Parallelograms
Triangles & Trapezoids
Other Polygons
Problem Solving
Mystery Bag!
100
What is the area and perimeter of a rectangle that is 5 inches long and 9 inches tall?
A = 45 inches2
P = 28 inches
100
Find the area of the following triangle:
30 sq. un.
100
What is the perimeter of a pentagon with equal sides of 5 feet?
25 feet
100
If you walk around the playground, you are walking around its... perimeter or area?
Perimeter
100
200
What is the area AND perimeter of this parallelogram?
A = 28 sq. un.
P = 24 un.
200
Find the area AND perimeter of the following triangle:
A = 24 sq. un.
P = 26 un.
200
Random Trivia: In which state can you experience the highest point in the continental United States and the lowest?
a. Maine
b. Colorado
c. California
California (Highest - Mt. Whitney, Lowest - Death Valley)
200
A rectangle has a total perimeter of 32 cm. The rectangle is 10 cm long. What is the height of the rectangle?
6 cm
200
3:10::9:a
What is the value of a?
a = 30
300
A square has a total perimeter of 28 inches. What is the area of the square?
49 sq. inches
300
Find the area AND perimeter of the following trapezoid:
A = 28 sq. un.
P = 26 un.
300
Find the area of the following pentagon:
A = 675 sq. un.
300
Sherry wants to know how many 1 foot by 1 foot tiles she needs to cover her bathroom floor. Should she find the area or perimeter of her bathroom?
Area
300
Mrs. Tucker's math students completed 50 homework problems in 5 days. They completed the same number of homework problems each day. What is their unit rate?
10 homework problems per day
400
Random Trivia: What is the technical name for the hashtag symbol (#)?
a. snarfblat
b. octothorpe
c. diademis
b. octothorpe
400
Find the area AND perimeter of the following trapezoid:
A = 140 cm. sq.
P = 55 cm.
400
The distance from the center of this stop sign to the outer edge is 10 inches. Each edge of the sign is 8 inches. What is the sign's area?
A = 320 sq. in.
400
James builds a room in his house that is 10 feet wide and 12 feet long. He adds on another room that is 10 feet wide and 9 feet long. The two rooms share a wall. What is the total perimeter for the two rooms put together?
62 feet
400
Mrs. Summers drives at a constant rate of 55 miles per hour for 2 hours. How far does she drive?
110 miles
500
Billy says the area of this parallelogram is 105 square cm. Explain why he is either correct or incorrect.
Incorrect, he used the side length rather than the height. The correct are would be 15x5= 75 square cm.
500
The area of a given triangle is 40 sq. in. The height of the triangle is 20 in. What is the length of the base?
b = 4 inches
500
Find the area and perimeter of this complex shape.
P = 74 cm.
A = 132 + 80 = 212 cm. sq.
500
Lily knows that the base of a triangle is 6 inches. The other two sides are 7 inches long. Lily calculates the area to be (6x7)/2 = 21 inches squared. Is she correct? Why or why not?
Hint: Draw a picture to represent her triangle.
She is incorrect. Lily needs to use the height of the triangle, instead of the side length, to find the area.
500
Random Trivia: Apple pie did not originate in America! Where did it originate?
a. France
b. Turkey
c. England
c. England