MESL Elements 06 - Practice Test:

Any equation which, because of some mathematical process, has fewer roots than its original is sometimes called as _____.

• redundant equation
• literal equation
• linear equation
• defective equation

An algebraic expression which can be represented as a quotient of two polynomials.

• Irrational algebraic equation
• Reduced algebraic expression
• Rational algebraic equation
• Complex algebraic equation

A statement containing one or more variables and having the property that it becomes either true or false when the variables are given specific values from their domains.

• solution
• problem
• open sentence
• worded problem

Any algebraic term is a/an _____ term in certain representing numbers if it consists of the products of possible integral powers of these numbers and a factor not containing them.

• integral
• rational
• irrational
• integral rational

An equation in x and y which is not easily solved for y in terms of x is called _____.

• explicit
• implicit function
• discontinuity
• quadratic

The number which are represented with letters.

• variables
• unknowns
• literal numbers
• terms

Equations whose members are equal only for certain or possibly no value of the unknown.

• conditional equations
• inequalities
• unconditional equations
• temporary equations

An algebraic expression consisting one term.

• monomial
• binomial
• linear
• monomode

An expression of two terms is called _____.

• polynomial
• duomial
• binomial
• all of the above

The degree of a polynomial or equation is the _____.

• maximum exponent
• maximum sum of exponents
• exponent of the first variable
• maximum exponent of x