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CSET Multiple Subjects Subtest 2a Domain 1: Math

Subjects : cset, math
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1. 3 feet 36 inches






2. 3.5 = 3.50 = 350%






3. Change the percent to a fraction or decimal and multiply






4. Used as grouping symbols






5. Find the LCD and add the whole numbers to get your final answer.






6. Communicative property - Associative property - Distributive property






7. 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






8. Quotient - ratio - is a part of - goes into (examples: 3 is what part of 15? 4 goes into 28 how many times?)






9. .16 2/3 = 16 2/3%






10. The order in which addition or multiplication is done does not affect the answer






11. .3 = .30 = 30%






12. 1.1 quarts






13. When a value is expressed using a whole number together with a common fraction






14. .7 = .70 = 70%






15. 75/100 = .75 = 75%






16. Divide the percent by 100 - Eliminate the percent sign - Reduce if necessary






17. Is perpendicular to






18. When the place value name ends with a 'ths -' it is an indication of being a fraction.






19. 4 pecks






20. (change/starting point) x 100 = percentage change






21. .625 = .62 1/2 = 62 1/2%






22. Is approximately equal to






23. A(bc) = (ab)c Note: Division does not have the associative property.






24. 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






25. Mnemonic: Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally 1. Parentheses 2. Exponents 3. Multiplication or division 4. Addition or subtraction (left to right)






26. 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






27. A + b = b + a Note: Subtraction does not have the communicative property.






28. .9 = .90 = 90%






29. To find the square root of a number - you want to find some number that when multiplied by itself gives you the original number






30. 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -... the natural numbers together with 0






31. The multiplicative inverse of a number (also known as the reciprocal of the number) is a value that - when multiplied with any non -zero number - equals 1. Any non -zero number multiplied with its multiplicative inverse equals 1. The multiplicative i






32. 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






33. Read it - Write it - Reduce it






34. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -... the numbers you would naturally count by - 0 is not a natural number.






35. 4 quarts






36. 1.1 yards






37. 2/10 = .2 = .20 = 20%






38. 2.00 = 200%






39. 1000 kilograms






40. ...-3 - -2 - -1 - 0 - 1 - 2 - 3... all the whole numbers together with their opposites






41. Eliminate the percent sign - Move the decimal point two places to the left (sometimes adding zeros will be necessary)






42. Is greater than or equal to






43. .875 = .87 1/2 = 87 1/2%






44. .83 1/3 = 83 1/3%






45. Difference - minus - is decreased by - less than (example: 3 less than 7 is what?)






46. 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






47. 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.






48. 25/100 = .25 = 25%






49. A number in scientific notation is written as a rational number from 1 to 9 - and then multiplied by a power of 10






50. Divide the denominator into the numerator