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CLEP General Mathematics: Whole Numbers
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Answer 45 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 0 x a = 0 = a x 0 - anything multiplied by zero is equal to zero - For every real number n - n*0=0.
Multiplication Property of Zero
Subtrahend
RSTUV procedure
Product
2. The result of an addition
Distributive Property
Sum or total
Commutative Property of Multiplication
Dividend
3. 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
Multiplication Property of Zero
Subtrahend
0 as an exponent
Prime number
4. A + b = b + a - The order of addends can be changed & the sum remains the same. 3+7=7+3
Composite number
Commutative Property of Addition
0 as an exponent
1 as an exponent
5. (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.
Divisor
Associative Property of Multiplication
Associative Property of Addition
Identity for Multiplication
6. States that changing the grouping of the addends does not change the sum
The Division Principle (Property)
Solution
Associative Property of Addition
Minuend
7. 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
Addends
Solution
Division Properties of One
Rounding
8. 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
Addends
Multiplicand
Prime factors
Associative Property of Addition
9. A^1 a
1 as an exponent
Multiplier
Equivalent equations
Identity for Addition
10. A flat geometric region with many sides
Division Properties of Zero
Polygon
Difference
Prime factors
11. 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.
Equation
Dividend
Quotient
Composite number
12. The number obtained by division - the ratio of two quantities to be divided - the result of dividing one number by another number
Composite number
Quotient
Multiplicand
Commutative Property of Multiplication
13. Approximating a given number to a specified number of digits
Inequalities
The Subtraction Principle (Property)
Rounding
Commutative Property of Multiplication
14. A quantity obtained by multiplication
Commutative Property of Multiplication
Quotient
The Subtraction Principle (Property)
Product
15. 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
Identity for Multiplication
Divisor
Polygon
Solution
16. The multiple by which an initial change in aggregate spending will alter total expenditure after an infinite number of spending cycles;
Multiplier
Rounding
Composite number
Factors
17. Read the problem. Select the unknown. Translate the problem. Use the rules studied to solve the problem. Verify the answer.
RSTUV procedure
Inequalities
Division Properties of Zero
Associative Property of Multiplication
18. 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
0 as an exponent
> (greater than)
Multiplicand
Order of operations
19. 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
The Subtraction Principle (Property)
Division Properties of Zero
Multiplier
Commutative Property of Multiplication
20. Parentheses & Exponents - Multiplication & Division - Addition & Subtraction
Sum or total
Addends
1 as an exponent
Order of operations
21. 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
Exponent
Sum or total
Rounding
Equivalent equations
22. 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.
Multiplicand
Exponent
Multiplier
Equation
23. A+0=a - 0 is the -
The Subtraction Principle (Property)
Addends
> (greater than)
Identity for Addition
24. The equation a = b is equivalent to a + c = b + c.
Product
The Addition Principle (Property)
> (greater than)
Composite number
25. 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
1 as an exponent
RSTUV procedure
Distributive Property
Quotient
26. 10 - 100 - 1000 - etc. - every counting number multiplied by 10; 10 -20 -30 - and so on - What unit the Metric System based on?
Divisor
Equivalent equations
Multiples of 10
Commutative Property of Multiplication
27. The numbers to be added
Quotient
RSTUV procedure
Addends
Minuend
28. 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
Factors
Prime number
Multiplication Property of Zero
Multiplicand
29. The number that remains after subtraction - the answer to a subtraction problem
Difference
Equation
Multiplicand
Order of operations
30. 0 divided by any number that is not 0 is 0 - 0 divided by any number that is not 0 is 0.
The Division Principle (Property)
Division Properties of Zero
Prime factors
Quotient
31. 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.
The Division Principle (Property)
Identity for Multiplication
Product
Factors
32. 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')
Associative Property of Addition
Divisor
Prime number
Associative Property of Multiplication
33. The equation a b is equivalent to a / c = b / c (if c doesn't = 0).
Product
The Division Principle (Property)
Solution
Multiplicand
34. A^0 = 1 (if a doesn't = 0)
0 as an exponent
Perimeter
Minuend
Rounding
35. A=bh - base x height - The area of a rectangle is the product of its base and height
> (greater than)
Addends
Composite number
Area of rectangle
36. 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
Polygon
Dividend
Associative Property of Multiplication
Addends
37. The equation a = b is equivalent to a - c = b - c.
Minuend
Base
Identity for Addition
The Subtraction Principle (Property)
38. A > b means that a is to the right of b on a number line.
Prime factors
Division Properties of One
Associative Property of Addition
> (greater than)
39. The number to be subtracted from the minuend
Identity for Multiplication
Prime number
Minuend
Subtrahend
40. 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
Multiplier
Equivalent equations
Identity for Addition
The Addition Principle (Property)
41. A sentence using an = sign - a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal - A mathematical sentence that contains an equals sign
Equation
Multiples of 10
Exponent
Division Properties of Zero
42. 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
Area of rectangle
Identity for Multiplication
Equivalent equations
Perimeter
43. The number from which the subtrahend is subtracted
Order of operations
> (greater than)
Minuend
Multiplicand
44. 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
0 as an exponent
Commutative Property of Addition
Order of operations
45. 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
Inequalities
Subtrahend
Exponent
Base