2008 Junior High
Math Field Day
Terminology
Skills Tested: Mathematical
Terms and Usage
Number of Problems: 100
Time Limit: 1
hour
Points Possible: 100
Instructions:
1. Print your name (last, first), grade level, and school on
the answer sheet.
2. To answer each multiple-choice question, please mark the
corresponding letter on your scantron.
3. Do not write on the test booklet.
4. Points are given on the basis of the correctness and
accuracy of your answers. If you finish the test early, it is to your advantage
if you check over your answers.
5. Disruptive behaviors or cheating in any form will result
in your disqualification form the event.
DO NOT START THIS
TEST UNTIL TOLD TO DO SO!
1. What
is the definition of SECANT?
a. Opposite
over adjacent
b. Hypotenuse
over adjacent
c. Hypotenuse
over opposite
d. Adjacent
over hypotenuse
e. Opposite
over hypotenuse
2. What
is the definition of Diameter?
a. a segment that joins the center to a point on a circle
b. a set of points in a plane at a given distance from a given point in that plane
c. a chord that contains the center of the circle
d. opposite over hypotenuse
3.
What is a postulate?
a. a statement
b. statements accepted without proof
c. a definition
d. a proof
e. same as a theorem
4. What
kind of matrix has the same number of rows as columns?
a. Regular
b. Square
c. Singular
d. Double
e. Equal
5. Two
consecutive reflections over
intersecting lines is also a
a.
translation
b. reflection
c. tessellation
d. rotation
e. symmetry
6. When
two lines intersect, they intersect in exactly,
a. 1 point
b. 2 points
c. 3 points
d. 4 points
e. 5 points
7. 1,
5, 9, 13, 17, 21… is an example of
a. Arithmetic
sequence
b. Geometric
sequence
c. Consecutive
odd numbers
d. Arithmetic
series
e. Geometric
series
8. What
is the definition of SINE?
a. Opposite
over adjacent
b. Hypotenuse
over adjacent
c. Hypotenuse
over opposite
d. Adjacent
over hypotenuse
e. Opposite
over hypotenuse
9. a2
+ b2 = c2 is known as
a. Pythagorean
Theorem
b. Fibonacci
theorem
c. De
Moivre’s Theorem
d. Triangle
Theorem
e. Einstein’s
Theorem
10. A triangle
in which two angles have the same measure:
a. acute
triangle
b. isosceles triangle
c. obtuse
triangle
d. right
triangle
e. equilateral
triangle
11. What is the
definition of an inscribed angle?
a. an angle in a triangle
b. an angle whose vertex is on the
circle and whose sides are the chords of the circle
c. an angle that is in another angle
d. an angle in a polygon
e. none of the above
12. A line
contains at least
a. 1 point
b. 2 points
c. 3 points
d. 4 points
e. 5 points
13. The points
(1,1), (2,3), (4,3), and (5,1) are vertices of a polygon. What type of
polygon do these points form?
a. Square
b. Trapezoid
c. Hexagon
d. Rhombus
e. Parallelogram
14. State the
contrapositive of this statement:
If it is cold outside, then I
will wear a sweater.
a. If it is
not cold outside, then I will not
wear a sweater.
b. If I do not
wear a sweater, then it is
not cold outside.
c. If I wear a
sweater, then it is cold outside.
d. It is hot
outside, so I will not wear a
sweater.
e. It’s too
hot to wear a sweater.
15. What is the
definition of a concentric circle?
a. circles that lie in the same
plane
b. circles that have the same
center
c. circles that have congruent
radii
d. both a and b
e. none of the above
16. What is an
example of deductive reasoning?
a. two column proofs
b. contrapostitive
c. skew lines
d. supplementary angles
e. complementary angles
17. Logarithms
with base “e” are called
a. Common
b. Square
c. Exponential
d. “e”
power
e. Natural
18. What is an
abscissa?
a. A
tool used to calculate arithmetic
b. the
horizontal coordinate of a point
c. a
special function used for permutation
d. the
vertical coordinate of a point
e. the
third coordinate plane
19. Asymptotes are
a. Lines
that another line has to intersect
b. Lines
that a curve nears but never touches
c. A
method of solving two step equations
d. Lines
that graph has to touch
e. A
formula after graphing
20. An example
of the distributive property
a. x(x
+ y) = x2 + xy2
b. x=x
c. (x+y)
= (y+x)
d. undefined
e. x(x+y)
= x2 + xy