Introductory Quiz
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What is the AREA of a rectangle, which is 5 feet wide and 10 feet long?
a. 60 square feet
b. 50 square feet
c. 30 square feet
d. 500 square feet
Answer
b (10 x 5 = 50 square feet) ; Length x Width
A garage measures 10 feet wide and 20 feet long. What is the square footage?
a. 2000 square feet
b. 40 square feet
c. 200 square feet
d. 30 square feet
Answer
c (10 x 20 = 200 square feet) ; Width x Length
What is the perimeter of a rectangle, which is 2 feet on two sides and 4 feet on two sides?
a. 8 feet
b. 8 square feet
c. 12 feet
d. 12 square feet
Answer
c (2 + 2 + 4 + 4 = 12 feet) ; Width + Width + Length + Length - DO NOT USE SQ. FT.
What is the perimeter of a lot, which is 100 feet wide and 200 feet deep?
a. 600 feet
b. 200 feet
c. 2000 feet
d. 500 feet
Answer
a (100 + 100 + 200 + 200 = 600 feet) ; Width + Width + Length + Length
What is the volume of a box, which is 2 feet wide, 3 feet long, and 6 feet high?
a. 32 square feet
b. 36 square feet
c. 36 cubic feet
d. 12 cubic feet
Answer
c (2 x 3 x 6 = 36 cubic feet) Width x Length x Heigth USE CUBIC FEET
A vacant lot that measures 100 feet wide by 125 feet deep is listed at a price of $100 per front foot. What is the selling price?
a. $12,500
b. $10,000
c. $1,250
d. $325
Answer
b (100 x $100' frontage = $10,000) ; Front footage x Cost/front foot
Jahns' Concrete Company delivered a cement mixer with enough cement to fill a block, which measures 20 feet wide, 10 feet long, and 30 feet tall. How much cement was delivered.
a. 6000 square feet
b. 6000 cubic feet
c. 600 cubic feet
d. 60 cubic feet
Answer
b (20 x 10 x 30 = 6000 cubic feet) Width x Length x Heigth
What is the square footage of a box, which measures 2 ft.wide x 3 ft. long x 6 ft. high?
a. 36 cubic feet
b. 11 feet
c. 36 square feet
d. 6 square feet
Answer
d (2 x 3 = 6 square feet) ; You don't need to use heigth for square footage problems.
What is the cubic feet of a box, which measure 3' W x 4' L x 10' H?
a. 10 cubic feet
b. 12 square feet
c. 120 cubic feet
d. 12 cubic feet
Answer
c (3 x 4 x 10 = 120 cubic feet) ; Width x Length x Heigth
What is the area of a triangle, which measures 4 feet on the base and 4 feet high?
a. 12 square feet
b. 8 square feet
c. 12 cubic feet
d. 8 feet
Answer
b [(4 x 4) divided by 2] = 8 square feet ; Length x Width divided by 2 ; DRAW A SQUARE AND CUT IN HALF DIAGONALLY TO CREATE A TRIANGLE
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Susan Jahns, Instructor
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