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Quadrilaterals
Triangles
Area and Perimeter of Compound Shapes
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100

The specific name of the shape that is also every other type of quadrilateral we have studied

What is square?

100

The name of the triangle with 3 congruent sides

What is equilateral?
100

My bedroom has a length of 12 feet and a width of 10 feet. I want to put fairy string lights around the top of the walls in my room. I need to know what the __________ is to know what length of fairy lights I need to buy. Help me solve.

What is perimeter; 44 feet?

100

Give a synonym for the word 'congruent'

Equivalent

100
Describe the correct order of operations

Parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction

200

True or False: A rectangle is always a square

Explain why.

What is false? Rectangles are only squares if they have four congruent sides. If a rectangle does not have four congruent sides it is not a square.
200
Describe the attributes of an isosceles triangle

What is:

3 sides, 180 degrees, two congruent sides and angles
200
I want to have my living room carpeted. The dimensions of my living room are fifteen feet by ten feet. I need to solve for the ______ of my living room, which is _______ . (Help me solve).

What is area; 150 square feet?

200

Define 'parallelogram'

Any quadrilateral that has two pairs of parallel sides

200

List 3 square numbers and why they are square numbers

Answers may vary

They are square numbers because another number multiplies by itself to get that number

300

Describe the attributes of a rhombus

What is: 4 congruent sides, 4 congruent angles, 2 pairs of parallel sides



300
The equation for solving for the area of triangles
What is: (base x height) / 2
300

Sarah wants to buy a carpet for her room, but she wants to keep 2 feet of wood floors showing with the carpet in the center. Her room measures 12 feet by 8 feet. What size carpet does she need to buy?

What is 8 feet by 4 feet?
300

Define 'angle'

The space or shape formed by two intersecting or connecting lines

300

When you multiply a fraction times a fraction, the answer will always be _________.

Smaller
400

Describe a quadrilateral that is also another quadrilateral and why that is the case based on the attributes

Answers may vary


400

Describe the attributes of a right triangle

3 sides

Interior angles add up to 180 degress

One angle is 90 degrees, the other two are acute

400

Sarah thinks her bedroom is smaller than mine. How can I prove that my bedroom is smaller? Use the floor plan of Sarah's bedroom to determine how big it is.

What is: find the area of both and compare

400

Define 'compound shape'

A shape made up of two smaller shapes
400

When you divide a whole number by a fraction, the answer will always be...

Greater than the whole number

500

Describe the two ways to define a trapezoid based on its properties and explain what the difference means for the hierarchy of quadrilaterals?

What is: A quadrilateral with AT LEAST one pair of parallel lines or a quadrilateral with ONLY one pair of parallel lines 

With the second definition, no other quadrilaterals can be considered trapezoids, because they all have more than one pair of parallel lines

500

Ms. Nicholas drew a triangle on the board. One angle measures 50 degrees, another angle measured 110 degrees. The third angle must be ______ degrees, and the it is a ____________ triangle because...

What is 20 degrees, scalene triangle, because all three angles are different

500

Look at the floor plan of my apartment. I want to know the number of square feet in my kitchen and bathroom together. I would need to solve for the _______ of this space. I got an answer of 180 feet. Am I correct? Why or why not?

What is area; no you are not, because the correct area is 92 square feet. You forgot to subtract the missing space.

500

Define 'vertex'

A point on a polygon where two lines meet

500
An exponent tells you to...

multiply a number by itself that number of times