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ABCTE math
Math review for the ABCTE program
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Mathematics
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05/05/2016

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Term

 

 

Associative property for addition and multiplication

Definition

 

(a+b)+c=a+(b+c) for addition

ab*c=a*bc for multiplication

Term

 

Distributive property

Definition

 

for any numbers a, b, and c

 

a(b+c)=ab+ac

Term

 

 

Commutative property

Definition

 

 

In addition and multiplication, the order of the numbers in the operation does not matter.

Term

 

Least Common Multiple

Definition

 

The smallest number that is a multiple of all the numbers in a set

 

Find it through prime factorization and multiplication of all the prime factors as many times as they appear for a single number.

 

Never smaller than the largest number in a set.

Term

 

Greatest Common Factor

Definition

 

The largest number that is a factor of all numbers in the set.

 

Find by multiplying all of the common factors in a set of numbers.

 

Never bigger than the smallest number in a set.

Term

What is the conjugate of

 

a-bi ?

Definition

The conjugate is created by changing the sign of the imaginary part of a complex number.

 

The conjugate is 

 

a+bi

Term

 

Closure property 

Definition

 

Addition: If a and b are real numbers, then a+b is real

 

Multiplication: if a and b are real, then ab is real

Term

 

Identity property 

 

Definition

 

Addition: for any number a

 

a+0=a 

 

 

Multiplication: For any number a

 

a*1=a

Term

 

Inverse property

Definition

 

Addition: for any real number a, there is a real number -a such that a+(-a)=0

 

Multiplication: for any real a, there is a real number 1/a such that

a*(1/a)=1 

Term

 

 

Parent function for quadratic function

Definition



y=f(x)=x2

Term

 

Parent function of exponential functions

Definition

 

 

y=f(x)=bx

Term

 

Composite function

Definition

 

For f(x) and g(x)

 

the composite function is

 

f(g(x)) or (f º g)(x)

 

 

Term

 

Equation for the nth term of an arithmetic sequence

Definition
Term

 

Sum of the first terms of a geometric sequence 

 

Definition

 

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Term

 

logb(mn) = 

Definition

 

logb m + logb n

Term

 

logb (m/n)

Definition

 

logb m - logb n

Term

 

 

logb mn

Definition

 

 

n logb m

Term

 

Change a log from base d to base b

Definition
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