ALEKS Math Placement Exam
1. Positive Number: Any number greater than zero
2. Negative Number: Any number less than zero
3. Whole Number: Any "counting number" or zero
4. Integer: The whole numbers and their opposites
5. Even Number: Any integer divisible by 2
6. Odd Number: Any integer not divisible by 2
7. Sum: The result of two numbers being added
8. Difference: The result of one number being subtracted by another
9. Product: The result of two numbers being multiplied
10. Quotient: The result of one number being divided by another
11. Factor: A number that is multiplied to form the product
12. Greatest Common Factor: The greatest whole number that is a factor of two or more numbers
13. Multiples: The product of a number and a counting number
14. Least Common Multiple: The least whole number that is a multiple of two or more numbers
15. Prime: A number greater than one whose only whole number factors are one and itself
16. Composite: A number greater than one with more than two whole number factors
17. Real: All positive and negative numbers and zero
18. Rational: Any number that can be expressed as the quotient of two integers
19. Irrational: Real numbers that are not rational
20. How to find Percent Increase or Decrease: Ditterence/Original = Percent Increase or Decrease
21. Exponents and Roots: pg. 33
22. Logarithms: pg. 35
23. Average Problems: Average x Number = Total
24. Simple Probability Problems: Outcomes giving desired result/Total possible outcomes
25. Conditional Probability: The probability of an event, given another event has already occurred.
Ex: The probability that a playing card from a standard deck is a 5, given that it is red, is 2/26.
26. Joint Probability: The probability of two events occurring at the same time.
Ex: The probability that a playing card from a standard deck is red and a 5 is 2/52.
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1. Positive Number: Any number greater than zero
2. Negative Number: Any number less than zero
3. Whole Number: Any "counting number" or zero
4. Integer: The whole numbers and their opposites
5. Even Number: Any integer divisible by 2
6. Odd Number: Any integer not divisible by 2
7. Sum: The result of two numbers being added
8. Difference: The result of one number being subtracted by another
9. Product: The result of two numbers being multiplied
10. Quotient: The result of one number being divided by another
11. Factor: A number that is multiplied to form the product
12. Greatest Common Factor: The greatest whole number that is a factor of two or more numbers
13. Multiples: The product of a number and a counting number
14. Least Common Multiple: The least whole number that is a multiple of two or more numbers
15. Prime: A number greater than one whose only whole number factors are one and itself
16. Composite: A number greater than one with more than two whole number factors
17. Real: All positive and negative numbers and zero
18. Rational: Any number that can be expressed as the quotient of two integers
19. Irrational: Real numbers that are not rational
20. How to find Percent Increase or Decrease: Ditterence/Original = Percent Increase or Decrease
21. Exponents and Roots: pg. 33
22. Logarithms: pg. 35
23. Average Problems: Average x Number = Total
24. Simple Probability Problems: Outcomes giving desired result/Total possible outcomes
25. Conditional Probability: The probability of an event, given another event has already occurred.
Ex: The probability that a playing card from a standard deck is a 5, given that it is red, is 2/26.
26. Joint Probability: The probability of two events occurring at the same time.
Ex: The probability that a playing card from a standard deck is red and a 5 is 2/52.
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