Name:____________________________________________Date:______________

Internet/Web-basedActivity

Usingthisworksheetandthepresentationat
http://mrtsmath7geometry.weebly.com/lesson-2-webercise.html
youwillbeexploringthewebsitesandansweringthefollowingquestions.

Youcanreviewthevideosfromtheteacherlecturefoundhere,
http://mrtsmath7geometry.weebly.com/lesson-1-teacher-lecture.html

Part1.Perimeter

A.Youneedtoonlytoknowthelengthsofhowmanysidesforarectangle?Andfora
square?Writeformulasfortheperimetersofboth.

B.Findtheformulasoftheperimetersfortheshapesofequilateraltriangles;regular
pentagons,hexagons,andoctagons,describethesimilaritiesyouseewiththeperimeterfor
asquare?

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C.Trythis,therighttriangleissurroundedbythreesquares.Theperimeteroftheshape
aroundthetriangleis72cm.Whatisthexcm,side?
Ifyouwant,trythisinstead,forrighttriangles,(leg)2+(leg)2=(hypotenuse)2eitherway,
thesolutionisthesame,justbesuretotakethesquareroot.

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 Part2.Area

A.Howdoyouwritetheunitsofanarea?Forexamplemeters(m),orcentimeters(cm)?
Thesearecalled______units.

B.Youaddthelengthsoftheedgesoftheshapeforperimeter.Forareayoumultiply,what
isityoumultiplyfortheareaofasquare,andforarectangle?

C.Letsgetcomplicated,writeaformulafortheareaofatriangle,andthenthe
parallelogram,describethedifferencebetweenthetwoexpressions.

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D.Fromtheactivityathttp://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z2mtyrd/activityyoumay
havehadsometrouble.Hint:lookforsquares,rectangles,andtrianglesthatyoucanfind
theareasfor.Solveforthetotalarea,andlistreasonshowyouarrivedattheanswer.

E.Letslookatthisshapeagain(Part1.C.),ifyousolvedforthemissingside,youcannow
solveforthetotalareaofthefigure.Giveitatry,andplease,writedownhowyouarrived
atyoursolution.

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Part3.Volume

A.Writedownaformula,(equation)forthevolumeofarectangularprism,orcuboid.Next
writeaformulaofacube.Whataretheunitscalledinboth?

B.Inyourwebsiteexplorations,youfoundageneralformulaforthevolumeofaprism
writtenasV=Bh,thevolume(V)ofaprismistheareaofthebase(B)multipliedbythe
height(h)oftheprism.Fortherectangularprisminthefigurebelow.Findtheareaofthe
base(length____),thenmultiplybytheheight.ReviewtheMathAnticsvideo,ifneeded,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJwecTgce6c

C.Findthetotalvolumeofthesecomposite(compound)figures.Lookbackhowyousolved
fortheareaofcompositeshapes.

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D.Findthevolumesoftheseshapes,V=Bl,B=Area(A)

E.Somethingalittlemoredifficult,findthevolumeoftheseprisms.

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