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CSET Multiple Subjects Subtest 2a Domain 1: Math
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Instructions:
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. .83 1/3 = 83 1/3%
Other applications of a percent
Rational numbers
7/8 =
5/6 =
2. 2/10 = .2 = .20 = 20%
1/4 =
1 meter (in yards)
1/5 =
Communicative property
3. If either numerator or denominator consists of several numbers - these numbers must be combined into one number - then reduce if necessary
2/5 =
Simplifying fractions
Metric system prefixes
2 =
4. 12 inches
1 foot (in inches)
Whole numbers
3/5 =
Perfect square
5. 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
Dividing fractions
Rational numbers
1 pound (in ounces)
1 liter (in quarts)
6. Multiplication outside parentheses distributing over either addition or subtraction inside parentheses does not affect the answer a(b + c) = ab + ac a(b - c) = ab - ac
Order of operations
Changing fractions to decimals
Whole numbers
Distributive property
7. 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.
1 quart (in pints)
Decimals
Rational numbers
Subtraction
8. When a value is expressed using a whole number together with a common fraction
Other applications of a percent
Mixed number
Whole numbers
Square root rules: addition and subtraction
9. Sum - plus - is increased by - more than (example: 3 more than 7 is what?)
Changing fractions to percents
Addition
Subtracting fractions
Weight (metric system)
10. 6/10 = .6 = .60 = 60%
3/5 =
2/5 =
5/6 =
Subtraction
11. Is less than or equal to
Communicative property for addition
3/10 =
=
1 =
12. Any value that exists but is not rational
Irrational numbers
Integers
1 quart (in pints)
Signed numbers
13. Divide the percent by 100 - Eliminate the percent sign - Reduce if necessary
4/5 =
5/8 =
3/8 =
Changing percents to fractions
14. Square roots of nonperfect squares can be approximated.
Changing fractions to percents
Approximating square roots
Parentheses
Communicative property
15. 1.1 quarts
=
Adding and subtracting decimals
1 liter (in quarts)
1 gram (in ounces)
16. Difference - minus - is decreased by - less than (example: 3 less than 7 is what?)
?
Subtraction
Percentage increase or decrease
Changing percents to decimals
17. About 2.2 pounds
Adding and subtracting decimals
>
1 kilogram (in pounds)
2/3 =
18. Invert (turn upside down) the second fraction and multiply; reduce if necessary.
Other applications of a percent
Dividing fractions
2/3 =
Integers
19. 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -... the natural numbers together with 0
Reducing when multiplying fractions
1 square foot (in square inches)
Associative property for addition
Whole numbers
20. The square of a whole number
Length (metric system)
Associative property
Perfect square
3/10 =
21. About 0.6 mile
Some properties/axioms of addition and multiplication
Natural numbers
1 kilometer (in miles)
<
22. First change all the denominators to their least common multiple (LCM) - which in fractions is known as the least common denominator (LCD). This value is the least positive value that all the denominators will divide into without a remainder.
1 gallon (in quarts)
Place value
Adding fractions
1 square yard (in square feet)
23. Multiply by 100 - Insert a percent sign
Subtracting signed numbers
Changing percents to decimals
Changing fractions to percents
3/4 =
24. 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
Adding mixed numbers
Identity number
Square numbers
Approximating square roots
25. To square a number - multiply it by itself
1 pint (in cups)
Square root rules: addition and subtraction
Square (verb)
Improper fraction
26. 4 quarts
Fractions
1/100 =
Subtracting signed numbers
1 gallon (in quarts)
27. 16 ounces
1 pound (in ounces)
Cube numbers
Subtracting signed numbers
3/4 =
28. 75/100 = .75 = 75%
1 quart (in pints)
Adding mixed numbers
3/4 =
7/8 =
29. 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
Square (verb)
3 1/2 =
1/100 =
Rounding off
30. 25/100 = .25 = 25%
Square numbers
1/4 =
>
3/5 =
31. .625 = .62 1/2 = 62 1/2%
5/8 =
Multiplying mixed numbers
Weight (metric system)
Customary/English system of units
32. The numbers must be combined under the radical before any computation of square roots may be done
Changing percents to fractions
Square root rules: addition and subtraction
Changing decimals to percents
Communicative property for addition
33. A fraction whose numerator is smaller than its denominator; has a value less than 1.
Associative property for addition
Common fraction
Volume (metric system)
1/4 =
34. A(bc) = (ab)c Note: Division does not have the associative property.
1 pint (in cups)
Multiplication
Changing fractions to percents
Associative property for multiplication
35. Consist of two numbers separated by a bar which indicates division: the numerator is above the bar and the denominator is below the bar. Denominator: Tells you into how many equal parts something has been divided. Numerator: Tells you how many of tho
Fractions
1 gram (in ounces)
1/6 =
Scientific notation
36. Change to an improper fraction and multiply; then change the answer - if in improper form - back to a mixed number and reduce if necessary.
Adding signed numbers
Communicative property
Multiplying mixed numbers
1 mile (in yards - feet)
37. 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
Subtracting signed numbers
Metric/international system of units
Changing a mixed number to an improper fraction
38. .875 = .87 1/2 = 87 1/2%
1 kilometer (in miles)
Mixed number
7/8 =
1/8 =
39. Change the percent to a fraction or decimal and multiply
Distributive property
Finding percent of a number
Associative property for addition
Changing an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number
40. 1.1 yards
1 kilogram (in pounds)
5/8 =
1 meter (in yards)
?
41. 5/10 = .5 = .50 = 50%
Adding signed numbers
1/2 =
Whole numbers
1 pint (in cups)
42. Eliminate the percent sign - Move the decimal point two places to the left (sometimes adding zeros will be necessary)
Changing percents to decimals
1 quart (in pints)
>
Division
43. 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.
Communicative property for multiplication
Changing decimals to percents
Changing percents to fractions
Subtracting mixed numbers
44. .375 = .37 1/2 = 37 1/2%
Natural numbers
3/8 =
Some properties/axioms of addition and multiplication
5/6 =
45. All the rational and irrational numbers
Real numbers
Dividing fractions
Addition
Cube numbers
46. A value that - when added to another number or multiplied with another number - does not change the value of that number
Rational numbers
Subtraction
Changing a mixed number to an improper fraction
Identity number
47. Is not equal to
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Whole numbers
?
48. 2 cups
1/5 =
1 gram (in ounces)
1 pint (in cups)
7/8 =
49. Any exponent means to multiply by itself that many times
Square numbers
Exponent
?
1 square foot (in square inches)
50. Mnemonic: Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally 1. Parentheses 2. Exponents 3. Multiplication or division 4. Addition or subtraction (left to right)
3/4 =
Order of operations
2/5 =
Multiplying fractions