Math Flashcards

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What is the Unites States unit system called?

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US Customary System (USCS)

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What is the gravitational acceleration in ft/s^2?

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32.174 ft/s^2

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What is the gravitational acceleration in m/s^2?

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9.807 m/s^2

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What multiple of 10 does the prefix “deka” represent?

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10^1

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What multiple of 10 does the prefix “hecto” represent?

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10^2

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What multiple of 10 does the prefix “kilo” represent?

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10^3

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What multiple of 10 does the prefix “mega” represent?

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10^6

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What multiple of 10 does the prefix “giga” represent?

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10^9

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What multiple of 10 does the prefix “tera” represent?

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10^12

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What multiple of 10 does the prefix “peta” represent?

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10^15

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What multiple of 10 does the prefix “exa” represent?

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10^18

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What multiple of 10 does the prefix “deci” represent?

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10^-1

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What multiple of 10 does the prefix “centi” represent?

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10^-2

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What multiple of 10 does the prefix “milli” represent?

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10^-3

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What multiple of 10 does the prefix “micro” represent?

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10^-6

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What multiple of 10 does the prefix “nano” represent?

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10^-9

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What multiple of 10 does the prefix “pico” represent?

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10^-12

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What multiple of 10 does the prefix “femto” represent?

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10^-15

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What multiple of 10 does the prefix “atto” represent?

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10^-18

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What is the conversion factor of F to C?

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1.8C + 32

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What is the conversion factor of F to R?

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F + 459.69

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What is the conversion factor of C to K?

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C + 273.15

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In addition or subtraction between 2 numbers with a different number of significant figures after the decimal point, how many significant figures are after the decimal point in the sum or difference?

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The same as the number with the least significant figures after the decimal point.

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In addition or subtraction between 2 numbers with a different number of significant figures before the decimal point, how many significant figures are before the decimal point in the sum or difference?

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The same as the number with the most significant figures before the decimal point.

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How many significant figures are in a product or dividend?
The same as the number with the least amount of significant figures.
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What does a∈A mean?
a is a member or element of A.
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What does { } or Φ represent?
The empty or null set.
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What does A ⊆ B mean?
A is a subset of B.
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What does A ⊂ B mean?
A is a proper subset of B.
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What is a proper subset?
A proper subset is a subset that is not equal to the set it is a subset to.
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What is (a,b)?
An ordered pair.
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What is an ordered pair?
A collection of 2 elements in which the order matters.
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What does the symbol P(s) mean?
The power set of s.
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What is a power set?
The set of all subsets.
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What does A ∪ B mean?
The union of sets A and B.
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What is a mathematical union?
The combination of all elements in both sets to form a single set containing all elements in both.
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What does A ∩ B mean?
The intersection of sets A and B.
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What is an intersection of 2 sets?
The set of elements shared by both sets.
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What does A×B mean in set theory?
The Cartesian Product of A and B.
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What is the Cartesian product of 2 sets?
The set of all variations of ordered pairs between the 2 sets.
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What is the Cartesian product of 2 sets?
A set containing all possible combinations of ordered pairs between the elements of both sets.
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What does ∀x mean?
“For every” x. Or that whatever follows the symbol applies to all x.
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What does ∃x mean?
“There exists” within x, or there is exactly one element in x where the statement following the symbol holds true.
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What is the general form of the straight line equation?
Ax + By + C = 0
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What is the standard form of the line equation?
y = mx + b
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What is the point slope form of the line equation?
y - y1 = m(x -x1)
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What is the equation to solve for the roots to the quadratic equation?
X = (-b ± (b^2 - 4ac)^(1/2)) / (2a)
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What is the equation to a sphere?
(x - h)^2 + (y - k)^2 + (z - m)^2 = r^2 with center at (h, k, m)
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What is the algebraic manipulation of logb(x) = c?
b^c = x
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How do you change from one logarithm base to another?
logb(x) = (loga(x)) / (loga(b))
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What is logb(b^n)?
n
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What is an algebraic manipulation of log(x^c)?
clog(x)
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What is an algebraic manipulation of log(xy)?
log(x) + log(y)
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What is an algebraic manipulation of log(x / y)?
log(x) - log(y)
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Where a complex number in polar form is z = c ∠ θ, how does c relate to a and b where z = a + bi?
c = (a^2 + b^2)^(1/2)
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Where a complex number in polar form is z = c ∠ θ, how does θ relate to a and b where z = a + bi.
θ = tan^-1(b/a)
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How does a in the complex form z = a + bi relate to the complex form z = c ∠ θ?
a = c cos(θ)
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How does b in the complex form z = a + bi relate to the complex form z = c ∠ θ?
b = c sin(θ)
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How do you add complex numbers?
Algebraically in rectangular form.
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How do you multiply complex numbers?
Multiply c components and add angles.
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What is the mathematical definition of a complex conjugate?
Where z = a + bi, z* = a - bi.
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What is eulers formula?
e^(ix) = cosx + isinx
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What is the law of sines?
a/(sinA) = b/(sinB) where a and b are sides on the same triangle and A and B are the opposite angles on that same triangle.
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What is the law of cosines?
a^2 = b^2 + c^2 - 2bccos(A)
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What is the volume of a sphere?
V = 4πr^3/3
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What is the surface area of a sphere?
4πr^2
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What is the volume of a right circular cone?
V = πr^2h/3
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What is the surface area of a right circular cone?
πr(r + (r^2 + h^2)^(1/2))
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How is csc defined?
1/sin
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How do you define cos θ using eulers identity?
(e^(jθ) + e^(-jθ))/2
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How do you define sin θ using eulers identity?
e^(jθ) - e^(-jθ)/(2j)
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What is the definition of dy/dx?
The limit as x approaches 0 of delta y/delta x.
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How do you check for local maxima?
f’(a)=0 and f”(a)<0
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How do you check for local minima?
f’(a)=0 and f”(a)>0
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What is an inflection point?
Where curvature changes from convex to concave or vice versa.
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How do you verify an inflection point?
f”(a)=0 and signs are flipped in f”(a) on either side of a.
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How do you determine a partial derivative?
Treat all other variables as constants.
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What is the chain rule?
dy/dx=dy/du * du/dx