FTCE General Knowledge Math

Rational #

Can be expressed as the ratio of two integers, where B is not equal to zero

Integers

Positive and negative whole numbers and zero

Whole numbers

Natural numbers and zero

Natural numbers

Counting numbers not including zero or negative

Irrational numbers

Real numbers that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers - they are infinite, not repeating decimals--- square root of 5 or pi -3.1415927.....

Fraction

An expression of numbers in the form of X/Y where X =the numerator and Y # the denominator 3/4

Mixed number

Has an integer part and fraction part 5 2/3

Percent

Means per 100 written with a percentage sign 10% = 10/100=1/10

Greatest common factor

Largest number that is a factor of all members problem. Can be no larger than the smallest number of the problem - if smallest number in the problem is not a factor, continue increasing smaller until you find a common factor. GCF of 12, 20, 36 -> 4

Least common multiple

Smallest number of a group of numbers that all given numbers will divide into evenly - will always be the largest of the given numbers or a multiple of the largest 20, 30, 40 -> largest is 40, but 30 won't divide into 40 evenly, so 120 is the only number that all will divide evenly

Composite number

Whole numbers that have two or more factors. 9->1,3,9

Prime numbers

Whole numbers greater than 1 that have only 2 factors- 1 and itself

Perimeter

Some of the length of the sides of the polygon

Area

Number of square units covered by a polygon

Rectangle

Area formula - LWPerimeter formula - 2(L + W)

Triangle

Area formula - 1/2 bhPerimeter formula - A+ B+ C

Parallelogram

Area formula - BH Perimeter formula - some of length of sides

Trapezoid

1/2BH (A+ B)

Circumference

The distance between a circle - pi ->3.14 -> 22/7C=2pir or C=pid

Polygon

Simple, closed, two dimensional figure to post a blind statements - named according to the number of sides they have

Quadrilateral

Four Sides - some of angles is 360°

Trapezoid

Quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides

Isosceles trapezoid

Nonparallel sides are congruent

Parallelogram

Quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides - diagonals bisect each other - each diagonal divides parallelogram into two congruent triangles

Rectangle

Parallelogram with the right angle

Rhombus

Parallelogram with all sides equal in length

Square

Rectangle with all sides equal in length

Triangle

Polygon with three sides - classified by links of sides and types of Bengals

Acute triangle

Has exactly 3 acute angles that measure less than 90°

Right triangle

One right angle - one acute angle that measures less than 90°

Obtuse triangle

One angle between 90° and 180°

Equilateral triangle

All three sides are the same length

Isosceles triangle

A triangle in which two sides are the same length

Scalene triangle

The triangle in which no sides are the same length

Acute angle

An angle that measures less than 90°

Right angle

An angle that measures 90°

Obtuse angle

An angle that measures between 90° and 180°

Cylinder

Hey space figure that has two parallel, congruent circular bases

Sphere

Space figure having all its points in the same distance from the center

Cone

A space figure having a circular base and a single vertex

Pyramid

Space figure with a square base and four triangle shaped sides

Tetrahedron

If foresighted space triangle: each face is a triangle

Prism

Is based figure with two congruent, parallel bases that are polygons

Ratio

The comparison of two numbers

Proportion

An equation in which one fraction is set equal to another4/15=x/60 to solve, cross multiply(4)(60)=15x. 16=x

Congruent figures

Figures that have the same size and shape

Similar

Two figures that have the same shape

Pythagorean theorem

Given that any right triangle ABC the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the square of the other two sides. A squared plus B squared equals C squaredSide a B squared is equal to BC squared plus a C squared

Congruent plane

A plane with a point selected as its origin, some link suggested as a unit of distance, and two perpendicular lines that intersect at the origin, with positive or negative direction selected on each line

Coordinates

Unique ordered pair of numbers that identify a point coordinate plane

Slope

And upward or downward direction of the line

Rise

The top of a fraction; it represents the change in the Y coordinates

Run

The bottom of the fractions; it represents the change in the x-coordinate

Distance

The length of the line segment between two different points, a and B. The length of a line formula is

operations

addend+addend=sumsum-addend=differencefactorXfactor=productdividend ÷ divisor = quotient

division

dividend---------- = quotientdivisor

divide by zero

any number ÷ 0 = can't do it0 ÷ any number = 00 cannot be a divisor

prime number

whole number greater than 1 that is divisible only by itself and 1

composite

whole number greater than 1 that are not prime

prime factors

use factor tree - e.g. 36 = 2∗2∗3∗3

GCF greatest common factor

the greatest number that will divide evenly into the two numbers list factors of each then chose the highest one

LCM least common multiple

the smallest product that is a multiple of each of the counting numbers....factor each/ build a product consisting of each factor used the most number of times it appears as a factor. e.g...24=2∗2∗2∗3 36=2∗2∗3∗3 so LCM (24,36) = 2∗2∗2∗3∗3 =72

1 is neither prime or composite

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rational numbers

whole numbers, integers, positive and negative fractions, decimals, and percents

whole numbers

counting numbers and 0

integers

numbers that are either negative or positive and 0....o is not positive or negative

rational numbers

all numbers that can be written as positive or negative fractions ...rational numbers can be expressed as fractions, decimals, or percents

80%=.80=.8=

05-Apr

60%=.60=.6=

05-Mar

40%=.40=.4=

05-Feb

20%=.20=.2=

05-Jan

87 1/2% = .875=

08-Jul

62 1/2 %=.625=

08-May

37 12%=.375=

08-Mar

12 1/2% = .125=

08-Jan

66 2/3%=.66 2/3 =

03-Feb

5%=.05=

20-Jan

4%=.04=

25-Jan

1%=.01=1/100

1/100

irrational square roots

irrational square roots do not have a number that they are evenly multiplied by...if given an irrational square root to estimate find the 2 numbers it falls between e.g. square root of 41 is between 6 and 7

rational square roots

nonnegative number that multiplies by itself to get the number e.g...square root of 1=1, square root of 25 is 5

Is 1/0 a real number?

NO...0 cannot be a divisor

exponential notation

eg...3⁴ = 3∗3∗3∗3=81negative exponents eg. 2⁻³=½₃ = 1/8=.125any number with 0 as an exponent is 1 e.g...3⁰=1

-3x ≥ 1 =

x ≤ -1/3 (reverse the inequality because you divided both sides by a negative number)

Pictograph

pictures or symbols are used to represent numbers

Measure of central tendency

a numerical value that describes a data set by providing a "central" or "typical" value of the data set.

Mean

the arithmetic average of the numbers.

Median

the middle number or the average of the two middle numbers in an ordered set of numbers.

Mode

the number or numbers that occur with the greatest frequency in a set of numbers;

measure of dispersion

a value that describes the spread of the data about the central value.

range

the difference between the greatest value and the least value in the data set

standard deviation

a measure of the dispersion of a set of data values about the mean of the data set. The more the data values vary from the mean, the greater the standard deviation.

Probability of event E =

# of outcomes favorable to Event E/# of total outcomes possible

A bag contains 5 tiles, numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. The tiles are all identical in size and shape. If a person picks out a single tile from the bag without looking, what is the probability that the number on the tile will be even?

05-Feb

How to write in Scientific Notation

1. Move decimal to the right of the first nonzero digit.2. indicate the power of 10 by the number of places moved in step 1.3. Move left= pos. power / move right = neg. power

Write 0.000000975 in Scientific Notation

9.75 × 10 ⁻⁷

Absolute value eg. -|−17| =

−17 Absolute value negatives don't "cancel each other out

Order of Operations hint

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally PE(MD)(AS)

Cross products- On a map, the distance between 2 cities is 10.5 inches. 0.5 inches=20 miles. How many miles between the cities?

x miles/10.5 inches= 20 miles/0.5 inches = 420 miles

Acute Angle

Between 0⁰ and 90⁰

Right angle

90⁰

Obtuse angle

between 90⁰ and 180⁰

Straight angle

180⁰

Complementary angles

Two angles whose sum = 90⁰

Supplementary angles

Two angles whose sum = 180⁰

Adjacent angles

Two angles that have a common vertex and common side

Tangent line

A line that intersects a circle at only 1 point

Congruent

Exactly the same size and shape

equilateral triangle

3 equal sides

Isosceles triangle

At least 2 congruent sides

Scalene triangle

No equal sides

Acute triangle

3 acute angles

Right triangle

one right angle

Obtuse triangle

Exactly 1 obtuse angle

Congruent triangles

Corresponding sides and angles are congruent

parallelogram

Opposite sides are parallel and congruent

Rhombus

parallelogram with with 4 congruent sides

Quadrilateral

4 sides

Pentagon

5 sides

Hexagon

6 sides

Pythagorean Theorem

In a right triangle, a² + b² = c²

whole numbers

the whole numbers and zero

natural numbers

the counting numbers. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,...

irrational numbers

real numbers that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers

exponent form

a shorthand way of writing repeated multiplication.

write 46, 368, 000 in scientific notation

4.6368 x 10^7

write 0.00397 in scientific notation

3.97 x 10^-3

properties

rules that apply for addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division of real numbers

types of properties

commutative, associative, identity, inverse, distributive

commutative

You can change the order of the terms or factors:for addition: a + b= b + afor multiplication: ab=ba

associative

you can regroup the terms as you likefor addition: a + (b + c)= (a +b) + cfor multiplication: a(bc)= (ab)c

Identity

addition: a + 0= amultiplication: a x 1= a

Inverse

finding a number such that when added to the number it results in zero; or when multiplied by the number, it results in 1. addition: a+a=0multiplication: a x (1/a)=1

Distributive

a (b + c)= ab + ac

polygon

a simple, closed, two-dimensional figure composed of line segments

Quadrilateral

a polygon with four sides.the sum of the measures of the angles is 360 degrees.

trapezoid

a polygon with exactly one pair of parallel sides

isosceles trapezoid

a quadrilateral in which the nonparallel sides are congruent

parallelogram

a quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides.the diagonals bisect each others, each diagonal divides the parallelogram into two congruent triangles, both pairs of opposite sides are congruent, both pairs of opposite angles are congruent, and two adjacent angles are supplementary.

rectangle

a parallelogram with a right angle

rhombus

a parallelogram with all sides equal in length

a square

a rectangle with all sides equal in length.

True or False: All squares are rhombuses

TRUE

True or False: All parallelograms are rectangles

False-some are rectangles

True or False: All rectangles are parallelograms

TRUE

True or False: Some rhombuses are squares

TRUE

True or False: Some rectangles are trapezoids

False: trapezoids have only one pair of parallel sides

True or False: All quadrilaterals are parallelograms

False: Some quadrilaterals are parallelograms

True or False: Some squares are rectangles

False: All squares are rectangles

True or False: Some parallelograms are rhombuses

TRUE

Triangle

A polygon with three sides

Acute triangle

has exactly 3 acute angles. an acute angle is less than 90 degrees.

Obtuse Triangle

a triangle with one obtuse angle. An obtuse angle measures between 90 degrees and 180 degrees.

isosceles triangle

two sides are the same length

scalene triangle

a triangle in which no sides are the same length

cylinder

a space figure that has two parallel, congruent circular bases

sphere

a space figure having all its points the same distance as the center,

pyramid

a space figure with a square base and four triangle shaped sides

tetrahedron

a four-sided space triangle; each face is a triangle

prism

a space figure with two congruent, parallel bases that are polygons.

perimeter of a rectangle

2 (Length + Width)

area of a rectangle

Length X Width

12 inches equals (in)

1 foot (ft)

3 feet equals (ft)

1 yard (yd)

1760 yards equals (yd)

1 mile (mi)

km equals

1000 meters (m)

hectometer (hm)

100 meters (m)

decameter (dam)

10 meters (m)

decimeter (dm)

1/10 meter (m)

centimeter (cm)

1/100 meter (m)

millimeter (mm)

1/1000 meter (m)

1 in equals

2.54 cm

1 ft equals

30 cm

1 yd equals

0.9 m

1 mi equals

1.6 km

28 grams (g) equals

1 oz

16 oz equals

1 lb

2000 lb equals

1 ton (t) (short ton)

1.1 ton equals

1 ton (t)

kg equals

1000 g

1 milligram equals

1/1000 g

1 oz equals

28 g

1 lb equals

.45 kg454 g

8 fluid oz equals

1 c

2 c equals

1 pt

2 pts equals

1 quart

4 qts equals

1 gal

1 kiloliter (kl) equals

1000 liters (l)

milliliter (ml) equals

1/1000 ml

1 tsp equals

5 ml

1 fluid oz equals

15 ml

1 cup equals

.24 l

1 pint equals

.47 l

1 gal equals

3.8 l

1 sq ft =

144 sq in

1 sq yd =

9 sq ft 1296 sq in

perimeter

the sum of the lengths of the sides of any polygon

area

the number of square units covered by a polygon

area of a triangle

1/2bh

perimeter of a triangle

a + b+ c

area of a parallelogram

bh

perimeter of a parallelogram

sum of lengths of sides

area of a trapezoid

1/2 h(a + b)

perimeter of a trapezoid

sum of lengths of sides

Circumference

the distance around a circle2(3.14)(r)

Area of a circle

(3.14)r^2

lateral area of a pyramid

1/2PI

Total area of a pyramid

1/2PI + B

Volume of a pyramid

1/3Bh

volume of a cylinder

(3.14) (r^2)(h)

total surface area of a cylinder

2(3.14)(rh) + 2(3.14)r^2

volume of a right cone

3.14(r^2)(h)/3

total surface area of a right cone

3.14(r)(square root of r^2 + h^2) + 3.14(r^2)

volume of a sphere

4/3 (3.14)(r^3)

total surface area of a sphere

4(3.14)(r^2)

volume of a rectangular solid

LWH

total surface area of a rectangular solid

2LW + 2WH + 2LH

temperature of boiling water

100 degrees C or 212 degrees F

the y-intercept equation

Y-ya= m(X-xa)

if an inequality solves to x is greater than or equal to any number, then the graph indicates a

vertical line

If an inequality solves to y is less than or equal to any number, then the graph indicates a

horizontal line

solution set of linear equations

all the ordered pairs of real numbers that satisfy both equations

substitution

when an equation is solved for either of two variables, the solution if substituted to find the remaining variable.

linear combinations

when one or both of two equations are replaced with an equivalent equation so that they can be combined and one variable eliminated.

linear relationship

a relationship in which two quantities are proportional to each other

variance

the sum of the squares of a set of terms divided by the number of items in a set

3 techniques to help find the number of elements in one event or a sample space

the counting principlepermutationscombinations

the counting principle

(n)(m)

permutations

nPr= n!/(n-r)!

combinations

an unordered collection of distinct elementsnCr= n!/(n-r)r!

rational

Can be expressed as the ratio of two integers, where B is not equal to zero