SSAT Middle Level Math : Rectangles
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Example Question #342 : Ssat Middle Level Quantitative (Math)
The four angles of a square are labeled A, B, C, and D. What is the sum of 
More information is needed to solve
In a square, each angle is 90 degrees.
We can plug in 90 for each variable and find the sum.
Example Question #24 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle
The above depicts a rectangular swimming pool for an apartment. The pool is six feet deep everywhere.
An apartment manager wants to paint the four sides and the bottom of the swimming pool. How many square feet will he need to paint?
The correct answer is not given among the other responses.
The bottom of the swimming pool has area
There are two sides whose area is
and two sides whose area is
Add the areas:
Example Question #25 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle
If the angles of a quadrilateral are equal to 
Given that there are 360 degrees in a quadrilateral,
Example Question #32 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle
What is the value of 
Given that there are 360 degrees in a quadrilateral,
Example Question #343 : Ssat Middle Level Quantitative (Math)
If the length of a rectangle is 7.5 feet and the width is 2 feet, what is the value of 
The area of a rectangle is calculated by multiplying the length by the width. Here, the length is 7.5 and the width is 2, so the area will be 15.
Given that the area is also equal to 
Example Question #81 : Quadrilaterals
If a cereal box has a volume of 40 cubic inches, a width of 2 inches, and a height of 5 inches, what is its length?
The formula for the volume of a rectangular solid is 
Use the provided information from the question in the above formula and solve for the length.
Therefore, the length of the box is 4 inches. In answering this question, it is important to look at the units before selecting an answer. It is easy to be tricked into thinking that because the total answer is in cubic inches that it may be necessary to have square inches, but when multiplying three values, each with inches as their units, the units of the product will be cubic inches.
Example Question #3 : How To Find The Volume Of A Figure
One cubic meter is equal to one thousand liters.
The above depicts a rectangular swimming pool for an apartment. The pool is 
The pool can be seen as a rectangular prism with dimensions 
One cubic meter is equal to one thousand liters, so multiply:
Example Question #345 : Ssat Middle Level Quantitative (Math)
Which of the following is equal to the area of a rectangle with length 
Multiply each dimension by 
Multiply these dimensions to get the area of the rectangle in square centimeters:
Example Question #81 : Quadrilaterals
The above depicts a rectangular swimming pool for an apartment. The pool is five feet deep everywhere.
An apartment manager wants to paint the four sides and the bottom of the swimming pool. One one-gallon can of the paint he wants to use covers 
The bottom of the swimming pool has area
There are two sides whose area is
and two sides whose area is
Add the areas:
One one-gallon can of paint covers 350 square feet, so divide:
Seven full gallons and part of another are required, so eight is the correct answer.
Example Question #84 : Quadrilaterals
You are putting in a new carpet in your living room. The dimensions of the the room are 
To find the area of a rectangle, you must multiply the two different side lengths. For this room the answer would be 
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