CLEP College Math Questions and Answers Graded A+
Question : Carl deposited P dollars into a savings account that
earned 8 percent annual interest, compounded semiannually.Carl made no additional deposits to or withdrawals from the account. After one year, the account had a total value of $10,816. What was the value of P?
CORRECT ANSWER : 10,000
Question : Triangle DEF (not shown) is similar to ABC
shown, with angle B congruent to angle E and angle C congruent to angle F. The length of side DE is 6 cm. If the area of ABC is 5 square centimeters, what is the area of DEF ?
CORRECT ANSWER : 45cm^2
Question : m is an odd integer. For each of the following
numbers, check if the number is odd.
CORRECT ANSWER : 2m-1, 2m+1, m^2 + m + 1
Question : Which of the following statements is NOT true for
all real numbers a and b ? a^3 - b^3 = (a+b^2) (a^2-b)
CORRECT ANSWER : a^3 - b^3 = (a+b^2) (a^2-b)
Question : For any positive integers a and b, the operation ^ is
defined as a^b=(2a-1)^b-1 . What is the value of (2^2)^3?
CORRECT ANSWER : 25
Question : A company manufactures electronic components
that each must weigh from 29.5 grams to 30.5 grams, inclusive. Which of the following inequalities describes all acceptable weights x, in grams, for each component? |30-x| <= 0.5
CORRECT ANSWER : |30-x| <= 0.5
Question : Assume that x is the standard deviation of the set
of the nonzero numbers {a, b, c, d, e} For each of the following sets, indicate which sets must have a standard deviation equal to x.
CORRECT ANSWER : {a+2, b+2, c+2, d+2, e+2}, {a-2, b-
2, c-2, d-2, e-2}
Question : When Bill makes a sandwich, he may choose from
among 3 kinds of rolls, 4 varieties of meat, and 2 types of sliced cheese. If he chooses one roll, one meat, and one type of cheese, how many different kinds of sandwiches can he make?
CORRECT ANSWER : 24
Question : 3x-4>=0
CORRECT ANSWER : [4/3, infinity)
Question : Which of the following statements about an event
A are true? I. The probability that the event A will occur can be less than 0. II. The probability that the event A will occur can be equal to 1. III. The sum of the probability that event A will occur and the probability that event A will not occur is equal to 1.
CORRECT ANSWER : II and III only
Question : The difference between the mean and the median
of the numbers 27, 27, 29, 32, and 35 is
CORRECT ANSWER : 1
Question : In a class with 50 students, 25 of the students are
female, 15 of the students are mathematics majors, and 10 of the mathematics majors are female. If a student in the class is to be selected at random, what is the probability that the student selected will be female or a mathematics major or both?
CORRECT ANSWER : 0.6
Question : On an exam for a class with 32 students, the mean
score was 67.2 points. The instructor rescored the exam by adding 8 points to the exam score for every student. What was the mean of the scores on the rescored exam?
CORRECT ANSWER : 75.2
Question : A new computer graphics company employs 10
programmers. The company decides to expand into digital animation and needs to transfer 3 of the programmers into the new department. How many different combinations of 3 programmers can be chosen to transfer to the new department?