Geometry and Measurement Flashcards
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What is the volume of a rectangular box that is 4 cm long, 3 cm wide, and 5 cm tall?
Answer: 60 cubic cm
Volume = length × width × height = 4 × 3 × 5 = 60 cubic cm.
A line segment from the center of a circle to any point on the circle is called the:
Answer: Radius
The radius is the distance from the center of a circle to any point on its edge.
How many degrees are in a straight line (straight angle)?
Answer: 180 degrees
A straight angle forms a straight line and measures exactly 180 degrees.
A student measures a desk and finds it is 150 centimeters long. How many meters is this?
Answer: 1.5 meters
Since 1 meter = 100 centimeters, 150 cm ÷ 100 = 1.5 meters.
Which shape has exactly 4 equal sides and 4 right angles?
Answer: Square
A square has 4 equal sides AND 4 right angles, unlike a rhombus which may not have right angles.
A classroom aide is helping a student measure a book. The book is 8.5 inches wide and 11 inches long. What is the perimeter of the book?
Answer: 39 inches
Perimeter = 2 × (length + width) = 2 × (11 + 8.5) = 2 × 19.5 = 39 inches.
What type of triangle has all three sides of different lengths?
Answer: Scalene
A scalene triangle has no equal sides; all three sides have different lengths.