[11-25-2025] Quiz in MATH 113 - Part 1

The digits of measurement which a scientist reads and estimates on a scale are called _____.

• Accuracy
• Significant figures
• Precision
• Experimentation

In a quadratic equation, if the quantity under the radical is equal to zero, the roots are:

• imaginary numbers
• real and unequal
• Complex and unequal
• real and equal

What do you call a radical expressing an irrational number?

• Surd
• Complex number
• Radix
• Index

What do you call a statement of truth which is admitted without proof?

• Postulate
• Corollary
• Axiom
• Theorem

polygons are classified according to their:

• diagonals
• sides
• angles
• vertices

If n is the number of sides of a polygon, then the number of diagonals of a polygon is expressed as:

• n!
• (n-1)!
• (n/2)(n-3)
• (n/3)(n-2)

A quadrilateral with no side parallel.

• Trapezoid
• Rhomboid
• Rhombus
• Trapezium

Body or space bounded by surface every point of which is equidistant from a point within.

• Circle
• Spheroid
• Ellipsoid
• Sphere

What do you call the replacement of the original cost of an investment?

• Pay off
• Return on investment
• Breakeven
• Capital recovery

How do you call a polygon with 10,000 sides?

• Hectagon
• Chilliagon
• Myriagon
• Octacontagon