Polygons
Area
Perimeter
Rectangles & Riddles
100

The yield sign shown on the board is in the shape of what polygon?

What is a triangle?

100

What is the area of the shape on the board?

What is 15 square units?

100

What is the perimeter of the figure on the board?

What is 24 feet?
100

What three variables (or letters) are used in the formula to find the area of a rectangle?

What are A, L, and W?

200

"Quad" is the word part meaning what

What is four?

200

Find the area of the figure illustrated on the board.

What is 24 square feet?

200

A pentagon has all sides that are the same length.  If one side of the pentagon is 4 inches, what is the perimeter of the pentagon?

What is 20 inches?
200

Graham draws a shape.  The shape has four sides.  One set of lines is parallel.  The other set will intersect.  What polygon did Graham draw?

What is a Trapezoid

300

Any polygon that has four sides and four vertices is referred to as what?

What is a quadrilateral?

300

Kelly has a bedroom carpet with dimensions 7 feet long and 4 feet wide.  What is the area of Kelly's bedroom carpet?

What is 28 square feet?

300

Mr. Zach is building a fence around his square yard.  If one side of the yard is 7 meters, how much fence will Mr. Zach need to buy?

What is 28 meters of fence?

300

I am a quadrilateral with two sets of parallel sides.  I look similar to a rectangle, but my sides are not right angles.

What is a parallelogram?

400

Carrie collects items that have the following shapes: square, rhombus, rectangle, and pentagon.  Which shape is not a quadrilateral?

What is a pentagon?

400

A rectangle has an area of 18 square inches.  If the length is 6 inches, what is the width?

What is 3 inches?

400

The area of a rectangle playground is 24 sq. ft.  If one side of the playground is 4 ft., what is the perimeter?

What is 20 feet?

400

What is the product when you multiply the number of sides of a rhombus by the number of sides of a hexagon?

What is 24?

500

Two triangles are placed together end to end.  What four-sided polygon would this create?

What is a rhombus?

500

A square figure is 6 units wide.  What is the area of the figure?

What is 36 square units?

500

Joey's room is a rectangle.  The perimeter of his room is 32 feet.  If the length of his room is 10 feet, what is the width?

What is 6 feet?

500

I am a polygon that is made up of more than one rectangle.  To find my area, you need to decompose me into two rectangles.

What is a rectilinear shape?

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