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Important Math Facts

Subject : math
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The ____________ of a circle is always a little more than three times the diameter.






2. Use number lines to ________ two decimals.






3. The line or the fold is called the __________ .






4. In a power - the number of times the base is used as a factor is the ________ . In 5³ - the exponent is 3.






5. Similar figures have the same shape but different sizes. The symbol ~ means _________ .






6. Together - the x coordinate and y coordinate form an ___________.






7. In a power - the number used as a factor is the base. In 10³ - the ________ is 10. That is - 10³ = 10 X 10 X 10.






8. The symbol ≤ is read as __________ .






9. ______________ are two events in which either one or the other must take place - but they cannot both happen at the same time. The sum of their probabilities is one.






10. A ___________is for organizing a set of data that shows the number of times each item or number appears.






11. To express a ______ as ________a - express the percent as a fraction with a denominator of 100 - then simplify.






12. The _________ of a circle is twice the length of the radius.






13. The _________ of an integer is the distance of the integer from zero.






14. To add or subtract fractions with unlike denominators - you need to change the fractions to equivalent fractions with ____________ before you find the sum or difference.






15. The ________ is used to represent the ratio of distance on the map to the actual distance.






16. The set of ________ consists of the positive whole numbers - zero - and the opposites of the positive whole numbers.






17. Instead of writing large numbers with all the zeros - you can use _________ . For example - 4 -250 -000 -000 = 4.25 x 10⁹.






18. The rules to follow when more than one operation is used are called the ___________.






19. In a__________ - an object flips over a line without changing its size or shape.






20. The set of all possible outcomes is _____________.






21. An approximation of pi is 3.14 - or _______ .






22. A figure that can be rotated 180° about a point so that it matches the original figure has ______ .






23. Prime factorization can be written using ________ . For example - 2 x 2 x 3 = 2² x 3






24. A _______ is a comparison of two numbers with different units of measure.






25. ___________ is a number that can be written using an exponent. For example - 3² means three to the second power.






26. A _________ has six rectangular faces. To find the surface area - find the sum of the areas of the six faces.






27. In a __________ - an object slides from one position to another without changing its size or shape.






28. The symbol < is read as ________ .






29. An _________ is a mathematical sentence that contains < - > - ≠- ≤ - or ≥ .






30. The __________ of a solid is the total area of its exterior surfaces.






31. A _____________ is a system used to condense a set of data where the greatest place value of the data forms the stem and next greatest place value forms the leaves.






32. A _________ is a symbol - usually a letter - used to represent a number.






33. A ___________ is a proportion with one fraction with a denominator of 1.






34. The ______________ are the numbers of pieces of data that can represent the whole set of data. These common measures of central tendency are mean - median - and mode.






35. If a figure can be divided in half by a line so that the two halves match each other - the figure is __________ .






36. Two angles are ___________ if the sum of their measures is 90°.






37. A _________ is a randomly-selected group that is used to represent a whole population.






38. Two angles are ___________ if the sum of their measures is 180°.






39. The ________ of an angle is the common endpoint of the rays forming the angle.






40. Use __________ to compare two decimals - using the order symbols.






41. A _______ is a ratio that compares a number to 100.






42. To ______________ - if the denominators are unlike - write equivalent fractions with a common denominator. Subtract the fractions first - and rename if necessary. Then subtract the whole numbers. Simplify if possible.






43. To express a ______ as a _______ - rewrite the percent as a fraction with a denominator of 100 - and then express the fraction as a decimal.






44. The ___________ of a circle is equal to π times its diameter or π times twice its radius. C = π d or C = 2 π r.






45. To add ____________ with common denominators - write the sum of the numerators over the common denominators. Then add the whole numbers.






46. A _______ is the comparison of two numbers by division.






47. To _________ - write the mixed numbers as improper fractions. Replace the divisor with its reciprocal and multiply.






48. When two or more numbers are multiplied - each number is called a _________ .






49. The symbol ______ means percent.






50. A ___________ is a transformation that turns a line or shape around a fixed point.