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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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1. 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
Prime number
=
1/3 =
1 meter (in yards)
2. 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
Reducing when multiplying fractions
Weight (metric system)
Customary/English system of units
1 liter (in quarts)
3. A + (b + c) = (a + b) + c Note: Subtraction does not have the associative property.
Metric/international system of units
3 1/2 =
Number line
Associative property for addition
4. 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
Division
Multiplicative inverse
Length (metric system)
Composite number
5. 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
Dividing decimals
Associative property
Distributive property
6. Milli = 1/1000 centi = 1/100 deci = 1/10 basic unit (meter - liter - gram) = 1 deca = 10 hecto = 100 kilo = 1000
Common fraction
Metric system prefixes
Scientific notation
1 pound (in ounces)
7. 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
3/8 =
Rounding off
5/8 =
7/8 =
8. Change the percent to a fraction or decimal and multiply
Changing decimals to fractions
Simplifying fractions
Division
Finding percent of a number
9. Square roots of nonperfect squares can be approximated.
Approximating square roots
1 bushel (in pecks)
Some properties/axioms of addition and multiplication
Multiplication
10. The square of a whole number
Multiplying or dividing signed numbers
Perfect square
Division
Exponent
11. The grouping - without changing the order - does not affect the answer
Finding percent of a number
3 1/2 =
Associative property
9/10 =
12. Is approximately equal to
Customary/English system of units
Decimals
Real numbers
13. 2 cups
1 square foot (in square inches)
1 pint (in cups)
=
Communicative property for addition
14. Find the LCD and add the whole numbers to get your final answer.
3/4 =
Adding mixed numbers
Changing percents to decimals
Dividing fractions
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.
1 pint (in cups)
Subtracting mixed numbers
Adding and subtracting decimals
>
16. 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
Volume (metric system)
Multiplying or dividing signed numbers
Natural numbers
2/5 =
17. Is greater than
Weight (metric system)
>
1 bushel (in pecks)
Some properties/axioms of addition and multiplication
18. 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
Communicative property for addition
Signed numbers
Fractions
1 quart (in pints)
19. When a value is expressed using a whole number together with a common fraction
Mixed number
Other applications of a percent
Whole numbers
20. 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
Approximating square roots
Improper fraction
1/100 =
21. ...-3 - -2 - -1 - 0 - 1 - 2 - 3... all the whole numbers together with their opposites
Integers
Adding and subtracting decimals
Improper fraction
1/10 =
22. 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -... the natural numbers together with 0
Additive inverse
Rational numbers
Whole numbers
?
23. Is perpendicular to
||
Whole numbers
Place value
?
24. Is not equal to
2/3 =
?
Simplifying fractions
Decimals
25. 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
Exponent
Square numbers
=
1 pound (in ounces)
26. Is less than
Metric/international system of units
3/5 =
<
Changing fractions to percents
27. 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.
Multiplying or dividing signed numbers
1/3 =
Reducing fractions
1 quart (in pints)
28. Two numbers multiplied under a radical (square root) sign equal the product of the two square roots - and likewise with division.
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Square root rules: multiplication and division
Natural numbers
Metric system prefixes
29. 4 quarts
1 gallon (in quarts)
Number line
Whole numbers
Subtraction
30. 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)
9/10 =
1/10 =
Volume (metric system)
Number line
31. .1 = .10 = 10%
1/10 =
<
Cube numbers
Adding fractions
32. 1/30 ounce
Perfect square
?
1/6 =
1 gram (in ounces)
33. About 0.6 mile
Addition
Order of operations
1 kilometer (in miles)
Additive inverse
34. Divide the percent by 100 - Eliminate the percent sign - Reduce if necessary
=
1/5 =
Changing percents to fractions
7/8 =
35. A number in scientific notation is written as a rational number from 1 to 9 - and then multiplied by a power of 10
Changing decimals to percents
7/10 =
Scientific notation
Multiplying mixed numbers
36. Subtract = add the opposite; change the sign of the number being subtracted - and then proceed as an addition problem
1/8 =
Square (verb)
Subtracting signed numbers
1 gallon (in quarts)
37. 8/10 = .8 = .80 = 80%
>
4/5 =
Signed numbers
1 pound (in ounces)
38. .375 = .37 1/2 = 37 1/2%
Simplifying fractions
3/8 =
1 pint (in cups)
Rational numbers
39. 12 inches
Addition
1 kilogram (in pounds)
Volume (metric system)
1 foot (in inches)
40. Change to an improper fraction and multiply; then change the answer - if in improper form - back to a mixed number and reduce if necessary.
Multiplying mixed numbers
Division
Communicative property
Identity number
41. Is parallel to
||
1 square foot (in square inches)
Square (verb)
Metric system prefixes
42. 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
2 =
Rational numbers
Square (verb)
7/8 =
43. 2000 pounds
=
1 ton (in pounds)
Changing an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number
1 quart (in pints)
44. 3 feet 36 inches
1 yard (in feet - inches)
5/6 =
>
Multiplying mixed numbers
45. 6/10 = .6 = .60 = 60%
1 kilometer (in miles)
3/5 =
1 yard (in feet - inches)
Communicative property
46. .33 1/3 = 33 1/3%
1 =
Multiplying or dividing signed numbers
1/3 =
3/10 =
47. Difference - minus - is decreased by - less than (example: 3 less than 7 is what?)
Fractions
Subtraction
Natural numbers
Integers
48. Read it - Write it - Reduce it
Changing decimals to fractions
Volume (metric system)
1 foot (in inches)
Distributive property
49. Multiply the whole number by the denominator - add the numerator - and then place that value over the denominator
Changing a mixed number to an improper fraction
Associative property
1 mile (in yards - feet)
Customary/English system of units
50. If either numerator or denominator consists of several numbers - these numbers must be combined into one number - then reduce if necessary
Simplifying fractions
Rational numbers
Square root rules: addition and subtraction
1 pound (in ounces)