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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. An angle whose measure is greater than 180 degrees and less than 360 degrees






2. The square of 0 is _____






3. What is the linear equation where a - b and c are constants b cannot = 0






4. When solving a system of equation involving quadratics and one is linear and the other is quadratic - solve the _______ first - then substitue the found value into the quadratic and solve for the other unknown






5. A closed three sided figure is called a ____________






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






7. What is the formula the formula for an arc if you know the radius and the n= central angle






8. The value of y where a point intersects the x axis = __________






9. In a quadratic equation in 2 unknowns has the general formula ax^2 + bxy + cy^2+dx +ey+ f = 0 the graph is called an __________ (b^2-4ac greater then 0)






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






11. If you want to convert a fraction to a percentage you need to make it =






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






13. What property of equality says that a=a






14. The perimeter of two similar polygons have the same ratio as the measure of any pair of corresponding line segments of the polygon






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






16. A triangle with one obtuse angle (angle greater than 90 degrees) is






17. A triangle with a 90 degrees angle






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






19. For each real number a - for each real number b - if a= b - then b=a






20. When you have a linear equation such as ax + by = c you may use ___________ or _____________ to solve the problem - (you may first have to multiply through one of the equation to make either the x or y value equal)






21. The __________property of additon says that fro every real number a - ther is a real number such that a + - a = - a+ a = 0






22. ___________is a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are parallel






23. The graph of y= ax^2 + bx + c is a curve know as a ____________






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






25. Use ____________= 1/2a X p (where a = apothem and p = the perimeter)






26. To calculate a permutation (order does not matter) what is the formula






27. Two angles with a common vertex and with sides that are 2 pairs of opposite rays






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






29. A triangle whose sides are equal






30. The __________property of multiplicaiton for every real numver a - for every real number b ab= ba






31. Angles that are equal






32. Is a polygon whose angles are equal in measurement






33. If all points lie in the same plane they are __________






34. A triangle whose angles all equal 60 degrees






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






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






37. What is the formula for the area of a triangle






38. To calculate the diagnol of a square you multipy any ______by the _______________of 2






39. The least common multiple is the smallest quantity divisible by ______ number of the set






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






41. Distance from a ___________ to a _________ is the measure of the perpendicular line segment from the point to that line






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






43. 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






44. A line segment connecting a vertex of a triangle and the midpoint of the opposite side is called a __________ of a triangle






45. A line that divides a line segment into two congruent segments






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






47. What type of trapezoid has its non parallel sides equal






48. A parallelogram that has tow adjacent sides that are equal and whose sides are perpendicular to each other






49. What is the volume of a cone






50. Three or more points are said to be ___________if an only if they lie on the same line