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Praxis I Math

Subjects : praxis, math
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. What is the formula for the area of a circle






2. Is a polygon whose angles are equal in measurement






3. What is the formula for the area of a square






4. How do you calculate the area of a parallelogram - what is the formula






5. A collection of points lying on a flat surface that extend indefinitely in any direction






6. Two angles whose sum totals 90 degrees






7. An angle whose measure is larger than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees






8. ___________is a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are parallel






9. A __________is any process that assigns a ___________value of y to each number of x






10. An angle whose measure is 90 degrees






11. In the law of proportion if a/b = c/d then ad =






12. The associative property of multiplicaiton for every real number a - for every realy number b for every real number c (ab)c = ______






13. Log base b to the b = ____________






14. When calculating the number of sides in a polygon make 360 degrees/ n = ______________






15. The measure of a minor arc is the measure of the __________that intercepts the arc






16. The _______ tells how many times the root needs to be multiplied by itself






17. Two angles whose sum totals 180 degrees






18. Two distinct straight lines can intersect at most at only one point






19. When calculating the probability of independent events you need to __________ (words like and &' followed by' )






20. To solve a system of equations you must first make the two equations ___________to each other - then use the discrimant to find if the system has any real roots






21. A line segment joining two poing on a circle is called a ________






22. In a quadratic equation with 2 unknown which has the formula ax^2 + bxy + cy^2 + dx + ey + f the graph is _____________ or a pair of __________ if ( b^2-4ac= 0) which may be coincident or it does not exist






23. A triangle whose angles all equal 60 degrees






24. What is a quadrilateral with 2 and only 2 sides parallel






25. A ray _________ divides the angle into 2 angles that have equal measure






26. How do you calculate the area of a trapezoid (hint h= altitude - perpendicular segment)






27. A __________________ is a circle passing through all the vertices of a polygon






28. Once you find the roots of a radical equation you must check them to see if any are __________roots (which means they are not equal when plugged back into the original formula) these roots must be ___________






29. A triangle with having at least 2 equal sides






30. Two lines are said to be ______________ if they intersect and form right angles






31. What property of equality ways for each real number a - for each real number b - for each real number c - if a=b and b=c - then a=c






32. In the pythagorean theorm a^2 + b^2 = c^2 - c is called the ______






33. What is the square of ((x1-x2) + (y1- y2)) =






34. The square of a real number cannot be ___________






35. In a logarithm the answer following the = sign is the __________






36. 2 angles that have their vertices at the endpoints of the same side of a parallelogram are called ____________________






37. What property of equality says that a=a






38. Is a polygon that is both equilateral and equangular






39. A ___________is a figure with the same number of sides as angles






40. That points of intersection on a triangle are called its _____________






41. What is the area of a pyramid or cone (hint B= area of Base)






42. The inverse property of multiplication says that for every real number a - a cannot = 0 ther is a real number a^____such that a X a ^____ = a^____ X a =1






43. If a=0 in a quadratic formula - the quadratic is reduced to a linear function and a ____________






44. y2- y1 divided by x2- x1 = the ____________






45. In the law of proportion if a/b = c/d then (a - b)/b =






46. A line that joins the midpoint of two sides of a triangle is called the__________






47. The __________of a triangle is a line segment from a vertex of the triangle perpendicular to the opposite side






48. A set of points in the seame plane equidistant from a fixed point - called its center






49. A triangle with no equal sides






50. What is the formula for the area of a rhomus - (hint d= diagonal)