ISEE Lower Level Quantitative : Quadrilaterals

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Example Questions

Example Question #1 : Plane Geometry

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What is the area of a trapezoid if its height is 1, its long base is 4, and its short base is 2?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The area of a trapezoid is given by the formula .

We know that the height is 1, the long base is 4, and the short base is 2.

Example Question #1 : Trapezoids

Which formula would you use to find the area of a trapezoid?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The find the area of a trapezoid, use:

Example Question #2 : Plane Geometry

Yard

The above diagram shows a trapezoidal home within a rectangular yard. What is the area of the yard?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The area of the yard is the area of the small trapezoid subtracted from that of the large rectangle. The area of a rectangle is the product of its length and its height, so the large rectangle has area

 square meters. 

The area of a trapezoid is half the product of its height and the sum of its two parallel sides (bases), so the small trapezoid has area

 square meters.

The area of the yard is the difference of the two:

 square meters.

Example Question #2 : Trapezoids

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Note: Figure NOT drawn to scale.

Mr. Smith owns the triangular piece of land seen in the above diagram. He sells the trapezoidal parcel shown at bottom right to his brother. What is the area of the land he retains?

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Explanation:

The area of a triangle is half the product of its base and its height, so Mr. Smith's parcel originally had area 

 square feet.

The area of a trapezoid is the half product of its height and the sum of its two parallel sides (bases), so the portion Mr. Smith sold to his brother has area

 square feet.

 

Therefore, Mr. Smith retains a parcel of area

 square feet.

Example Question #1 : Trapezoids

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What is the area of the above trapezoid?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the area of a trapezoid is 

In other words, find the average of the bases and multiply by the height. Substituting in the values of the bases for the given trapezoid,  and , you get:

 

Example Question #4 : Trapezoids

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What is the area of the above trapezoid?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the area of a trapezoid is 

In other words, find the average of the bases and multiply by the height. Substituting the values of the bases of the given trapezoid,  and , into the equation, you get:

The area of the trapezoid is thus .

Example Question #1 : How To Find Perimeter

Find the perimeter of the following trapezoid. 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to find the perimeter of the trapezoid, we have to add up all the outer sides:

Example Question #4 : Plane Geometry

Find the perimeter of the following trapezoid. 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to find the perimeter we must add up all the outer sides of the trapezoid.

Example Question #1 : How To Find Perimeter

Daria found the perimeter of the below trapezoid to be 29 inches.

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What is the length of the missing side?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the perimeter of a trapezoid, add up the lengths of its four sides. In the given trapezoid,

To find the missing side, combine like terms and solve for :

The missing side of the trapezoid is  long.

Example Question #6 : Plane Geometry

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What is the perimeter of the above trapezoid?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the perimeter of a trapezoid, add up the lengths of the four sides. In the given trapezoid,

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