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Geometry Practice Questions C Score:

1. What is the length of a side of a regular octagon if the perimeter measures 100.8 meters?

2. What is the area of a circle with circumference 62.8 ft?

3. What is the perimeter of a square with area 121 cm2?

4. The circumference of a Merry Go Round is 225 meters. What is its approximate radius?

5. The radius of a large circle is 15 inches. The diameter of a smaller circle is 10 inches. How much larger is the circumference of the larger circle than the smaller circle? _____________ How much larger is the area of the larger circle than the smaller circle? ________________

6. The area of a triangle is 48 cm2 If the base is 12 cm, what is the height?

7. If you had three identical semi-circles and knew that the diameter was 9 meters, what would the total combined area be of the semi-circles?

Geo Apps #1 (Walk - Through)

#1 What is the length of a regular octagon if the perimeter 100.8 meters?
1st The word regular in math means all the sides are the same 2nd An octagon has 8 sides 3rd Take the perimeter 100.8 and divide it by 8 (the number of sides of an octagon)

Answer : 12.6 Meters

#2 What is the area of a circle with circumference 62.8 ft?
1st The area of a circle is found by using

r2 which means r r
( = 3.14)

(r= RADIUS)

2nd We dont know the radiuswe just know the circumference

WE NEED TO FIND THE RADIUS

3rd We know the circumference (62.8 ft) is calculated by taking the d 4th We need to work our way backwardswe got 62.8 by multiplying d times so if we divide 62.8 by 62.8 = 20 which is the circles diameter. 5th Then if the diameter is 20 ft the radius is 10 ft (remember: by definition the

radius is always half of the diameterand now that I know the radius)
6th

r r = 10 10 = 314
2

Answer : 314 Feet

#3 What is the perimeter of a square with area 121 cm2?

1st By definitionThe perimeter is calculated by adding up the measure of all the sides of a figure. 2nd By definition A square is a 4 sided figures where all 4 sides are congruent
(Same)

We Need To find a measure of a side

3rd We know the area (121 cm2) is calculated by taking the square the

l w and since it is a

length (l) and the width (w) are the same.

What number times its self = 121

11
121 = 11.

4th Technically what we are doing is taking the square root of 121 or

5th Once we know one side

multiply it by 4 11 4

Answer : 44 cm

#4 The circumference of a merry Go Round is 225 meters. What is its approximate radius?
1st We dont know the radiuswe just know the circumference

WE NEED TO FIND THE RADIUS ( = 3.14)

2nd We know the circumference (225 m) is calculated by taking the d 3rd We need to work our way backwardswe got 225 by multiplying d times so if we divide 225 by 225 = 71.66 which is the circles diameter. 4th Then if the diameter is 71.66 m the radius is 35.83 m (remember: by definition the radius is always half of the diameterand now that I know the radius)

Answer : 35.83 meters

#5 The radius of a large circle is 15 inches. The diameter of a small circle is 10 inches. How much larger is the circumference of the larger circle than the smaller circle? How much larger is the area of the larger circle than the smaller circle?
1st We know the circumference is calculated by taking the d

(d= diameter) ( = 3.14)

2nd The diameter of the large circle is 30 inches and the diameter of the small circle is 10 inches. 3rd Calculate the circumference of both then Take the difference of the two (subtract) 30 = (94.2) - 10 = (31.4) which is 94.2 31.4 = 62.8

Answer : 62.8 inches

1st The area of a circle is found by using

r2 which means r r

(r= RADIUS) ( = 3.14)

2nd The radius of the large circle is 15 inches and the radius of the small circle is 5 inches.

3rd Calculate the area of both then Take the difference of the two (subtract) 15 15 = (706.5) - 5 5 = (78.5) which is 706.5 78.5 = 628

Answer : 628 inches2

#6 The area of a triangle is 48 cm2 If the base is 12 cm, then what is the height?
1st We dont know the heightwe just know the area (48 cm2) 2nd The are of a triangle is calculated b h

(1/2 = 0.5) (b is the base)

then again by h so

(h is the height)

3rd We need to work our way backwardswe got 48 by multiplying 0.5 by 12 and

0.5 12 h = 48 (because 0.5 12 = 6)

Then 6 h = 48

**What # times 6 = 48

Answer : 8 cm
#7 If you had 3 identical semi-circles and knew that the diameter was 9 meters, what would the total combined area be of the semi-circles?
1st The semi circles are all the same that means I have 1 or 1.5 circles total. 2nd Then if the diameter is 9 m the radius is 4.5 m (remember: by definition the radius is always half of the diameterand now that I know the radius) 3rd The area of a circle is found by using

r2 which means r r

(r= RADIUS) ( = 3.14)

4th To find half a circle you calculate what the area of the full circlethen divide by two.

(3.14 4.5 4.5) 2

5th

31.79

(Area of circle)

Then multiple the area of a half circle by 3

Answer : 95.38 m2
#8 The base of the triangle is 1/3 the length of the side of the square. What is the area of the shaded region?

1st You need to notice that there are three shapes in the picture and that this problem could be solved 2 ways. (SquareTrapezoidTriangle) 2nd You could find the area of the trapezoidwhich is the shaded region

(b1 + b2) h (b1 is base # 1 and b2 is base # 2) & (h is the height)

3rd or you could find the area of the square and then subtract from it the area of the white triangle.

S2 b h (s is the side measure of a square) & (b is the base & h is the height of the triangle)
4th The base of the triangle would seem to be a missing dimension However that is incorrect The base of the triangle is 1/3 that of the length of the side of the square.

1/3 of 12 is just 4 (found by either multiplying 1/3 by twelve or dividing 12 by 3 Whatever is your preference )
5th To find the area of the trapezoid

(b1 + b2) h (12 + 8 ) 12 =

120

 5th

Or you could take the Area of the square 12 12 = 144 and then

subtract the area of the triangle 4 12 = 24 from it 144 24 = 120 AGAIN

Answer : 120 cm2

#9 What is the area of the shaded region?

1st You need to notice that there are two shapes in the picture (Squareand a Circle)

Notice the circle fits snug inside the square

2nd To find the area of the shaded region One would have to find the area of the square and then subtract from it the area of the white circle.

s2 r r

(Note s2 = s s)

(s is the side measure of a square) & (r is the radius of the circle) Note (Students usually misinterpreted the shaded region as 4 triangleswhich they are not)
3rd Since 3.8 is the radius half the measurement across the circle and also half way across the square the diameter of the circle would also be the length of one of the sides of the square.

3.8 2 = 7.6 = s and d

4th

7.6 7.6 3.14 3.8 3.8 57.76 45.34

Answer : 12.42 m2

#10

A circular field has a diameter of 375 miles. If 2/3 of the region be?

of the field is to be planted with corn, what would the area

1st The area of a circle is found by using

r2 which means r r

(r= RADIUS) ( = 3.14)

2nd Then if the diameter is 375 the radius is 187.5 (remember: by definition the radius is always half of the diameterand now that I know the radius)

3rd

Now we calculate the area of the entire field

A = r2 = r r

3.14 187.5 187.5 = 110,390.625 square miles

4th Now we calculate 2/3 of this total area

To do this we multiple the total area by 2/3

To multiple by a fractionhere is what needs to be done Multiple by the top number (Numerator) then divide your answer by the bottom number (Denominator) The total area (110390.62) 2 = 220781.25 then 3 = 73593.75

Answer : 73,593.75 square miles