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GED MATH EXAM QUESTI ONS &
ANSWERS
Question : What is the answer to an addition problem
called?
Correct answer: sum
Question : What is the answer to a subtraction problem
called?
Correct answer: the difference
Question : What is the answer to a multiplication problem
called?
Correct answer: product
Question : What is the answer to a division problem
called?
Correct answer: quotient
Question : What is the number you divide by in a division
problem called?
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Correct answer: divisor
Question : What is the number that remains after
subtraction called?
Correct answer: remainder
Question : What words are often used in addition word
problems?
Correct answer: sum, total, all together
Question : What words are often used in subtraction word
problems?
Correct answer: how much more, how much less, find the
difference, and deduct
Question : What words are often used in division word
problems?
Correct answer: share, split, per, average and grouped into
Question : What does gross refer to in financial terms?
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Correct answer: total amount of salary before deducting
taxes, expenses, etc.
Question : What does net refer to in financial terms?
Correct answer: amount of salary remaining after
deducting taxes, expenses, etc.
Question : What should be done first in a math equation
when parentheses are present?
Correct answer: do this part first
Question : What is an exponent in mathematics?
Correct answer: a mathematical notation indicating the
number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
Question : What is a base number in mathematics?
Correct answer: a number that has an exponent
Question : What is a square root?
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Correct answer: a number that when multiplied by itself
equals a given number
Question : What is the order of operations in
mathematics?
Correct answer: Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally P -
parentheses E - exponents M - multiplication D - division A - addition S - subtraction
Question : What is the mean or average in a set of data?
Correct answer: The sum (+) of all data divided by the
number of data points
Question : What is the median in a set of numbers?
Correct answer: The middle number in a set of numbers
that are listed in order
Question : What is the perimeter of a figure?
Correct answer: the sums of the lengths of all sides of a
figure