Engineering Mathematics MCQ
1. What is a rate-multiplication story?
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A number story in which one quantity is a rate times another quantity.
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2. What is the rate in the following example?100 mi 2 hr
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50 miles per hour
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3. What does the word "rank" mean?
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To put in order by size; to sort from smallest to largest or vice versa.
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4. What does the word "range" mean?
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The difference between the maximum and the minimum in a set of data.
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5. What is a random number?
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A number produced by a random experiment
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6. What is a random experiment?
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An experiment in which all outcomes are equally likely.
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7. What is the plural form of radius?
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Radiuses or radii
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8. What is the quotitive division?
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Same as measurement division.
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9. What is the result of dividing one number by another number called?
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10. What is the quick common denominator of 3/4 and 5/6?
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11. What is a U.S. customary unit of volume or capacity that equals to 32 fluid ounces?
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12. How many cups are in a quart?
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13. How many sides does a quadrilateral have?
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14. What is another word for quadrilateral?
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Quadrangle
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15. What does the prefix "quad" mean?
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16. If the legs of a right triangle have lengths a and b, and the hypotenuse has length c, what is the value of c?
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C = √(a^2 + b^2)
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17. What is a pyramid?
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A polyhedron with a triangular base and three or more triangular sides
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18. What is a protractor used for?
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Measuring or drawing angles
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19. A full-circle protractor can measure and draw angles up to _____?
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20. What is a proportion?
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A number model equating two fractions
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21. Is a proper fraction always between -1 and 1?
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22. Which is an example of a proper fraction?
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23. What is a proper factor?
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Any factor of a counting number except the number itself
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24. What is a project in Everyday Mathematics?
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An activity to be completed in one or more days by small groups or by a whole class.
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25. How do you program a calculator to repeat a calculation?
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Use the memory
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26. What is the product of 4 and 3?
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27. What is the result of multiplying two numbers called?
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28. What is a probability tree diagram?
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A drawing used to analyze a probability situation that consists of two or more choices or stages.
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29. What does the Probability Meter show?
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Probabilities as fractions, decimals, and percents
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30. What is the probability of a fair coin showing HEADS?
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31. A prism is a polyhedron with _____.
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Two parallel and congruent polygonal regions for bases and lateral faces
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32. What is a prime number?
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A counting number greater than 1 that has exactly two whole number factors, 1 and itself
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33. What is the prime meridian?
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An imaginary semicircle on Earth that connects the North and South Poles through Greenwich, England.
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34. What does every counting number greater than 1 have?
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A unique prime factorization
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35. What is the preimage in a transformation?
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The original figure in a transformation
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36. In statistics, what is a prediction line called?
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Regression analysis
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37. What does the word "predict" mean in mathematics?
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To say what will happen in the future based on experimental data or theoretical calculation
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38. How many 16-inch markings are on a ruler that is more precise than a ruler with only 1/4-inch markings?
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39. Which is more precise, a measurement to the nearest foot or a measurement to the nearest inch?
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Nearest inch
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40. What term is used to describe the level of accuracy of a measurement?
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Significant digits
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41. What does the word "precise" mean?
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Exact or accurate
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42. In Everyday Mathematics, what is a power of 10?
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A number that can be written in the form 10 a, where a is a counting number
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43. What is the power of a number?
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The product of factors that are all the same
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44. What does the term "power" mean in math?
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45. What is a U.S. customary unit of weight equal to 16 ounces?
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46. What is the conversion rate of 1 pound to kilograms?
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0.45359237 kilograms
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47. What are positive rational numbers?
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Rational numbers greater than zero
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48. A number that can be written in the form 10 a, where a is a counting number is called?
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Positive power of 10
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49. What are positive numbers?
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Numbers greater than 0
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50. What are the opposites of the negative numbers?
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Positive numbers
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51. What is the number of people given as a rate per square mile?
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Population density
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52. What is the definition of population?
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The total number of people living within a defined geographic region.
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53. What is the plural of polyhedron?
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Polyhedrons or polyhedra
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54. Which of the following is NOT a 3-dimensional figure?
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55. A set of points in a plane that are connected by line segments is called?
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A polygon
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56. What is the minimum number of sides that a polygon can have?
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57. What does the prefix "poly-" mean?
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58. What is point symmetry?
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A figure has point symmetry if it is a reflection image of itself through a center of symmetry C.
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59. What is a point in mathematics?
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An exact location in space
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60. Which of the following is not a plane figure?
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61. What is a plane in Everyday Mathematics?
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A 2-dimensional flat surface that extends forever in all directions.
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62. In formal Euclidean geometry, what is plane?
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An undefined geometric term
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63. What is place value?
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A system that gives a digit a value according to its position, or place, in a number.
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64. What is the value of the digit 5 in the number 325?
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65. A U.S. pint is
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Equal to 2 cups
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66. What is a pie graph?
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A graph that is shaped like a circle, with each section representing a percentage of the whole
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67. Which of the following is true about pi (π)?
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It is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.
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68. What is a per-unit rate?
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A rate with 1 unit of something in the denominator.
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69. What does a per-unit rate tell you?
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How many of one thing there are for 1 unit of another thing
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70. What is a "personal-measurement reference"?
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A convenient approximation for a standard unit of measurement
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71. What is a perpendicular bisector?
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A line, ray, or segment that bisects a line segment at a right angle.
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72. What is the perpendicular bisector of a line segment?
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A line that bisects a line segment at a right angle.
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73. What is the symbol for "is perpendicular to"?
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74. What is the perimeter of a rectangle with length l and width w?
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P = 2 * (l + w)
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75. What is 1% expressed as a decimal?
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76. What does "per capita" mean?
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For each person
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77. What does "per" mean?
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For each, as in ten chairs per row or six tickets per family
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78. What is a 5-sided polygon called?
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79. What does the prefix "penta-" mean?
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80. What is a pattern?
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A repetitive order or arrangement
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81. What is the denominator of a part-whole fraction?
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The whole, or the ONE
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82. What is a part-to-whole ratio?
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A ratio that compares a part of a whole to the whole.
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83. What is a part-to-part ratio?
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A ratio that compares a part of a whole to another part of the same whole.
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84. What is a parts-and-total story?
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A number story in which a whole is made up of distinct parts.
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85. In which section of Everyday Mathematics can you find more information on parts-and-total diagrams?
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Section 10.3.1
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86. What is the term for the type of division used to solve an equal-sharing story?
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Partitive division
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87. What is the final product in partial-products multiplication?
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The sum of the partial products
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88. What is the meaning of parentheses?
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Grouping symbols
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89. What are parallels?
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Lines of latitude
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90. What are parallel planes?
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Planes in space that never meet.
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91. What are two parallel planes?
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Two parallel planes are always the same distance apart.
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92. What is the definition of parallel lines?
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Lines in a plane that never meet.
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93. What is the name for problems in which pan balances represent linear equations?
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Pan-balance problems
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94. What does a pan balance represent in Fifth and Sixth Grade Everyday Mathematics?
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Linear equations
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95. What is a pan balance?
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A device used to weigh objects or compare their weights
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96. Which of the following is the correct definition of output?
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Numbers or other information displayed by calculator or computer.
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97. What is the meaning of the word "outcome"?
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A possible result of a chance experiment or situation
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98. A U.S. customary unit of weight equal to 1 16 of a pound is known as?
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99. On a coordinate grid, where do the two axes intersect?
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At the point (0,0)
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100. What is the definition of an ordinal number?
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The position or order of something in a sequence
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101. What are positive powers of 10 called?
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Orders of magnitude
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102. What is the definition of an ordered pair?
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Two numbers, or coordinates, used to locate a point on a rectangular coordinate grid.
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103. What is the order of rotation symmetry?
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The number of times a rotation image of a figure coincides with the figure before completing a 360° rotation.
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104. What is the order of operations?
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Rules that tell the order in which operations in an expression should be carried out.
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105. What does OOOP stand for?
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Order of Operations
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106. What is a 10-times change in value called?
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Order-of-magnitude increase
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107. What is the side opposite an angle of a triangle that is not a side of the angle called?
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The opposite side
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108. What is the sum of a number and its opposite?
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109. If 'n' is a negative number, what is -n?
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Positive number
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110. What is the opposite-change rule for addition?
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An addition algorithm in which a number is added to one addend and subtracted from the other addend.
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111. What are two angles in a quadrilateral that do not share a side called?
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Opposite angles
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112. What is true about opposite angles?
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They are always equal.
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113. What are opposite angles?
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Same as vertical angles.
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114. What is the opposite angle in a triangle?
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The angle opposite a side of a triangle that is not one of the sides of the angle.
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115. What is the OPP of 3?
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116. What does OPP stand for in Everyday Mathematics?
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Opposite of a number n
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117. Which of the following is not an operation symbol?
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Subtraction -
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118. Which of the following is not an operation?
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119. What is an open sentence?
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A number sentence with one or more variables that is neither true nor false.
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120. What is an example of an open sentence?
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9 + __ = 15
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121. What is an open proportion?
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An open proportion is an open sentence that is neither true nor false.
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122. What is a 1-dimensional figure?
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A figure that has length but no width or depth
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123. What is the value of ONE in Everyday Mathematics?
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Whole or unit whole
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124. What is an odd number?
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A counting number that is not divisible by 2
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