Engineering Mathematics MCQ
What is a term in an algebraic expression?
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A number or a product of a number and one or more variables
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How is temperature measured?
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On a standardized scale such as degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit
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What are tangent circles?
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Two circles with exactly one point in common.
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What is the summer solstice?
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The longest day of the year
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What is the result of adding two or more numbers called?
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What is the subtrahend?
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The number being taken away in a subtraction problem
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What does it mean to substitute in an expression or formula?
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To replace variables with numbers in an expression or formula.
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What is the name of the program that the following activity is a part of?
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Everyday Mathematics
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What does the word "stretch" mean?
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A straightedge is which of the following?
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A tool used to draw line segments
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What is a straight angle?
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A 180° angle.
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In a step graph, what do the horizontal values represent?
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What is a "leaf" in a stem-and-leaf plot?
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A digit with a small place value
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A standard unit is defined by ____________.
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A recognized authority, such as a government or a standards organization
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What is standard notation?
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A way of representing whole numbers, integers, and decimals using base-ten place-value numeration.
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A model of a square unit is a square with each side a related unit of _____.
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What is the unit used to measure area?
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Square unit
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What is the square of a number n?
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The product of n and itself
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What is a square number?
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A figurate number that is the product of a counting number and itself
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What is another name for a square corner?
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Right angle
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What is a square array?
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A rectangular array with the same number of rows as columns.
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What is a spreadsheet?
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A computer application in which numerical information is arranged in cells in a grid.
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What is the set of all points in space that are an equal distance from a fixed point called?
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What is average speed?
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A rate that compares distance traveled with the time taken to travel that distance.
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What is a special case in Everyday Mathematics?
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A specific example of a general pattern
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What is the tag used to create a drop-down list?
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What is the distance around a circle called?
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Circumference
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What is the circumference of a sphere?
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The circumference of a circle on the sphere with the same center as the sphere.
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What is a circle graph also called?
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Pie graph
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What is the set of all points in a plane that are equally distant from a fixed point called?
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What is the diameter of a circle?
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Twice the radius
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What is a change-to-more story?
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A number story about a change situation in which the ending quantity is more than the starting quantity.
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What is a change-to-less story?
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A number story about a change situation in which the ending quantity is less than the starting quantity.
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What is a change diagram used to model?
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Situations in which quantities are either increased or decreased by addition or subtraction.
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What does the word "chance" mean?
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The possibility that an outcome will occur in an uncertain event.
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What is the equivalent of a centimeter in the metric system?
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10 millimeters
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What does the prefix "centi" mean?
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1 hundredth
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What is the center of a sphere called?
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The point equally distant from all points on a sphere.
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What is the center of a circle called?
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The point in the plane of a circle equally distant from all points on the circle.
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How many cents are in a dollar?
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What is a census?
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An official count of population and the recording of other demographic data such as age, gender, income, and education.
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On which temperature scale does pure water at sea level freezes at 0° and boils at 100°?
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What is the address of a cell in a spreadsheet?
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The column letter followed by the row number
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What is a cartographer?
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A person who makes maps
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What is the unit of capacity?
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Quarts, gallons, cups, or liters
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How much energy is required to raise the temperature of 1 liter of water 1° Celsius?
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1 calorie
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What does it mean to calibrate something?
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To test and adjust the accuracy of a measuring tool
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What is a broken-line graph?
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Same as line graph
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What is the name of the symbols used to group things together?
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Grouping symbols
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What is the name for symbols "[ ]" used to group things together?
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What is the meaning of "braces"?
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Grouping symbols
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What is another name for grouping symbols?
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What is the name of theplot that displays the spread of a data set using 5 landmarks?
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Box-and-whiskers plot
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What does a bisector do?
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Divides a segment, an angle, or a figure into two parts of equal measure
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What does it mean to bisect?
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To divide a segment, angle, or figure into two parts of equal measure
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What is 1 billion by U.S. custom?
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1,000,000,000
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How many zeros are in 1 billion by British custom?
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What is the measurement of a big cube?
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10-cm by 10-cm by 10-cm
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What is the volume of a big cube?
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What is a biased sample?
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A sample that does not fairly represent the total population from which it was selected.
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What does "benchmark" mean?
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A count or measure that can be used to evaluate the reasonableness of other counts, measures, or estimates.
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What is the definition of baseline data?
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A set of data used for comparison with subsequent data
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What is base-10 shorthand?
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A written notation for base-10 blocks.
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Base-10 blocks are used to represent which place value system?
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What is the name for our number system that uses only the 10 symbols 0-9?
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What is the place value of the digit 9 in the number 1,234?
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What is the base of a triangle?
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Any side of a triangle to which an altitude is drawn.
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What is the base of a rectangle?
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One of the sides of the rectangle.
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What is the face of a pyramid or cone that is opposite its apex called?
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What is the base of a prism or cylinder?
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One of the two parallel and congruent faces that define the shape of a prism or cylinder.
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What is the base of a parallelogram?
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The side of a parallelogram to which an altitude is drawn
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In which base is the place value system of our usual way of writing numbers?
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What is the base of a number system?
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The foundation number for a numeration system.
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What is a number that is raised to a power called?
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What does a bar graph represent?
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What is a bank draft?
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A written order for the exchange of money
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What is the definition of a "ballpark estimate?"
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A rough estimate
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What is the definition of an axis of rotation?
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A line about which a solid figure rotates.
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What is the plural of "axis"?
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What is the mean of the set found by adding all the numbers and dividing by the number of numbers?
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From which language is the word "Equinox" derived?
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What is the meaning of "Equinox"?
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Equal night
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What is an attribute?
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A feature of an object or common feature of a set of objects.
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What does AU stand for?
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Astronomical unit
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What does astronomical unit measure?
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Distances in space
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What is the Associative Property of Multiplication?
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The property of multiplication that three numbers can be multiplied in any order without changing the product.
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What is the Associative Property of Addition?
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A property of addition that three numbers can be added in any order without changing the sum.
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Addition is not associative.
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An array is a(n) _______
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Arrangement of objects in a regular pattern
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What is the meaning of arm span?
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Same as fathom
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What is the "arm span" equal to?
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How many arithmetic facts are there in total?
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How many multiplication facts are there?
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What does the area model represent in multiplication?
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The product
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What is the formula for finding the area of a circle?
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Area = πr^2
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How is area commonly measured?
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In square units
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What is the name for a part of a circle between and including two endpoints on the circle?
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Arc of a circle
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What does the symbol "≈" mean?
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An estimate or approximation to an exact value
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What is the apex?
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The vertex opposite the base
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What is the study of human body sizes and proportions called?
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Anthropometry
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What is the name of the endpoint of two rays or line segments that form an angle?
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What is the rotation image of one side of an angle through a number of degrees called?
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The other side
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What does the suffix -angle mean?
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What is an analog clock?
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A clock that shows the time by the positions of the hour and minute hands.
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What is the same as altitude?
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Distance above sea level
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What does altitude mean in Everyday Mathematics?
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Same as height of a figure
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What is an algorithm?
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A set of step-by-step instructions for doing something, such as carrying out a computation or solving a problem.
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What is the algebraic order of operations?
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Same as order of operations
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What is an algebraic expression?
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An expression that contains a variable.
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What is the definition of adjacent sides?
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Same as consecutive sides
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What does adjacent mean?
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Sides next to each other
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What is the definition of adjacent angles?
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Two angles with a common side and vertex that do not otherwise overlap.
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What is the address box?
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A place where the address of a spreadsheet cell is shown when the cell is selected
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What is a letter-number pair used to locate a spreadsheet cell called?
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What do you call two numbers whose sum is 0?
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Additive inverses
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Addition and subtraction belongs to which use class?
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Everyday Mathematics
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Which of the following is NOT an addition/subtraction use class?
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Multiplication
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What is the sum of 9 and 7?
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What does addend mean?
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Any one of a set of numbers that are added.
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Which of the following is an acute angle?
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What is an acute angle?
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An angle with a measure less than 90 °
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How many square feet are in an acre?
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Which of the following is not a correct meaning of the word "accurate"?
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As correct as possible according to an accepted standard.
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What is an account balance?
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An amount of money that you have or that you owe.
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What is an abundant number?
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A counting number whose proper factors add to a number greater than itself.
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The absolute value of a negative number is...?
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The opposite of the number
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What is the symbol for the absolute value of a number?
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