Vocabulary
Test-taking Tips
Graphs
Equations
Geometry
100

This is a two dimensional figure with no angles.

What is a circle?

100

This is the first thing I should do with a word problem.

What is draw a picture?

100

This graph has no curves...ever.

What is linear?

100

(pi) r2

What is the area of a circle?

100

This angle is always less than 90 degrees.

What is acute?

200

This is a raised number (superscript) and is second in the order of operations.

What is an exponent?

200

This is the last thing I should do for each question.

What is "double check my answer."

200

This graph only has one curve and looks like a big "U."

What is a quadratic function?

200

1/2 *base*height

What is the area of a triangle?

200

This is how many degrees are inside a square.

What is 360 degrees?

300

This is a measure for how much space is contained within an object.

What is volume?

300

These are the problems I should do first.

What are "the problems where the answer is obvious to me?"

300

This graph looks like a "V" with a sharp point instead of a curve.

What is an absolute value function?

300

a2 + b2 = c2

What is the Pythagorean Theorem?

300

This type of math uses sine, cosine, and tangent to solve for missing side lengths and angles in right triangles.

What is trigonometry?

400

This is typically defined as "rise over run"

What is slope?

400

This is what I should do if I do not have much time left.

What is "guess at the remaining answers, making sure to only bubble in one circle per line?"

400

This is the easiest way to tell if a graph's equation is a function or not and involves drawing a line.

What is the Vertical Line Test?

400

1/3*area of base*height

What is the area of a pyramid?

400

This angle is always greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees.

What is obtuse?

500

These are numbers that cannot be divided by anything other than themselves and 1.

What are prime numbers?

500

This is what happens to me when I've been asked to stop talking by the proctor and I don't.

What is "I get kicked out of the test and do not get a refund of my money?"

500

This graph is always increasing.

What is exponential?

500

4*(pi)r2

What is the surface area of a sphere?

500

This is the number of sides in a rhombus.

What is four?