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1Math Jeopardy
- Hosted by
- Mrs. Owens and Miss Hiben
2A 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 3-D Figures 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900
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3A100
Question What is the name of a
five sided polygon?
Answer A pentagon is a five sided polygon.
4A200
Question How many sides does an
octagon have?
Answer An octagon has eight sides.
5A300
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!)
6A400
Question What is a quadrilateral that
has two parallel bases called?
Answer A trapezoid is a quadrilateral
that has two parallel bases.
7A500
Question How many sides and how
many angles does an
decagon have?
Answer A decagon has 10 sides
and it also has 10 angles.
8A600
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.
9A700
Question Which type of quadrilateral
is an equiangular
quadrilateral, but is not
an equilateral quadrilateral?
Answer A rectangle is equiangular,
but not equilateral.
10A800
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.
11A900
Question Which type of quadrilateral
is equilateral but not
equiangular?
Answer A rhombus has all sides congruent,
but its angles are not.
12A1000
Question Name all the
quadrilaterals that have
four congruent sides.
Answer A square and a rhombus are the
quadrilaterals that have four
congruent sides.
13B100
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.
14B200
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.
15B300
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.
16B400
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!
17B500
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)
18B600
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.
19B700
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.
20B800
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.
21B900
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.
22B1000
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.
23C100
Question Calculate the area of a
rhombus that has
sides measuring 8 centimeters.
Answer The area is 64 square centimeters.
24C200
Question The area of a square is 36
square inches. What is the measure if
each side?
Answer Each side is 6 inches.
25C300
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.
26C400
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.
27C500
Question What is the area of a rectangle
that has sides of 12 cm and 5 cm?
Answer 60 square cm
28C600
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.
29C700
Question The area of a rectangle is
36 square inches. What could be
the measure of the length and the
width?
Answer possible answers (6,6) (1,36)
(9,4) (2,18) (3,12)
30C800
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!
31C900
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.
32C1000
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.
33D100
Question
Answer cube
34D200
Question
Answer cone
35D300
Question
Answer cylinder
36D400
Question
Answer triangular pyramid
37D500
Question
Answer triangular prism
38D600
Question
Answer sphere
39D700
Question
Answer triangular prism
40D800
Question How many faces does the
following figure have?
Answer 6
41D900
Question How many vertices does the
following figure have
Answer 6
42D1000
Question Tell the number of faces,
edges, and vertices.
Answer 4, 6,4