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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. Factor the number into two numbers - one (or more) of which is a perfect square - Take the square root of the perfect square(s) - Leave the others under the v
Division
3/8 =
Simplifying square roots
Square root rules: addition and subtraction
2. 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)
Some properties/axioms of addition and multiplication
3/4 =
Changing decimals to fractions
Number line
3. ...-3 - -2 - -1 - 0 - 1 - 2 - 3... all the whole numbers together with their opposites
Integers
3 1/2 =
1/100 =
Customary/English system of units
4. Any value that exists but is not rational
Metric/international system of units
Subtracting mixed numbers
Multiplying fractions
Irrational numbers
5. 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.
Identity number for addition
3/10 =
Subtracting mixed numbers
4/5 =
6. 1. Any number multiplied by 1 gives that number.
Multiplication
Perfect square
Identity number for multiplication
5/6 =
7. A + b = b + a Note: Subtraction does not have the communicative property.
Square (verb)
Communicative property for addition
3/10 =
1/100 =
8. 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 kilometer (in miles)
Volume (metric system)
Communicative property for multiplication
Communicative property for addition
9. Is perpendicular to
1 kilometer (in miles)
?
Customary/English system of units
4/5 =
10. Is greater than
3 1/2 =
7/8 =
Real numbers
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11. 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
1/10 =
Communicative property for addition
Other applications of a percent
Customary/English system of units
12. .83 1/3 = 83 1/3%
Natural numbers
||
5/6 =
Weight (metric system)
13. (change/starting point) x 100 = percentage change
Reducing when multiplying fractions
7/10 =
Percentage increase or decrease
2 =
14. Change the percent to a fraction or decimal and multiply
Finding percent of a number
Rounding off
=
Adding signed numbers
15. 4 quarts
1 yard (in feet - inches)
1 gallon (in quarts)
Whole numbers
Order of operations
16. Is greater than or equal to
Square root rules: multiplication and division
||
1/3 =
=
17. Read it - Write it - Reduce it
Fractions
7/8 =
Changing decimals to fractions
1/4 =
18. A number in scientific notation is written as a rational number from 1 to 9 - and then multiplied by a power of 10
Rounding off
Scientific notation
Words that signal an operation
19. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -... the numbers you would naturally count by - 0 is not a natural number.
Reducing fractions
Distributive property
||
Natural numbers
20. Sum - plus - is increased by - more than (example: 3 more than 7 is what?)
||
Addition
Reducing when multiplying fractions
Multiplication
21. Difference - minus - is decreased by - less than (example: 3 less than 7 is what?)
Subtraction
Fractions
Scientific notation
Multiplying mixed numbers
22. 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
Approximating square roots
=
Rational numbers
1 kilometer (in miles)
23. 2 cups
1 pint (in cups)
1 gallon (in quarts)
Place value
1 gram (in ounces)
24. 2/10 = .2 = .20 = 20%
Parentheses
1/5 =
9/10 =
1/3 =
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
Multiplying fractions
Composite number
1/6 =
Irrational numbers
26. 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.
5/8 =
Decimals
1/5 =
Adding and subtracting decimals
27. Is less than
<
Changing percents to fractions
Division
=
28. 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.
1/8 =
1 foot (in inches)
Reducing fractions
1 bushel (in pecks)
29. Multiply the numerators - multiply the denominators - and reduce to lowest terms if possible
Multiplying fractions
Changing fractions to percents
1 kilometer (in miles)
3/8 =
30. 3 feet 36 inches
1/10 =
1 yard (in feet - inches)
Square root rules: multiplication and division
Adding mixed numbers
31. 1.1 quarts
1 gram (in ounces)
=
Perfect square
1 liter (in quarts)
32. About 0.6 mile
Rational numbers
Metric/international system of units
3/5 =
1 kilometer (in miles)
33. Find a number that divides evenly into one numerator and one denominator. Reducing early only applies to multiplying fractions - not adding or subtracting.
Simplifying fractions
Reducing when multiplying fractions
1/100 =
1/6 =
34. Two numbers multiplied under a radical (square root) sign equal the product of the two square roots - and likewise with division.
1 square foot (in square inches)
1/6 =
Square root rules: multiplication and division
=
35. Invert (turn upside down) the second fraction and multiply; reduce if necessary.
Identity number for addition
Square (verb)
Dividing fractions
Changing fractions to percents
36. Is equal to
5/8 =
Decimals
=
Changing percents to decimals
37. When the place value name ends with a 'ths -' it is an indication of being a fraction.
Place value
1 yard (in feet - inches)
Adding and subtracting decimals
5/8 =
38. 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -... the natural numbers together with 0
1/5 =
Whole numbers
Rational numbers
Adding signed numbers
39. Find the LCD and subtract the numerators.
1 liter (in quarts)
3 1/2 =
Subtracting fractions
Communicative property for multiplication
40. To square a number - multiply it by itself
1/8 =
Square root rules: multiplication and division
Square (verb)
1 square yard (in square feet)
41. 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
Simplifying square roots
Adding signed numbers
1 mile (in yards - feet)
1/3 =
42. 75/100 = .75 = 75%
Place value
Changing percents to fractions
3/4 =
Adding signed numbers
43. The square of a whole number
1 quart (in pints)
Place value
Perfect square
Changing fractions to decimals
44. Eliminate the percent sign - Move the decimal point two places to the left (sometimes adding zeros will be necessary)
1 pint (in cups)
Simplifying fractions
Number line
Changing percents to decimals
45. 1.00 = 100%
1/4 =
||
=
1 =
46. Is not equal to
7/10 =
Signed numbers
Square root rules: multiplication and division
?
47. 1000 kilograms
9/10 =
Multiplication
=
1 metric ton (in kilograms)
48. 25/100 = .25 = 25%
Order of operations
1/100 =
1/4 =
Multiplying decimals
49. The grouping - without changing the order - does not affect the answer
1 kilometer (in miles)
=
Associative property
Reducing when multiplying fractions
50. 4/10 = .4 = .40 = 40%
1 foot (in inches)
2/5 =
Multiplying decimals
1 mile (in yards - feet)