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CSET Multiple Subjects Subtest 2a Domain 1: Math
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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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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 grouping - without changing the order - does not affect the answer
1 pound (in ounces)
1/4 =
Division
Associative property
2. 4 quarts
7/10 =
Square root rules: multiplication and division
1 gallon (in quarts)
Dividing fractions
3. The same as dividing other numbers - except that if the divisor (the number you're dividing by) has a decimal - move it to the right as many places as necessary until it is a whole number - Move the decimal point in the dividend (the number being div
1 ton (in pounds)
Square root rules: addition and subtraction
Dividing decimals
Simplifying square roots
4. Quotient - ratio - is a part of - goes into (examples: 3 is what part of 15? 4 goes into 28 how many times?)
Division
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Mixed number
1/8 =
5. Length (meter) - Volume (liter) - Weight (gram)
4/5 =
Adding signed numbers
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Metric/international system of units
6. Is less than
Associative property
Square (verb)
Weight (metric system)
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7. Mnemonic: Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally 1. Parentheses 2. Exponents 3. Multiplication or division 4. Addition or subtraction (left to right)
Order of operations
Reducing fractions
1 pint (in cups)
Natural numbers
8. About 0.6 mile
Multiplicative inverse
Identity number for multiplication
1 kilometer (in miles)
Distributive property
9. For 'what -' substitute the letter x - For 'is -' substitute an equal sign - For 'of -' substitute a multiplication sign - Change percents to decimals or fractions and solve the equation
Other applications of a percent
Subtracting mixed numbers
Multiplying fractions
Signed numbers
10. .7 = .70 = 70%
1 liter (in quarts)
Adding mixed numbers
Signed numbers
7/10 =
11. Product - times - of - at (examples: 2/3 of 5 is what? 3 at 5 cents cost how much?)
1 kilometer (in miles)
Place value
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Multiplication
12. Positive numbers and negative numbers
Signed numbers
Place value
2/5 =
3/8 =
13. Kilometer (km) = 1000 meters hectometer (hm) = 100 meters decameter (dam) = 10 meters meter (m) = 1 meter decimeter (dm) = 0.1 meter centimeter (cm) = 0.01 meter millimeter (mm) = 0.001 meter
Length (metric system)
Exponent
Simplifying fractions
1 =
14. Find the LCD and add the whole numbers to get your final answer.
Parentheses
1 square foot (in square inches)
Adding mixed numbers
1/100 =
15. To square a number - multiply it by itself
Square (verb)
1/8 =
Weight (metric system)
Multiplying or dividing signed numbers
16. You may have to borrow from the whole number - just like you sometimes borrow from the next column when subtracting ordinary numbers. To subtract a mixed number from a whole number - you have to borrow from the whole number.
Irrational numbers
1/100 =
Decimals
Subtracting mixed numbers
17. .3 = .30 = 30%
Metric/international system of units
3/10 =
Prime number
Identity number for multiplication
18. .9 = .90 = 90%
9/10 =
1/8 =
1 yard (in feet - inches)
Prime number
19. 16 ounces
Changing fractions to percents
1 pound (in ounces)
Approximating square roots
Composite number
20. 1.1 quarts
1 liter (in quarts)
1 kilogram (in pounds)
1 bushel (in pecks)
Natural numbers
21. 12 inches
2/5 =
Scientific notation
1 foot (in inches)
Metric system prefixes
22. 2/10 = .2 = .20 = 20%
Mixed number
Whole numbers
1/5 =
Number line
23. 4/10 = .4 = .40 = 40%
2/5 =
Communicative property
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Adding mixed numbers
24. To round off any number: Underline the place value to which you're rounding off - Look to the immediate right (one place) of your underlined place value - Identify the number (the one to the right). If it is 5 or higher - round your underlined place
1 liter (in quarts)
Rounding off
2/3 =
Square root rules: multiplication and division
25. The square of a whole number
Communicative property
Perfect square
?
Weight (metric system)
26. Numbers to the left of the decimal point are whole numbers; numbers to the right of the decimal point are fractions with denominators of only 10 - 100 - 1000 - 10000 - etc.
Decimals
5/8 =
Common fraction
Identity number for multiplication
27. 1/30 ounce
1 square yard (in square feet)
1/6 =
Dividing fractions
1 gram (in ounces)
28. A + b = b + a Note: Subtraction does not have the communicative property.
Division
Dividing decimals
Communicative property for addition
1/6 =
29. If either numerator or denominator consists of several numbers - these numbers must be combined into one number - then reduce if necessary
Rational numbers
Simplifying fractions
Metric system prefixes
Square root
30. .375 = .37 1/2 = 37 1/2%
Prime number
3/8 =
Communicative property for addition
1/6 =
31. A + (b + c) = (a + b) + c Note: Subtraction does not have the associative property.
Adding and subtracting decimals
Associative property for multiplication
Associative property for addition
Changing a mixed number to an improper fraction
32. Kiloleter (kl or kL) = 1000 liters hectoliter (hl or hL) = 100 liters decaliter (dal or daL) = 10 liters liter (l or L) = 1 liter deciliter (dl or dL) = 0.1 liter centiliter (cl or cL) = 0.01 liter milliliter (ml or mL) = 0.001 liter
1 gallon (in quarts)
Length (metric system)
Volume (metric system)
Distributive property
33. To find the square root of a number - you want to find some number that when multiplied by itself gives you the original number
Square root
1/8 =
=
1 square yard (in square feet)
34. Sum - plus - is increased by - more than (example: 3 more than 7 is what?)
Changing decimals to percents
Addition
Distributive property
Subtracting mixed numbers
35. A(bc) = (ab)c Note: Division does not have the associative property.
Associative property for multiplication
1 meter (in yards)
2 =
=
36. Milli = 1/1000 centi = 1/100 deci = 1/10 basic unit (meter - liter - gram) = 1 deca = 10 hecto = 100 kilo = 1000
Metric system prefixes
Adding signed numbers
Communicative property
Place value
37. The product or quotient of two numbers with the same sign will produce a positive answer - The product or quotient of two numbers with the opposite signs will produce a negative answer
1 square yard (in square feet)
Multiplying or dividing signed numbers
Signed numbers
Simplifying fractions
38. 144 square inches
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Signed numbers
1 square foot (in square inches)
Integers
39. Is not equal to
?
Square root rules: addition and subtraction
1 bushel (in pecks)
1 pound (in ounces)
40. 1760 yards 5280 feet
Perfect square
Communicative property for multiplication
1 mile (in yards - feet)
2 =
41. Length (in. - ft. - yd - mi.) - Area (sq. in. - sq. ft. - sq. yd. - acre - sq. mi.) - Weight (oz. - lb. - T) - Capacity (cups - pt. - qt. - gal. - pecks - bushels) - Time (seconds - minutes - hours - days - weeks - months - years - decades - centurie
Changing fractions to percents
Customary/English system of units
Decimals
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42. 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -... the natural numbers together with 0
Whole numbers
Dividing fractions
Decimals
Square (verb)
43. The order in which addition or multiplication is done does not affect the answer
Communicative property
Adding fractions
Additive inverse
Approximating square roots
44. Subtract = add the opposite; change the sign of the number being subtracted - and then proceed as an addition problem
1 liter (in quarts)
Subtracting signed numbers
Integers
Multiplication
45. The results of taking integers and raising them to the 2nd power (squaring them) The first seven positive ___________ are 1 - 4 - 9 - 16 - 25 - 36 - and 49
Square numbers
Reducing when multiplying fractions
=
3/8 =
46. Used as grouping symbols
Adding and subtracting decimals
Parentheses
Reducing fractions
Square root
47. Line up the decimal points and then add or subtract in the same manner you would add or subtract regular numbers - Adding in zeros can make the problem easier to work with - Whole numbers can have decimal points to their right
Adding and subtracting decimals
Associative property for multiplication
Subtracting fractions
Changing a mixed number to an improper fraction
48. All values that can be expressed in the form a/b - where a and b are integers and b ? 0 - Or - when expressed in decimal form - the expression either terminates or has a repeating pattern
1 square yard (in square feet)
Rational numbers
Simplifying square roots
7/10 =
49. Kilogram (kg) = 1000 grams hectogram (hg) = 100 grams decagram (dag) = 10 grams gram (g) = 1 gram decigram (dg) = 0.1 gram centigram (cg) = 0.01 gram milligram (mg) = 0.001 gram
Whole numbers
Weight (metric system)
1/4 =
1 yard (in feet - inches)
50. Multiply as usual - Count the total number of digits above the line which are to the right of all decimal points - Place your decimal point in your answer so there is the same number of digits to the right of it as there was above the line
Square root rules: addition and subtraction
Multiplying decimals
7/8 =
Signed numbers