Area Formulas
Finding Area
Naming Geometric Solids
Miscellaneous
100
What is the formula to find the area of a rectangle?
Base x Height
100
Find the area of the rectangle
24
100
What is the name for a 3D figure with six sides, all equal in length?
Cube
100
What does it mean to find the area of a shape?
To find the total space a 2-dimensional shape occupies
200
What is the formula to find the area of a triangle?
(base*height)/2
200
Find the area of the triangle
17.32
200
What is the name for a perfectly round 3D figure where every point on the surface is the same distance from the center?
Sphere
200
What does it mean to find the volume of a figure?
To find the amount of 3-dimensional space a solid occupies
300
What is the formula to find the area of a square?
side*side = side^2
300
Find the area of the parallelogram
35
300
What is the name for a 3D figure with two congruent circular bases?
Cylinder
300
What is the difference between a geometric solid and a geometric shape?
A geometric solid is three-dimensional; a geometric shape is two-dimensional
400
What is the formula to find the area of a parallelogram?
Base x height
400
Find the area of the circle
16pi
or 50.24
400
What is the name for a 3D figure that has two parallel faces connected by parallelograms?
Hint: these figures are named for the shape of their bases--the figure below is a triangular ______.
Prism
400
Is the figure below a triangular prism or a triangular pyramid?
Triangular Pyramid
500
What is the formula to find the area of a circle?
pi*r^2
500
A square has area 225 square meters. What is the length of a side of the square?
15 meters
500
What is the name for a 3D figure that has one base and all other sides meet at a single vertex?
Hint-- these figures are named after their bases, so the figure below would be a square ______.
Pyramid
500
What is the name of this figure?
Pentagonal Prism