6th gr Area perimeter

Question 1

Formula for area of a rectangle

Answer 1

length times width A = lxw

Question 2

Formula for area of a square

Answer 2

side times side A = s x s

Question 3

Formula for area of a parallelogram

Answer 3

base times height A = b x h

Question 4

Formula for area of a triangle

Answer 4

base times height divided by 2 A =b x h ÷ 2

Question 5

How do you find the perimeter of any polygon?

Answer 5

add up all the sides

Question 6

What does composite figure mean?

Answer 6

made up of more than 1 polygon

Question 7

Why is the formula for a triangle base times height divided by 2?

Answer 7

because it is half of a rectangle or parallogram

Question 8

How do you label area?

Answer 8

squared ft^2

Question 9

For the triangle area formula, how do you know what numbers are the base and height?

Answer 9

they form a right angle or are perpendicular

Question 10

IF you know the area of a square or rectangle and one side, what math do you use to work backwards to find other side?

Answer 10

the opposite of multiplying is dividing

Question 11

If you know the perimeter of a rectangle and one side, what math do you use to work backwards to find the other side

Answer 11

the opposite of adding is subtracting