Questions | Answer Key

These questions will help you prepare for the SAT & High School Exit Exams.

Questions:   Complete the problems below.  Then, check your results with those in the Answer Key below.  For any items you do not get correct, please review the Instruction and recalculate the problems. (click HERE for a printer-friendly version)

  1. Find the area of a right triangle whose legs are 10' and 15'.

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  2. Find the area of a right triangle where the hypotenuse = 10' and one leg = 6'.

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  3. What is the perimeter of parallelogram ABCD if AB = 5" and BC = 8" ?

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  4. What is the area of parallelogram ABCD (above) whose height = 4" ?

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  5. Find the radius of a circle whose circumference = 30".

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  6. What is the area of the circle given in problem 5?

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  7. What is the area of a trapezoid whose parallel sides are 6' and 10' and whose height is 4' ?

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  8. Find the volume of a right circular cylinder whose radius = 2" and height = 4" ?

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  9. Find the volume of a right circular cone whose base has an area of 9 sq. in. and whose height = 6".

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  10. What is the volume of a box whose dimensions are 5' x 6' x 7' ?

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Answer Key  (click HERE for a printer-friendly version)

 

  1. Find the area of a right triangle whose legs are 10' and 15'.

    75 sq. ft.

  2. Find the area of a right triangle where the hypotenuse = 10' and one leg = 6'.

    24 sq. ft.

  3. What is the perimeter of parallelogram ABCD if AB = 5" and BC = 8" ?

    26 inches

  4. What is the area of parallelogram ABCD (above) whose height = 4" ?

    32 sq. in.

  5. Find the radius of a circle whose circumference = 30".

    4.77 in.

  6. What is the area of the circle given in problem 5?

    71.48 sq. in.

  7. What is the area of a trapezoid whose parallel sides are 6' and 10' and whose height is 4' ?

    32 sq. ft.

  8. Find the volume of a right circular cylinder whose radius = 2" and height = 4" ?

    50.27 cubic ft.

  9. Find the volume of a right circular cone whose base has an area of 9 sq. in. and whose height = 6".

    18 cubic in.

  10. What is the volume of a box whose dimensions are 5' x 6' x 7' ?

    210 cubic ft.

Click on the link below to take a timed SAT type quiz on Geometry.
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Geom/quiza.html.

 

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