Education Math Exams (Math Terms) – Page 3

#40. A symbol which expresses part of a whole
A percent
B percentage
C Fraction
D part
Answer: Fraction
#41. The largest factor that is common to two or more numbers.
A Smallest Common Factor
B Least Common Factor
C Greatest common factor
D Largest Common Factor
Answer: Greatest common factor
#42. The longest side of a right triangle, opposite the right angle.
A Right Side
B Base
C Altitude
D Hypotenuse
Answer: Hypotenuse
#43. The square root of a negative number.
A negative 1
B Imaginary number
C irrational
D complex number
Answer: Imaginary number
#44. A fraction in which the numerator is larger than the denominator
A proper fraction
B improper fraction
C mixed fraction
D Decimal Fraction
Answer: improper fraction
#45. Angles formed inside the shape or inside two parallel lines
A Common angles
B Consecutive angles
C Interior angles
D Inside angles
Answer: Interior angles
#46. A triangle with two equal sides and two equal angles across from them.
A Equilateral Triangle
B Obtuse triangle
C Isosceles triangle
D Scalene Triangle
Answer: Isosceles triangle
#47. The smallest multiple that is common to two or more numbers.
A smallest common multiple
B least common multiple
C smallest common denominator
D least common denominator
Answer: least common multiple
#48. An equation where the solution set forms a straight line when it is plotted on a coordinate graph.
A Cartesian equation
B Quadratic Equation
C Linear equation
D Coordinate equation
Answer: Linear equation
#49. Concerned with the calculation of instantaneous rates of change and the summation of infinitely many small factors to determine some whole.
A Calculus
B Differential Calculus
C Integral Caculus
D Infinitesimal
Answer: Calculus
#50. A branch of mathematics devoted to the study of the natural numbers and the integers
A number theory
B arithmetic
C algebra
D topology
Answer: number theory
#51. It is the mathematical study of the properties that are preserved through deformations, twistings, and stretchings of objects.
A topology
B modern geometry
C abstract algebra
D hyperbolic geometry
Answer: topology
#52. He founded abstract algebra and group theory
A Galois
B Gauss
C Fermat
D Euler
Answer: Galois
#53. An English mathematician notable for changing the original logarithms invented by John Napier into common logarithm.
A Leonhard Euler
B Marquis de Condorcet
C Henry Brigss
D Rene Descartes
Answer: Henry Brigss