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GRE High Frequency Math Terms

Subjects : gre, math
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. How many angles are formed when 2 lines intersect? and what is the sum of these angles?






2. Convert to a percentage: 4/5






3. An integer is divisible by 6 if...


4. What should you do BEFORE you start to solve a GRE math problem?


5. What is the sum of any 'big' angle and any 'Small' angle?






6. The three interior angles of a triangle add up to...






7. How is a range expressed with inequalities?






8. What is the 'distributive law'?






9. Explain how to divide fractions.






10. HIGH: Volume of a cylinder?






11. How do you calculate the probability of two events in a row? (Probability of A and B)






12. Convert to a percentage: 1/4






13. For a bell curve - what three terms might be used to describe the number in the middle?






14. HIGH: What is 'absolute value' - and how is it represented?


15. HIGH: Rough est. of v1 =






16. How do you divide fractions?






17. HIGH: What is the mode?






18. Explain how to calculate an average (arithmetic mean)






19. HIGH: What is the Pythagorean theorem?


20. Explain how to use a 'Rate Pie'






21. Area of a square?






22. What is one misleading characteristic of quadratic equations that will be exploited on the GRE?






23. An integer is divisible by 4 if...


24. When a pair of parallel lines is intersected by another line - two types of angles are formed. What are they?


25. HIGH: Describe and define three expressions of quadratic equations - in both factored and unfactored forms. Know these cold.






26. HIGH: Rough est. of v3 =






27. HIGH: x^-n is equal to






28. Explain the difference between a digit and a number.


29. How do you solve a combination?


30. Define the mode of a set of numbers.






31. HIGH: List the two most common side ratios for right triangles






32. How do you calculate the percentage of change?






33. HIGH: What is the formula for the diagonal of any square?






34. What is the name of a line that extends from the center of a circle to the edge of a circle?






35. HIGH: how do you calculate a diagonal inside a 3-dimensional rectangular box?






36. HIGH: Area of a triangle?






37. HIGH: What is the factored version of (x+y)(x-y) ?






38. Diameter of a circle?






39. HIGH: To divide powers with the same base...






40. An integer is divisible by 9 if...






41. If x² = 144 - does v144 = x?






42. What is the formula to determine probability?






43. HIGH: What is the side ratio for a 30:60:90 triangle?






44. An integer is divisible by 8 if...


45. Explain how to use an 'Average Pie'






46. When 2 lines are perpendicular to each other - their intersection forms 4 angles. What degree are these 4 angles?






47. An integer is divisible by 2 if...






48. HIGH: What is the factored version of x² + 2xy + y² ?






49. Define 'proportionate' values






50. Define the range of a set of numbers.