of Zero
The Subtraction Principle (Property)
Associative Property of Addition
Difference
25. A^0 = 1 (if a doesn't = 0)
RSTUV procedure
Commutative Property of Addition
Equation
0 as an exponent
26. The number from which the subtrahend is subtracted
Difference
Equation
Minuend
Order of operations
27. Read the problem. Select the unknown. Translate the problem. Use the rules studied to solve the problem. Verify the answer.
Identity for Multiplication
RSTUV procedure
Area of rectangle
Difference
28. In the expression b^n - b is the base. - (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
Factors
Base
Prime factors
Equivalent equations
29. The number to be subtracted from the minuend
> (greater than)
0 as an exponent
Division Properties of Zero
Subtrahend
30. Numbers that are multiplied together to get a product - A number that divides another number without a remainder. Ex) Factors of 18: 1 - 2 -3 - 6 - 9 -18
Associative Property of Addition
Factors
The Addition Principle (Property)
Area of rectangle
31. First number in a multiplication sentence - the number in a multiplication problem that represents the number of objects in each (equal sized) group - A quanity by which a given number (the multiplicand) is to be multiplied.
0 as an exponent
The Addition Principle (Property)
Multiplicand
The Subtraction Principle (Property)
32. 0 divided by any number that is not 0 is 0 - 0 divided by any number that is not 0 is 0.
Order of operations
Division Properties of Zero
Minuend
Division Properties of One
33. The numbers to be added
Identity for Multiplication
Commutative Property of Addition
Distributive Property
Addends
34. The equation a = b is equivalent to a - c = b - c.
RSTUV procedure
Composite number
The Addition Principle (Property)
The Subtraction Principle (Property)
35. The multiple by which an initial change in aggregate spending will alter total expenditure after an infinite number of spending cycles;
The Addition Principle (Property)
Product
Sum or total
Multiplier
36. The equation a b is equivalent to a / c = b / c (if c doesn't = 0).
1 as an exponent
The Subtraction Principle (Property)
The Division Principle (Property)
Identity for Multiplication
37. A quantity obtained by multiplication
Order of operations
Sum or total
Product
Prime factors
38. The number obtained by division - the ratio of two quantities to be divided - the result of dividing one number by another number
Addends
Quotient
Dividend
Multiples of 10
39. In the expression b^n - n is the exponent. - a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself - a number that shows repeated multiplication
Factors
Exponent
Order of operations
Difference
40. PEMDAS - the order in which operations in an expression to be evaluated are carried out. 1. parentheses 2. exponents 3. multiplication and divison 4. addition and subtraction
Order of operations
Exponent
Base
Commutative Property of Multiplication
41. The solution of an equation is the replacement that makes the equation a true statement. - a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem - the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
Multiplication Property of Zero
Solution
Equation
Order of operations
42. 1 - any number times 1 is equal to itself according to what property - the number in a set which when any number n in the set is multiplied by - yields the given number.
Subtrahend
Inequalities
Identity for Multiplication
Equation
43. The number that is being divided - the number that is to be divided in a division problem - in a division problem - the number inside the 'house' division symbol
Multiples of 10
Dividend
Multiplicand
Equation
44. The factors of a number that are prime numbers - 2 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 11 - ... - numbers that divides into another exactly and have no factors of their own except one and itself
Division Properties of Zero
Subtrahend
Prime factors
Order of operations
45. A+0=a - 0 is the -
Subtrahend
Identity for Addition
Exponent
The Division Principle (Property)