Quadrilaterals
Other Polygons
Vocabulary
Perimeter
Area
100
I have 4 right angles and my opposite sides are equal.
Rectangle
100
What is a polygon?
A closed figure made of straight lines.
100
Any characteristic of a shape.
An attribute
100
Sarah makes a mini STOP sign for a school project. The perimeter of the sign is 56 cm. What is the length of each side?
56 divided by 8 equals 7 cm. Each side of the sign is 7 cm.
100
What is the area of an 8 inch by 9 inch rectangle?
8 x 9 = 72 square inches
200
I have 2 sets of parallel sides.
Parallelogram
200
What shape is a STOP sign?
An octagon with 8 sides
200
Another name for a square corner.
Right angle
200
Jim bends wire to make rectangles. Each rectangle measures 24 inches by 10 inches. What is the total length of the wire needed for 2 rectangles?
24+24+10+10=68 for each rectangle. 68+68=136 inches of wire is needed.
200
A rectangle has an area of 54 square inches. One side has a length of 6 inches. What is the length of the other side?
54 divided by 6 = 9 inches
300
I have at least one set of parallel sides.
Trapezoid
300
I have 3 sides and 3 angles.
A triangle
300
These lines will NEVER touch.
Parallel lines
300
Zoe makes a 5 foot by 5 foot square banner. She puts ribbon around the outside edges. The ribbon costs $2 per foot. What is the total cost of the ribbon?
5 X 5 = 20 feet of ribbon 20 x $2 = $40
300
What is the total area of 2 rectangles, each one being 6 cm by 7 cm?
6 x 7 = 42 square cm 42 + 42 = 84 square cm
400
I have 4 equal sides, but no right angles.
Rhombus
400
Which shape is formed when you put 2 red trapezoid pattern blocks together?
A hexagon
400

The distance around a shape, which you can find by adding the sides together.

Perimeter

400

  1. Miss Pellock and Ms. Snow construct a four-sided wall to surround their castle.  The wall has a perimeter of 100 feet.  One side measures 16 feet.  A different side measures 16 feet.  A third side measures 34 feet. What is the missing length?

34 + __ + 16 + 16 = 100

34 + 32 = 66 

100-66= 34

400
A paper rectangle has a length of 6 inches and a width of 8 inches. A square with a side length of 3 inches was cut out of it. What is the area of the remaining paper?
6 x 8 = 48 square inches 3 x 3 = 9 square inches 48 - 9 = 39 square inches
500
I have 4 right angles and my sides are all the same length.
Square
500

What is a REGULAR polygon?

A shape with all equal sides and all equals angles.

500
The inside of a shape, which you can find by multiplying 2 of its sides together.
Area
500
How much fencing would be needed to surround a square garden with an area of 64 square feet?
Each side equals 8 ft, so 8 x 4 = 32 feet of fencing
500

Miss Pellock and Ms. Snow build a square fence around the castle’s pool.  It has a perimeter of 36 feet.  What is the area that the fence encloses?

Multiple Answers

1 and 17  7 and 11

2 and 16  8 and 10

3 and 15  9 and 9

4 and 14 6 and 12

5 and 13

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