Area of Polygons

What is the name of a shape with four equal sides and four right angles?

• Rectangle

• Square

• Rhombus

• Trapezoid

What do you call a shape with three sides?

• Square

• Triangle

• Pentagon

• Rectangle

What is the area of a triangle with a base of 10 units and a height of 5 units?

• 25 square units

• 30 square units

• 20 square units

• 15 square units

What is the name of a shape with four sides where opposite sides are equal and angles are not necessarily right angles?

• Rectangle

• Square

• Parallelogram

• Trapezoid

What is the area of a parallelogram with a base of 8 units and a height of 3 units?

• 24 square units

• 30 square units

• 20 square units

• 18 square units

What is the formula for the area of a trapezoid?

• @@rac{h(b_1 + b_2)}{2}@@

• @@b_1 imes h@@

• @@rac{(b_1 + b_2) imes h}{3}@@

• @@b_1 + b_2 + h@@

What is the name of a shape with two parallel sides and two non-parallel sides?

• Trapezoid

• Rectangle

• Triangle

• Parallelogram

What is the relationship between the area of a rectangle and the area of a square?

• The area of a rectangle is always greater than the area of a square.

• The area of a rectangle is calculated as length times width, while the area of a square is calculated as side length squared. A square is a special type of rectangle.

• The area of a square is always twice that of a rectangle.

• The area of a rectangle can never be equal to the area of a square.

What is the name of a shape with four right angles?

• Square

• Rectangle

• Triangle

• Parallelogram

What is the formula for the area of a parallelogram?

• @@b \times h@@

• @@\frac{1}{2} \times b \times h@@

• @@b + h@@

• @@2 \times (b + h)@@