Common Core: 7th Grade Math : Grade 7

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for Common Core: 7th Grade Math

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Example Questions

Example Question #911 : Grade 7

Abcdrectangle

In rectangle ABCD, the perimeter is 48 and side BC measures 4. What is the area of rectangle ABCD?

Possible Answers:

64

48

80

88

72

Correct answer:

80

Explanation:

The perimeter of a rectangle is 2L + 2W, or 2 times the length plus 2 times the width.  Here you're given that side BC is 4, which means that the opposite side, AD, is also 4.  So since that is two widths, you now have:

8 + 2L = 48

So 2L = 40

That means that the length is 20.

Since the area is LW, you can calculate the area as 20 * 4 = 80.

Example Question #1 : Solve For Area Of A Rectangle

Wxyz

What is the area of rectangle WXYZ?

Possible Answers:

150

50

125

120

100

Correct answer:

150

Explanation:

The area of a triangle is Length times Width. Here you can see that the length is 15 and the width is 10, so when you multiply 15 * 10 the answer is 150.

Example Question #913 : Grade 7

A rectangle's length is twice as long as its width. If the width of the rectangle is 4, what is its area?

Possible Answers:

32

8

24

16

12

Correct answer:

32

Explanation:

The area of a rectangle is Length * Width. Here you're given the width as 4, so all you need to do is find the length and you can apply the formula.

Since the width is 4 and you know that the length is twice as long, that makes the length 8. Then Length * Width would be 8 * 4 = 32.

Example Question #3 : Solve For Area Of A Rectangle

A rectangle has sides of 2, 2, 7, and 7. What is the area of that rectangle?

Possible Answers:

14

7.5

22

18

9

Correct answer:

14

Explanation:

The area of a triangle is Length * Width, and in a rectangle opposite sides are parallel and have the same length. So here you know that the widths are 2 and the lengths are 7. So multiply 7 * 2 to get your answer, which is 14.

Example Question #1 : Solve For Area Of A Triangle

Calculate the area of the provided figure.



1

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to solve this problem, we need to recall the area formula for a triangle:

Now that we have the correct formula, we can substitute in our known values and solve: 

Example Question #1 : Solve For Area Of A Triangle

6 8 10

 

What is the area of the triangle pictured above?

Possible Answers:

40

30

60

24

12

Correct answer:

24

Explanation:

The area of a triangle is calculated using the formula .  Importantly, the height is a perpendicular line between the base and the opposite point.  In a right triangle like this one, you're in luck: the triangle as drawn already has that perpendicular line as one of the two sides.  So here we will calculate .  That gives us an answer of 24.

Example Question #2 : Solve For Area Of A Triangle

Abcd

In triangle ABC above, the distance between point A and point D is 10 inches, and the area of the triangle is 20 square inches. What is the length of side BC?

Possible Answers:

4 inches

There is not enough information to answer the question

10 inches

8 inches

2 inches

Correct answer:

4 inches

Explanation:

The area of a triangle can be calculated using the formula Area = 1/2 * Base * Height.  Here you're given two of the unknowns in that formula:

Area = 20

Height = 10

So you can plug those into the area formula to solve for Base, the only remaining unknown:

20 = 1/2 * Base * 10

That means that 20 = 5 * Base, so Base = 4.

Example Question #3 : Solve For Area Of A Triangle

12abc

In triangle ABC, side BC measures 12 meters, and the shortest straight-line distance between point A and side BC is 5 meters long. What is the area of triangle ABC?

Possible Answers:

12

24

36

30

60

Correct answer:

30

Explanation:

The area of a triangle can be calculated using the formula . The height of a triangle is a perpendicular line connecting the base and its opposite point; in any acute or right triangle - a triangle with no angles greater than 90 degrees - the height is also the shortest line between the base and the opposite point.  Here that means that if you use BC = 12 as your base, then the distance of 5 between BC and point A is the height. That means that you can calculate the area:

Example Question #4 : Solve For Area Of A Triangle

7 24 25

The pictured right triangle has sides of 7, 24, and 25. What is the area of that triangle?

Possible Answers:

125

128

84

64

77

Correct answer:

84

Explanation:

The area of a triangle can be calculated using the formula . Note that the height of any triangle is a perpendicular line between the base and its opposite angle; in a right triangle that's very convenient, because the right angle gives you that perpendicular relationship between two sides. So you can use 24 as the base and 7 as the height here.  That means that the area is:

Example Question #1 : Finding Volume Of A Rectangular Prism

An aquarium is shaped like a perfect cube; the perimeter of each glass face is  meters. If it is filled to the recommended  capacity, then, to the nearest hundred cubic liters, how much water will it contain? 

Possible Answers:

Insufficient information is given to answer the question.

Note:


Correct answer:

Explanation:

A perfect cube has square faces; if a face has perimeter  meters, then each side of each face measures one fourth of this, or  meters. The volume of the tank is the cube of this, or

 cubic meters.

Its capacity in liters is  liters.

 of this is 

 liters. 

This rounds to liters, the correct response.

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