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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. When adding two numbers with the same sign (either both positive or both negative) - add the pure number portions (absolute values) and keep the sign that is on the numbers
1 bushel (in pecks)
1 pint (in cups)
Adding signed numbers
2. 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
Multiplying decimals
2/5 =
1 foot (in inches)
3. Invert (turn upside down) the second fraction and multiply; reduce if necessary.
Reducing fractions
Dividing fractions
Volume (metric system)
1 gallon (in quarts)
4. Positive numbers and negative numbers
1 =
Percentage increase or decrease
Signed numbers
1 mile (in yards - feet)
5. Is approximately equal to
Approximating square roots
Words that signal an operation
1 square foot (in square inches)
6. Change the percent to a fraction or decimal and multiply
Common fraction
Decimals
Finding percent of a number
Addition
7. Any exponent means to multiply by itself that many times
1/100 =
1/2 =
Place value
Exponent
8. Quotient - ratio - is a part of - goes into (examples: 3 is what part of 15? 4 goes into 28 how many times?)
9/10 =
Division
Identity number for addition
Some properties/axioms of addition and multiplication
9. 4 pecks
Rounding off
Integers
1 bushel (in pecks)
4/5 =
10. All the rational and irrational numbers
1 bushel (in pecks)
Real numbers
Reducing fractions
Improper fraction
11. 8/10 = .8 = .80 = 80%
Irrational numbers
4/5 =
Additive inverse
Changing fractions to decimals
12. 6/10 = .6 = .60 = 60%
=
Identity number for addition
3/5 =
Place value
13. 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
Changing decimals to percents
Customary/English system of units
=
Other applications of a percent
14. A fraction whose numerator is the same or more than the denominator; has a value equal to 1 or more than 1.
9/10 =
3 1/2 =
Square root
Improper fraction
15. 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.
Distributive property
Improper fraction
Rational numbers
Subtracting mixed numbers
16. The results of taking integers and raising them to the 3rd power (cubing them) The first seven positive ____________ are 1 - 8 - 27 - 64 - 125 - 216 - and 343
Adding fractions
Cube numbers
1/6 =
Adding and subtracting decimals
17. 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 pound (in ounces)
Rational numbers
Adding and subtracting decimals
Subtracting fractions
18. To square a number - multiply it by itself
Words that signal an operation
Square (verb)
Exponent
>
19. Milli = 1/1000 centi = 1/100 deci = 1/10 basic unit (meter - liter - gram) = 1 deca = 10 hecto = 100 kilo = 1000
1/2 =
Metric system prefixes
Changing decimals to percents
Exponent
20. .125 = .12 1/2= 12 1/2%
1/8 =
1 foot (in inches)
Perfect square
=
21. Multiply by 100 - Insert a percent sign
Whole numbers
Changing fractions to percents
3/8 =
Other applications of a percent
22. Difference - minus - is decreased by - less than (example: 3 less than 7 is what?)
Multiplying fractions
1/6 =
Subtraction
1/5 =
23. Is less than or equal to
Decimals
=
Square numbers
2/3 =
24. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -... the numbers you would naturally count by - 0 is not a natural number.
Additive inverse
Cube numbers
Natural numbers
1 meter (in yards)
25. A natural number greater than 1 that is not a prime number (an alternate definition is a natural number that has exactly two different divisors) The first seven ____________ are 4 - 6 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 12 - and 14
Common fraction
1 mile (in yards - feet)
1/8 =
Composite number
26. The additive inverse of a number (also known as the opposite of the number) is a value that - when added to any number - equals 0. Any number added to its additive inverse equals 0.
5/8 =
Additive inverse
1/3 =
Square root rules: multiplication and division
27. When a value is expressed using a whole number together with a common fraction
Communicative property for addition
Mixed number
Changing an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number
Changing fractions to percents
28. 1.1 yards
Multiplying or dividing signed numbers
Fractions
Identity number
1 meter (in yards)
29. 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -... the natural numbers together with 0
Changing decimals to percents
1 bushel (in pecks)
Whole numbers
Subtracting signed numbers
30. 2 cups
1/100 =
Exponent
Signed numbers
1 pint (in cups)
31. 2000 pounds
Reducing when multiplying fractions
Other applications of a percent
1 ton (in pounds)
1/5 =
32. Is greater than or equal to
=
Place value
Subtracting signed numbers
1 liter (in quarts)
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
Length (metric system)
Perfect square
Square root
1/10 =
34. 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
Simplifying square roots
Rounding off
=
Square root rules: multiplication and division
35. 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
Multiplying decimals
1 kilogram (in pounds)
Square root rules: addition and subtraction
1/10 =
36. Fraction must be reduced to its lowest terms. This is done by finding the greatest common factor (GCF) for both the numerator and denominator and then dividing both the numerator and denominator by that value.
Square root rules: addition and subtraction
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Reducing fractions
Parentheses
37. 1760 yards 5280 feet
Prime number
1/100 =
Metric/international system of units
1 mile (in yards - feet)
38. Numbers to the right of 0 are positive - Numbers to the left of 0 are negative - Given any two numbers on a number line - the one on the right is always larger - regardless of its sign (positive or negative)
Number line
Changing a mixed number to an improper fraction
1/100 =
Changing an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number
39. Length (meter) - Volume (liter) - Weight (gram)
Changing decimals to fractions
Metric/international system of units
Approximating square roots
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40. (change/starting point) x 100 = percentage change
Percentage increase or decrease
Adding mixed numbers
1 liter (in quarts)
Changing fractions to percents
41. Product - times - of - at (examples: 2/3 of 5 is what? 3 at 5 cents cost how much?)
Square root
Adding mixed numbers
Multiplication
Some properties/axioms of addition and multiplication
42. Is not equal to
1/3 =
7/10 =
?
Real numbers
43. Is greater than
Place value
>
Additive inverse
Volume (metric system)
44. 2 pints
Identity number for multiplication
3/10 =
1 quart (in pints)
45. .01 = 1%
Adding mixed numbers
Multiplying or dividing signed numbers
1/100 =
Common fraction
46. 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
1/100 =
1 gram (in ounces)
Associative property for multiplication
Volume (metric system)
47. 1/30 ounce
=
1 yard (in feet - inches)
1 gram (in ounces)
Multiplying mixed numbers
48. 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
Communicative property for addition
Number line
Customary/English system of units
5/6 =
49. When the place value name ends with a 'ths -' it is an indication of being a fraction.
Decimals
Place value
1 pound (in ounces)
?
50. Addition - Subtraction - Multiplication - Division
Words that signal an operation
Changing percents to decimals
Integers
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