High School Math : Geometry

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for High School Math

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Example Questions

Example Question #1 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle

George wants to paint the walls in his room blue.  The ceilings are 10 ft tall and a carpet 12 ft by 15 ft covers the floor.  One gallon of paint covers 400 ft^{2} and costs $40.  One quart of paint covers 100 ft^{2} and costs $15.  How much money will he spend on the blue paint?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The area of the walls is given by

One gallon of paint covers 400 ft^{2} and the remaining 140 ft^{2} would be covered by two quarts.

So one gallon and two quarts of paint would cost

Example Question #2 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle

Daisy gets new carpet for her rectangluar room.  Her floor is 21\ ft \times 24\ ft.  The carpet sells for $5 per square yard.  How much did she spend on her carpet?

Possible Answers:

\$225

\$280

\$310

\$120

\$350

Correct answer:

\$280

Explanation:

Since 3\ ft=1\ yd the room measurements are 7 yards by 8 yards.  The area of the floor is thus 56 square yards.  It would cost 5\cdot 56=\$280.

Example Question #2 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle

The length of a rectangular rug is five more than twice its width.  The perimeter of the rug is 40 ft.  What is the area of the rug?

Possible Answers:

125\ ft^{2}

100\ ft^{2}

150\ ft^{2}

50\ ft^{2}

75\ ft^{2}

Correct answer:

75\ ft^{2}

Explanation:

For a rectangle, P=2w+2l and A=lw where w is the width and l is the length.

Let x=width and 2x+5=length.

So the equation to solve becomes 40=2x+2(2x+5) or 40=6x+10.

Thus x=5\ ft and 2x+5=15\ ft, so the area is 75\ ft^{2}.

Example Question #3 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle

The length of a rectangle is 5 times its width. Its width is 3 inches long. What is the area of the rectangle in square inches?

Possible Answers:
36
45
15
75
Correct answer: 45
Explanation:

The length is 5 x 3 = 15 inches. Multiplied by the width of 3 inches, yields 45 in2.

Example Question #1 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle

A rectangle’s base is twice its height.  If the base is 8” long, what is the area of the rectangle?

Possible Answers:

16 in2

24 in2

64 in2

32 in2

12 in2

Correct answer:

32 in2

Explanation:

Rectangle

B = 2H

B = 8”

H = B/2 = 8/2 = 4”

Area = B x H = 8” X 4” = 32 in2

Example Question #3 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle

The length of a rectangle is two more than twice the width. The perimeter is 58ft. What is the area of the rectangle?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

For a rectangle,  and , where  is the length and  is the width.

Let  be equal to the width. We know that the length is equal to "two more than twice with width."

The equation to solve for the perimeter becomes .

Now that we know the width, we can solve for the length.

Now we can find the area using .

Example Question #31 : Rectangles

Rectangle

Find the area of a rectangle with a length of  and a length of .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

First, we need to convert the length and width of the rectangle into similiar units.

Now, calculate the area.

Example Question #215 : Geometry

Rectangle_with_diagonal

A rectangle has a diagonal of  and a width of . What is the area of the rectangle?

Possible Answers:

Not enough information to solve

Correct answer:

Explanation:

We are given the rectangle's diagonal  and width  and are asked to find its area. The diagonal forms two right triangles within the rectangle; therefore, we can use the Pythagorean theorem to find the length of the rectangle's missing side. Then we can use the formula  to find the are of the rectangle.

In our case, we can rename the variables to match our triangle.

Now we can calculate the area.

Example Question #32 : Rectangles

Joe has a rectangluar yard and wants to fence in his yard as well as plant grass seed.  His yard measures .  The fence costs per foot, and the grass seed costs per square foot.  How much money does he need to complete both projects?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

This problem requires you to find both the perimeter (fence) and the area (grass seed) of a rectangle where and .

Fence Problem (Perimeter):

Grass Seed Problem (Area):

So the total cost for both projects is .

Example Question #31 : Rectangles

A rectangle has sides of  units and  units. If the perimeter of the rectangle is  units, what is its area?

Possible Answers:

 units squared

 units squared

 units squared

 units squared

 units squared

Correct answer:

 units squared

Explanation:

Since a rectangle has  pairs of equal-length sides, multiplying each side by  and adding the products together gives the perimeter of the rectangle. Use this fact to set up an equation with the given information about the rectangle's sides and perimeter. Solving for  in this equation will provide necessary information for finding the rectangle's area:

Multiplying the measure of the long side of the rectangle by the measure of the short side of the rectangle gives the rectangle's area. The length of the long side is given by substituting the solution for  into the given expression  that defines its length. The short side is , giving the following equation to calculate the area:

 units squared

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