HESI A2 Math Exam 2026 Questions and
Answers
whole number - Correct answer-set of numbers that contains no fractions or
decimals
(0,1,2,3,4,189, 293)
Intergers - Correct answer-whole numbers and their opposites (negatives)
(-1, -2, -3, -4, -5, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
prime number - Correct answer-number that is only evenly divisible by 1 & itself
- no remainder or decimal
composite number - Correct answer-positive integer (whole number) formed by
multiplying 2 smaller integers together
- all divisible by 2
- can be evenly divided by numbers other than 1 or itself
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, decimals - Correct answer-what follows decimal is a value less than 1 & added to
the integer number preceding the decimal
- division between the whole portion & the fraction (or decimal) portion of a
number
- EX: 3.15 3=whole; .15=decimal/fraction
real numbers - Correct answer-rational and irrational numbers
rational numbers - Correct answer-any number that can be expressed as a fraction,
w/ a non-zero denominator
- all integers are considered rational numbers
- every rational number has a decimal that terminates/repeats
irrational numbers - Correct answer-numbers that cannot be expressed as a finite
decimal
-Pi is finite bc its decimal portion is unending
communitive property - Correct answer-a+b=b+a
Associative Property - Correct answer-grouping of numbers doesn't matter in an
addition problem
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Answers
whole number - Correct answer-set of numbers that contains no fractions or
decimals
(0,1,2,3,4,189, 293)
Intergers - Correct answer-whole numbers and their opposites (negatives)
(-1, -2, -3, -4, -5, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
prime number - Correct answer-number that is only evenly divisible by 1 & itself
- no remainder or decimal
composite number - Correct answer-positive integer (whole number) formed by
multiplying 2 smaller integers together
- all divisible by 2
- can be evenly divided by numbers other than 1 or itself
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, decimals - Correct answer-what follows decimal is a value less than 1 & added to
the integer number preceding the decimal
- division between the whole portion & the fraction (or decimal) portion of a
number
- EX: 3.15 3=whole; .15=decimal/fraction
real numbers - Correct answer-rational and irrational numbers
rational numbers - Correct answer-any number that can be expressed as a fraction,
w/ a non-zero denominator
- all integers are considered rational numbers
- every rational number has a decimal that terminates/repeats
irrational numbers - Correct answer-numbers that cannot be expressed as a finite
decimal
-Pi is finite bc its decimal portion is unending
communitive property - Correct answer-a+b=b+a
Associative Property - Correct answer-grouping of numbers doesn't matter in an
addition problem
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