Algebra Elements
Algebra Elements
Algebra Elements
a. Arithmetic progression
b. Infinite progression
c. Geometric progression
d. Harmonic progression
A frequency curve which is composed of series of
rectangles constructed with the steps as the base and
the frequency as the height.
If the roots of an equation are zero,
then they are classified as
a. hyperbolic solution
b. zeros of function
c. extraneous roots
d. trivial solution
Convergence sequence is a sequence of decreasing
number or when succeeding term is ________the
preceding term.
If a=b then b=a. This illustrates what
axiom in algebra?
A and B are independent events. The probability that event A will occur is
Pa and the probability that A and B will occur is Pab. From these two
statements, what is the probability that event B will occur?
Two or more equations are equal if
and only if they have the same
In any square matrix,, when the elements of any
two rows are exactly the same, the determinant is
The ratio of product of two expressions in direct
or inverse relation with each other is called
a. Geometric progression
b. Harmonic progression
c. Algebraic progression
d. Ratio and proportion
An array of m x n quantities is a system of notation for
reaal number that composed of elements in rows and
columns is known as
a. Transposed matrix
b. Cofactor of a matrix
c. Matrix
d. Determinant
Binary number system is a system of notation for real number
that uses the place value method with 2 as base, What is
another name of the binary number system?
a. Binary digits
b. Binumber system
c. Dyadic number system
d. Bits
The number 0.123123123... Is a/an
MCMXCIV is the Roman numeral
equivalent to
A sequence of numbers where the succeeding
term is greater than the preceding term is called
Terms that differs only in numeric
coefficient are known as
In complex algebra, we use the diagram to
represent complex plane commonly called
7 + 0i is
The number of successful outcomes divided
by the number of possible outcomes is
If the two digit number has x for its unit digit and
y for its tens digit, yhe number is represented as
A statement of truth which is
admitted without proof.
The part of theorem which assumed
to be true.
A statement of truth which follows with
little or no proof from the theorem.
Refers to the construction of drawing of lines and
figures the possiblity of which is admitted without
proof.
A mathematical statement which has neither
been proved nor denied by counterexamples.
A proved proposition which is useful mainly
as a preliminary to the proof of a theorem.
Axioms are propositions of a general logical nature
(about equal or unequal) while ______ are the
propositions concerning objects and constructions.
A ______ is an ancillary theorem
whose result is not target for proof.
Statements that are accepted without discussion or
proof are called axioms. The word “axiom”comes from
the Greek “axioma”which means
In the mathematical and other fields of logical
reasoning, axioms are used as basis for the formulation
of statements called
“The product of two or more number is the same in
whatever order they are multiplied.”This refers to
a. equation
b. algebraic expression
c. term
d. algebraic sum
The algebraic expression consisting a sum
of any number of terms is called a
An equation which is satified by all values of the
variable for which the members of the equation
defined is known as
a. Linear equation
b. Rational equation
c. Conditional equation
d. Irrational equation
An equation in which some or all of the known
quantities are represented by letters is called
a. Redundant equation
b. Literal equation
c. Linear equation
d. Defective equation
An equation which the variable
appear under the radical symbol
a. Irradical equation
b. Irrational equation
c. Quadratic equation
d. Linear equation
An equation which, because of some mathematical
process, has required an extra root is sometimes called
as
a. Redundant equation
b. Literal equation
c. Linear equation
d. Defective equation
An equation which, because of some mathematical
process, has fewer roots than its original is sometimes
called as
a. Redundant equation
b. Literal equation
c. Linear equation
d. Defective equation
An algebraic expression which can be represented
as a qoutient of two polynomials.
a. Conditional equations
b. Inequalities
c. Unconditional equations
d. Temporary equations
An algebraic expression consisting of
one term
In algebra,this consist of products and quotients of
ordinary numbers and letters which represent numbers.
An expression of two terms is called
The degree of a polynomial or
equation is the
a. maximum exponent
b. maximum sum of exponents
c. exponent of the first variable
d. maximum exponent of x
What is the degree of the polynomial
3x4y + 2x3z3 - 4yz2 ?
Any fraction which contains one or more fractions in
either numerator or denominator, or both is called
a. compound fraction
b. composite fraction
c. complex fraction
d. all of the above
A common fraction with unity for the numerator
and a positive integer as denominator (i.e. 1/n).
If the absolute value of the numerator of a fraction is
smaller than the denominator, it is called
A number that consist of an integer part (which may be
zero) and a decimal part less than the unity that follows
the decimal marker, which may be a point or comma.
Considered as the “counting
numbers”.
A number represented by non-
terminating, non-repeating decimal.
The completeness axiom proved that the real
number system has numbers other than
A concept of spread of a random
variable or a set of observations.
A number containing non-terminating
but repeating decimal is a/an
A positive integer which has no
perfect-square factor greater than 1.
a. Radical expression
b. Square integer
c. Square integer
d. Square-free integer
Numbers are used to describe a
a. magnitude
b. position
c. magnitude and position
d. none of the above
Are symbols or combinations of
symbols which describe a number.
Which of the following is not
classified as an integer?
a. Negative numbers
b. Positive numbers
c. zero
d. Imaginary numbers
When an imaginary number is raised
to an even exponent, it
a. becomes infinite
b. becomes negative imaginary number
c. becomes relatively small number
d. become real number
The complex number is in the form of a + bi.
If a=0, what do you call the resulting number?
a. Prime number
b. Composite number
c. Rational number
d. Compound number
A composite number has a least
_______ divisors.
Two natural numbers a and b are _______. If
their greatest common divisor is 1.
Numbers used to count the objects or
ideas in a given collection.
Numbers which is used to state the position
of individual objects in a sequence.
An integer number that is equal to the sum of all its
possible divisors except the number itself is called
An integer the sum of all its possible divisors except the
number itself is greater than the integer is called
An integer the sum of all its possible divisors except the
number itself is less than the integer is called
What is the smallest perfect number
possible?
All perfect numbers are
Two integer numbers are said to be _____ if each
is the sum of all possible divisors of the other.
What is another name for amicable
numbers?
a. Compatible numbers
b. Friendly numbers
c. Fermat’s numbers
d. Inconsistent numbers
What is the smallest pair of friendly
numbers?
Prime numbers that appear in pair and differ
by 2 (eg. 3 and 5, 11 and 13 etc.) are called
a. Mersenne primes
b. Prime number theorem
c. Twin primes
d. Pseudo primes
“Every even integer greater than 2 can be
written as sum of two primes”. This known as
a. Goldbach conjecture
b. Vinogradov’s theorem
c. Pascal’s law
d. Mersenne’s theorem
The term “ratio” comes from Latin
verb meaning “ratus”meaning
In the proportion of four quantities, the first
and fourth terms are referred to as the
The first term of a ratio is called
The second term of a ratio is called
The ______ is the square root of the
product of the extremes.
If the means of a proportion are
equal, their common value is called
The theorem that in every arithmetic progression a,
a+b, a=2d,...., where a and d are relatively prime.
A statement that one mathematical expression is
greater than or less than another is called
a. absolute condition
b. non-absolute condition
c. inequality
d. conditional expression
If an equality is true for all the values
of the variable, it is a/an
a. conditional equality
b. equivalent equality
c. absolute inequality
d. non-conditional equality
If the same number is added to both
sides of an inequality, the inequality
An inequality is preserved if the both
sides are multiplied by
An inequality is reversed if both sides
are multiplied by
Division of a population or same into two groups based
either on measurable variables (e.g. age under 18, age
over 180) or on attributes (e.g. male, female).
A 3 x 2 matrix can be multiplied to a
If there as many equations as unknowns,
the matrix of the coefficient is a
A method of solving linear equation with several
unknowns simultaneously using determinants.
Using Cramer’s rule, the determinant of
the coefficient is always is always the
a. numerator of a qoutient
b. denominator of the qoutient
c. the qoutient itself
d. none of these
In any square matrix, when the elements of any two
rows are exactly the same (i.e. row 1 = row 2 or row 1 =
row 3, or row 2 = row 3...), the determinant is
When the corresponding elements of two rows of a
determinant are proportional,. then the value of the
determinant is
An array of mxn quantities which represent a single
number and is composed of elements in rows and
columns is known as
a. transpose of a matrix
b. determinant
c. co-factor of a matrix
d. matrix
When two rows are interchanged in
position, the value of the determinant will
a. remain unchanged
b. be multiplied by -1
c. become zero
d. become infinite value
If every elements of a row (or column) are multiplied by
a constant, k, then the value of the determinant is
If two rows a determinant are
interchange, the determinant
a. changes sign
b. changes sign and value
c. remain unchanged
d. becomes the inverse of the former
Which of the following cannot be an
operation of matrices?
An irrational number which is a root of a
positive integer of fraction is called
A symbol n√b means the principal nth.
“n” is called the
In the preceding item, “b” is called
the
The symbol √ is called
The rules of combining radicals
follows the rule for
When a number has both a positive and
negative nth root, the principal nth root is
Every positive number has ______
nth root.
The principal nth root of a negative
number is the negative root if n is
To eliminate a surd, multiply it by its
A radical which is equivalent to a non-
terminating and non-repeating decimal
The radical expressing an irrational
number is called
A surd which contain at least one
rational term
A surd that contains no rational number, that is, all its
factors or terms are surds, example: √3 or √3+√2
The process of removing surd from a
denominator is to
a. Equal to zero
b. Less than zero
c. Greater than zero
d. Either less than or greater than zero
For a cubic equation, the discriminant found
to be greater than zero. The roots are
a. Triangular number
b. Square numbers
c. Pentagonal numbers
d. Tetrahedral numbers
A figure numbers which can be drawn as dots and
arranged in square shape (i.e. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25...)
a. Cubic numbers
b. Square numbers
c. Pyramid numbers
d. Pentagon numbers
A sequence 1, 5, 12, 22, 35... Is known
as
a. Oblong numbers
b. Pentagonal numbers
c. Cubic numbers
d. Pyramid numbers
A sequence1, 8, 27, 64, 125, 216... is
known as
a. Pyramid numbers
b. Cubic numbers (correct)
c. Tetrahedral numbers
d. Square numbers
a. pyramid numbers
b. cubic numbers
c. tetrahedral numbers
d. square numbers
A sequence of numbers where every term is obtained
by adding all the prededing terms a square number
series such as 1, 5, 14, 30, 55, 91...
a. Pyramid numbers
b. Tetrahedral numbers
c. Euler’s numbers
d. Triangular numbers
A sequence of numbers where the number is equal to
the sum of the two preceding numbers such as 1, 1, 2,
3, 5, 8,13,21...
a. Fermat’s numbers
b. Fibonacci numbers
c. Gaussian numbers
d. Archimedean numbers
What is the multiplicative inverse of
the integer 5?
What is the additive identity
element?
What is the multiplicative identity
element?
A number 0 such that 0+a=a for all a
is called the
What additive inverse of a complex
number a+bi is
All real numbers have additive
inverse, commonly called
All real numbers except zero have
multiplicative inverse, commonly called
The number zero has no
a. Multiplicative inverse
b. Additive inverse
c. Multiplicative identity
d. Additive identity
What is the additive inverse of a+bi?
What is the multiplicative inverse of
a+bi?
Whichof the following is NOT a property
of a binomial expansion of (x+y)n?
a. power of x is decreasing
b. power of y is increasing
c. sum of exponents in each term=n
d. number of terms = n-1
A triangular array numbers forming the coefficient
of the expansion of binomial is called
The coefficient of the second term of the
expansion of (x+y)n is always equal to
How is a number in Pascal’s triangle
obatained?
a. By getting the product of the two numbers
directly above it.
b. By getting the sum of the two numbers
directly above it.
c. By getting the difference of the two numbers
directly above it.
d. By getting the mean of the two numbers
directly above it.
If the sign between the terms of the binomial is
negative, its expansion will have signs which are
a. all positive
b. all negative
c. alternating starting with positive
d. alternating starting with negative
In the absence of the Pascal’s triangle, the coefficient of any term of the
binomial expansion can be obtained by dividing the product of coefficient
of preceding term and exponent of x of preceding term by _______ of the
preceding term.
a. the exponent of y
b. the exponent of y+1
c. the exponent of y-1
d. the square root of y
The fundamental principle of counting states that in one thing can be
done in “m”different ways and another thing can be done in “n”different
ways, then the two things can be done in _______ different ways.
Is the arrangement of the objects in
specific order.
Is the arrangement of the objects
regardless of the order they are arrange.
The shifting of the entire order sequence of elements one or more steps
forwards to backward – the first element taking the position of the last, or
vice versa without cahanging the order of the elements in the sequence is
called
The number of elements in the collection being
permuted is the _______ of the permutation.
The ratio of successful outcomes over
the total possible outcomes is called
The value of probability of any outcome
will never be equal to nor exceed
If two events A and B are mutually exclusive events and the
probability that A will happen is Pa and the probability that B will
happen is Pb, then the probability tahat A nd B happen is
A and B are two independent events. The probability
that A can occur is p and that for A and B to occur is q.
The probability that event B can occur is
If the probability of occurence of a is Pa, what
is the probability that will not occur?
In statistics, a pictorial description of the probability
concepts of independent and dependent events is
called
The difference between the highest score
and the lowest score in the distribution.
The second power of the standard
deviation is called
The graph of cumulative frequency distribution plotted
at class marks and connected by straight lines.
A point in the distribution of scores at which 50 percent
of the scores fall below and 50 percent of the scores fall
above.
The number that occurs most
frequent in a group of numbers
The difference between an aprroximate value
of a quantity and its exact value or true value.
Is the qoutient of the absolute error
divided by the true value.
Refers to a value which is not exact but might be
accurate enought for some specific considerations.
a. Approximate value
b. Absolute value
c. Relative value
d. Accurate value
If the absolute error does not exceed a half unit in
the last digit, this digit is usually reffered to as the
The most significant digit of the
number 0.2015 is
The ________ is stated in the magnitude of the
absolute or relative error of the approximated value.
The first non-zero digit from the left
of the number.
It is anyone of the digit from 1 to 9 inclusive, and 0
except when it is used to place a decimal.
In algebra, the operation of the root
extraction is called
The operation of raising to the
integral power known as
Each of two or more numbers which is multiflied
together to form a product are called
When the factors of a product are equal, the
product is called a _________ of the repeated
factor.
A relationship in which every ordered pair (x,y) has one
and only one value of y that corresponds to the value of
x is called
Indicate the false statement.
a. trancendental number
b. Euler’s number
c. irrational number
d. natural number
Refers to the numbers which are not
the roots of any algebraic equation.
Any number multiplied by _______
equals unity.
The number denoted as “e”and
equals to 2.718... Is called the
The notation that represent the product of all
positive integers from 1 to a number, n, inclusive
Simplify n!/( n – 1 ) !
The factorial symbol (!) was
introduced in 1808 by
The conjecture that every even number (except 2)
equals the sum of two prime numbers.
The unending sequence of integers formed according to
the rule that each integer is the sum of the preceeding
two.
a. Pythagorean theorem
b. Mersenne theorem
c. Goldbach conjecture
d. Fermat’s theorem
The number π = 3.141592563.. If only four decimals are
required, it becomes 3.1415 This process is called
A set of all subset of a given set, containing
the empty set and the original set.
A set containing the elements that is
common to the original sets.
If an infinite series has a finite sum, it
is referred to as a
If an infinite series no sum, it is
referred to as a
The sum of the factorial infinite 1 +
1/1! + 1/2! + 1/3! + 1/4! + ... is
Refers exclusively to equations with
integers solutions.
a. Determinate equations
b. Intermediate equations
c. Diophantine equations
d. L’Hospital equations
“My Dear Aunt Sally” is the basic rule used I operation
of algebra. Which is used in determining the signs of
trigonometric functions in all quadrants?
a. Mathemathical deduction
b. Mathemathical opposition
c. Mathemathical conversion
d. Mathemathical induction
A set of all subset of a given set, containing
the empty set and the original set.
A sequence having a defined first and
last terms is called
a. Infinite sequence
b. Convergent sequence
c. Divergent sequence
d. Finite sequence
A series is said to be _______ if it converges when
the terms are replaced by their absolute value.
a. absolute convergent
b. conditional convergent
c. infinite convergent
d. finite convergent
A covergent series is said to be _______ if it diverges
when terms are replaces by their absolute values.
a. absolute convergent
b. conditional convergent
c. infinite convergent
d. finite convergent
Refers to the product of the several prime numbers
occuring in the denominations, each taken with greater
multiplicity.