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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. To find the square root of a number - you want to find some number that when multiplied by itself gives you the original number
Number line
1 meter (in yards)
Square root
Adding fractions
2. 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
Square root rules: multiplication and division
1 metric ton (in kilograms)
Cube numbers
Identity number
3. 3.5 = 3.50 = 350%
Square root
1/5 =
3 1/2 =
Cube numbers
4. 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.
Exponent
1 gallon (in quarts)
Decimals
Perfect square
5. Invert (turn upside down) the second fraction and multiply; reduce if necessary.
Dividing fractions
Changing fractions to decimals
Square root
1 yard (in feet - inches)
6. 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)
Words that signal an operation
Number line
2/3 =
Percentage increase or decrease
7. 4/10 = .4 = .40 = 40%
1 mile (in yards - feet)
Exponent
4/5 =
2/5 =
8. Eliminate the percent sign - Move the decimal point two places to the left (sometimes adding zeros will be necessary)
Dividing decimals
Changing percents to decimals
3/4 =
1 meter (in yards)
9. A natural number greater than 1 that only has 1 and itself as divisors (an alternate definition is a natural number that has exactly two different divisors) - The first seven ________ are 2 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 11 - 13 - and 17
1 quart (in pints)
Prime number
Exponent
1 square yard (in square feet)
10. Is not equal to
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1 meter (in yards)
?
Approximating square roots
11. 75/100 = .75 = 75%
Finding percent of a number
1 square foot (in square inches)
3/4 =
1 ton (in pounds)
12. 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
Changing a mixed number to an improper fraction
Rounding off
Irrational numbers
Multiplying mixed numbers
13. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -... the numbers you would naturally count by - 0 is not a natural number.
1 meter (in yards)
Natural numbers
Fractions
Dividing decimals
14. .16 2/3 = 16 2/3%
Order of operations
3/5 =
Metric system prefixes
1/6 =
15. 12 inches
Multiplying mixed numbers
1 foot (in inches)
Addition
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16. A number in scientific notation is written as a rational number from 1 to 9 - and then multiplied by a power of 10
Square (verb)
Division
Adding signed numbers
Scientific notation
17. .1 = .10 = 10%
Multiplication
1/10 =
Simplifying fractions
Associative property for addition
18. 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
Number line
Weight (metric system)
Multiplying decimals
19. 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
Metric/international system of units
Signed numbers
Adding signed numbers
Finding percent of a number
20. 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
Distributive property
Square numbers
Multiplying fractions
2/3 =
21. A + (b + c) = (a + b) + c Note: Subtraction does not have the associative property.
Some properties/axioms of addition and multiplication
Associative property for addition
Multiplying mixed numbers
Distributive property
22. 1.00 = 100%
Adding fractions
Finding percent of a number
1/8 =
1 =
23. Sum - plus - is increased by - more than (example: 3 more than 7 is what?)
9/10 =
Signed numbers
Multiplying or dividing signed numbers
Addition
24. Move the decimal point two places to the right - Insert a percent sign
Changing decimals to percents
1 bushel (in pecks)
Subtraction
Division
25. 1/30 ounce
1/5 =
Other applications of a percent
5/6 =
1 gram (in ounces)
26. 2000 pounds
1 =
Changing fractions to decimals
Addition
1 ton (in pounds)
27. Is equal to
Prime number
3/8 =
Signed numbers
=
28. 16 ounces
1 pound (in ounces)
Identity number
3 1/2 =
Order of operations
29. The order in which addition or multiplication is done does not affect the answer
Rounding off
Communicative property
1 kilogram (in pounds)
1 foot (in inches)
30. Difference - minus - is decreased by - less than (example: 3 less than 7 is what?)
Common fraction
Subtraction
Adding fractions
31. About 2.2 pounds
1 ton (in pounds)
Customary/English system of units
3/8 =
1 kilogram (in pounds)
32. 4 pecks
1 bushel (in pecks)
1 kilometer (in miles)
Exponent
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33. 6/10 = .6 = .60 = 60%
Customary/English system of units
3/5 =
Place value
Common fraction
34. Is less than
1 pound (in ounces)
Dividing decimals
Signed numbers
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35. 5/10 = .5 = .50 = 50%
=
4/5 =
1/100 =
1/2 =
36. 1000 kilograms
Reducing fractions
1 metric ton (in kilograms)
Improper fraction
Composite number
37. Divide the percent by 100 - Eliminate the percent sign - Reduce if necessary
Changing percents to fractions
Identity number for addition
Identity number for multiplication
Changing decimals to fractions
38. .125 = .12 1/2= 12 1/2%
1/8 =
Real numbers
1/4 =
1 square foot (in square inches)
39. 2.00 = 200%
2 =
Adding and subtracting decimals
3/10 =
Rational numbers
40. Is approximately equal to
Exponent
=
Associative property for addition
41. Read it - Write it - Reduce it
1 square yard (in square feet)
Changing decimals to fractions
Common fraction
Square root rules: addition and subtraction
42. 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 liter (in quarts)
1 ton (in pounds)
Simplifying square roots
Dividing decimals
43. Is greater than or equal to
2/5 =
Dividing decimals
Signed numbers
=
44. .3 = .30 = 30%
Changing decimals to percents
3/10 =
Mixed number
<
45. 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 quart (in pints)
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Volume (metric system)
Customary/English system of units
46. 144 square inches
1 square foot (in square inches)
Changing fractions to decimals
Subtracting signed numbers
2 =
47. 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
Associative property for multiplication
1/100 =
Multiplying or dividing signed numbers
=
48. .375 = .37 1/2 = 37 1/2%
3/4 =
Associative property for addition
3/8 =
Common fraction
49. 1.1 yards
1 meter (in yards)
Associative property
1/8 =
Square root
50. The square of a whole number
Metric/international system of units
Perfect square
Simplifying square roots
Number line