Test your basic knowledge |

GRE Math: Points And Lines

Instructions:

Answer 13 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. midpint formula
(x1+x2)/2 - (y1+y2)/2
Dashed line
Rise/run (change in y/change in x)
M=(y-y1)/(x-x1)

2. if inequality
Dashed line
(x1+x2)/2 - (y1+y2)/2
D=sqrt((x2-x1)^2+(y2-y1)^2)
x<0 and y>0

3. of equal and inequality
Solid line
Rise/run (change in y/change in x)
x>0 and y<0
x<0 and y<0

4. slope
x<0 and y<0
Rise/run (change in y/change in x)
Abscissa
x>0 and y<0

5. point-slope form of a line
Abscissa
Ordinate
M=(y-y1)/(x-x1)
x<0 and y>0

6. quadrant II
x<0 and y>0
(x1+x2)/2 - (y1+y2)/2
Ordinate
Dashed line

7. second coordinate
(x1+x2)/2 - (y1+y2)/2
Solid line
Ordinate
x<0 and y<0

8. distance formula
D=sqrt((x2-x1)^2+(y2-y1)^2)
Solid line
Abscissa
Rise/run (change in y/change in x)

9. quadrant I
(x1+x2)/2 - (y1+y2)/2
Abscissa
x<0 and y<0
x>0 and y>0

10. quadrant III
Dashed line
y=mx+b
x<0 and y>0
x<0 and y<0

11. standard equation of a line
y=mx+b
M=(y-y1)/(x-x1)
(x1+x2)/2 - (y1+y2)/2
Abscissa

12. quadrant VI
Abscissa
x>0 and y<0
Dashed line
Ordinate

13. first coordinate
x>0 and y<0
Abscissa
x>0 and y>0
M=(y-y1)/(x-x1)