Education Exams (Math Terms) – Page 3

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