Mrs. Czajkowski

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Math Jeopardy

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• Mrs. Czajkowski

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A Polygons 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 100
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B Perimeter 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 10
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C Area 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
D Volume 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
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A100
Question What is the name of a
five sided polygon?
Answer A pentagon is a five sided polygon.
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A200
Question How many sides does an
octagon have?
Answer An octagon has eight sides.
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A300
Question What is the fewest number of
sides needed to make a polygon?
Answer Three sides are needed
to make a polygon. (That polygon
is called a triangle!)
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A400
Question What is a quadrilateral that
has two parallel bases called?
Answer A trapezoid is a quadrilateral
that has two parallel bases.
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A500
Question How many sides and how
many angles does an
decagon have?
Answer A decagon has 10 sides
and it also has 10 angles.
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A600
Question What is the greatest number of
obtuse angles that a quadrilateral
can have?
Answer A quadrilateral can have no
more than two obtuse angles.
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A700
Question Which type of quadrilateral
is an equiangular
quadrilateral, but is not
an equilateral quadrilateral?
Answer A rectangle is equiangular,
but not equilateral.
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A800
QuestionYou know what a polygon is!
Now, define regular
polygon.
AnswerA regular polygon is a polygon that
has all congruent sides and all
congruent angles.
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A900
Question Which type of quadrilateral
is equilateral but not
equiangular?
Answer A rhombus has all sides congruent,
but its angles are not.
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A1000
Question Name all the
quadrilaterals that have
four congruent sides.
Answer A square and a rhombus are the
quadrilaterals that have four
congruent sides.
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B100
Question What is the perimeter of a triangle
that has sides measuring 4 cm, 5cm,
and 8 cm ?
AnswerThe perimeter of a triangle
that has sides measuring 4 cm, 5cm,
and 8 cm is 17 centimeters.
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B200
Question What is the perimeter of a
rectangle that is 8 centimeters
long and 3 centimeters wide?
Answer The perimeter of a rectangle that is
8 centimeters long and 3
centimeters wide is 22 centimeters.
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B300
Question What is the perimeter of a
regular octagon that has a side
that measures 8 centimeters?
Answer A regular octagon has eight
congruent sides. Its perimeter
would be 64 centimeters.
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B400
Question Describe a method of finding the
perimeter of a square if you know
the area of the same square.
Answer Calculate the square root of the
area to find the length of a side
of the square. Multiply that length
by four to find the perimeter!
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B500
Question If the length of a rectangle
measures twice the width, and
the perimeter is 72 feet,
find the dimensions of the
rectangle.
Answer The length of the rectangle is 24
feet and the width is 12 feet.
(Check 24 12 24 12 72)
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B600
Question The perimeter of an equilateral
triangle is 27 centimeters.
Find the measure of each of
its sides.
Answer Each side of the triangle
measures 9 centimeters.
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B700
Question The base of an isosceles
triangle measures 6 inches.
If the measure of each of
the congruent sides is
twice the measure of the base, find
the perimeter of the triangle.
Answer The perimeter of the triangle is
6 12 12 or 30 inches.
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B800
Question The area of a square is
36 square inches. Find the
perimeter of the square.
Answer The perimeter of the square
is 4 times 6 or 24 inches.
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B900
Question A rectangle measures 9
feet by 12 feet. How
many yards are in the
perimeter of the
rectangle?
Answer The perimeter is 3
4 3 4 or 14 yards.
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B1000
Question An isoceles trapezoid has bases
that measure 10 inches and 15
inches. A side of the
trapezoid measures 8 inches.
Find the perimeter.
Answer The perimeter of the
trapezoid is 8 8 10 15 or 41
inches.
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C100
Question Calculate the area of an
isosceles right triangle
that has legs measuring 8
centimeters.
Answer The area is 32 square centimeters.
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C200
Question The area of a trapezoid is 24
square yards. The measures of
the bases are 3 yards and 9
yards. Find the measure of
the altitude.
Answer The altitude measures 4 yards.
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C300
Question A baseball diamond is a square
measuring 90 feet on each
side. What is the area of the
infield (inside the diamond)?
Answer The area is 90 times 90 or
8100 square feet.
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C400
Question How many 1 by 1 squares will
fit into a rectangle that
measures 4 by 12 ?
Answer 48 squares will fit into the rectangle.
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C500
Question What is the area of a trapezoid
that has a height of 12
centimeters and bases of 2 meters
and 30 centimeters?
Answer (Notice that one of the bases is
measured in meters!!!) The area of
the trapezoid is 780 square
centimeters.
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C600
Question Linoleum costs 7 a square
yard. Calculate the cost to
cover a 9 foot by 15 foot
kitchen floor.
Answer The kitchen floor is 15 square
yards. It would cost 105 to
cover the kitchen floor.
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C700
Question The area of a right triangle
is 84 square inches. If
one leg measures 14 inches,
find the measure of the
other leg.
Answer The other leg of the triangle
measures 12 inches.
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C800
Question The area of a small square is
49 square meters. A larger
square has sides that are
twice as long. What is the
measure of one side of the
larger square?
Answer (The sides of the smaller square
measure 7 meters.) The sides of
the larger square must measure
14 meters!
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C900
Question Find the area of a rectangle
that has a perimeter of 34
inches and a base of 15
inches.
Answer The area of the rectangle is
2 times 15 or 30 square inches.
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C1000
Question The dimensions of a rectangle
are 9 ft. by 12 ft. Find the
number of sq. yds. in the area
of the rectangle.
Answer The rectangle has an area
of 12 square yards.
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D100
Question Find the volume of a cube that
measures 6 centimeters on a side.
Answer The volume of the cube
is 216 cubic centimeters.
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D200
Question Find the volume of a
rectangular prism that has a
base area of 54 square inches and
a height of 8 inches.
Answer The volume is 54 times 8
which equals 432 cubic inches.
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D300
Question Find the volume of a cylinder
whose base has a radius of 5
inches, and whose height
measures 3 inches. (Use ?
3.14)
Answer The volume of the cylinder
is 235.5 cubic inches.
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D400
Question Find the volume of a
rectangular prism that has a
lenth of 8.5 cm, a width of 4.2
cm, and a height of 6 cm.
Answer The volume of the prism is
214.2 cubic centimeters.
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D500
Question If one cubic centimeter of a
liquid weighs 2 grams, how much
does one cubic meter of the same
liquid weigh?
Answer A cubic meter is equal to 1000
cubic centimeters. The liquid would
weigh 2000 grams or 2 kilograms.
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D600
Question Find the volume of a pyramid that
is 4 inches high, and has a
rectangular base that is 6 inches
long and 3.5 inches wide.
Answer The volume is equal to 28 cubic inches.
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D700
Question The largest pyramid in the world was
built around 2500 B.C. by Khufu, or Cheops,
a king of ancient Egypt. The pyramid had a
square base, 230 meters on each side, and a
height of 147 meters. Find the volume of
Cheops pyramid.
Answer Cheops pyramid had a volume of
2,592,100 cubic meters.
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D800
Question What is the exact volume of a
cylinder that has a 21 inch
radius and a height of 10
inches?
Answer The volume is equal to 4410?.
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D900
Question A cone has a base that is 14
inches wide. The height of the cone
is 6 inches. Find the exact volume of
the cone.
Answer The volume is equal to 98?.
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D1000
Question Find the exact volume of a
sphere that has a radius of
30 cm.
Answer The volume is equal to 36,000?.