Quiz: Calculating Measurements of Basic Figures

Use the triangle below for questions 1 and 2.

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1. What is the numerical value of the area of the triangle in square inches?
a. 120
b. 60
c. 36
2. What is the numerical value of the perimeter of the triangle in inches?
a. 120
b. 60
c. 36

Use the rectangle below for questions 3 and 4.

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3. What is the numerical value of the perimeter of the rectangle in feet?
a. 23
b. 46
c. 120
4. What is the numerical value of the area of the rectangle in square feet?
a. 23
b. 60
c. 120

Use the square below for questions 5 and 6.

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5. If one side of the square was 6, how do the perimeter and area numerical values compare?
a. area is larger by 12
b. area is larger by 24
c. perimeter is larger by 6
6. If one side of the square was increased from 6 to 8, by how much, numerically, is the area changed?
a. 2
b. 8
c. 28

Use the parallelogram below for questions 7 and 8.

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7. What is the numerical value of the area of the parallelogram in square meters?
a. 72
b. 40
c. 36
8. What is the numerical value of the perimeter of the parallelogram in meters?
a. 72
b. 40
c. 36

Use the trapezoid below for questions 9 and 10.

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9. What is the numerical value of the perimeter of the trapezoid in inches?
a. 80
b. 86
c. 180
10. What is the numerical value of the area of the trapezoid in square inches?
a. 80
b. 180
c. 360

Use the circle below for questions 11 and 12.

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11. What is the exact numerical value of the circumference of the circle in inches?
a. 8Π
b. 16Π
c. 64Π
12. What is the exact numerical value of the area of the circle in square inches?
a. 8Π
b. 16Π
c. 64Π

Use the figures below to answer questions 13 and 14.

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13. Which figure has the greater perimeter?
a. triangle
b. square
c. rectangle
14. Which figure has the greater area?
a. triangle
b. square
c. rectangle

Use the figures below to answer questions 15 and 16.

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15. Which figure has the greatest perimeter or circumference?
a. Trapezoid ABCD
b. Parallelogram EFGH
c. Circle O
16. Which figure has the least area?
a. Trapezoid ABCD
b. Parallelogram EFGH
c. Circle O

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