Name___________
STUDY GUIDE- TEST IS ON Wednesday, 3/29/17
For Exercises 1–6, find the area and perimeter of each figure. Show your
work. (Figures are not drawn to scale.)
Explain the steps to finding area of a parallelogram
Explain the steps to finding area of a triangle
Area: _________Perimeter: ______
Area: _________ Perimeter: ______
Area: _________Perimeter: ______
Area: __________Perimeter: ______
How do you find the area and perimeter of irregular shapes?
Area:_______________
Perimeter: _____________
Area:_______________
Perimeter: _____________
For Exercises 7 and 9, each net folds into a box. Find the surface area of
each figure. Show your work. (Figures are not drawn to scale.) Identify what kind of
solid each net folds to create.
Surface area = ___________________
Type of Solid: _____________________________
Surface area = ___________________
Type of Solid: _____________________________
Surface area = ___________________
Type of Solid: _______________________
For the following exercises, the Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal company sells two sizes of
cereal—a micro box and a jumbo box. Use the information below to
answer the questions and remember to show your work.
How many square inches of cardboard are needed to make the micro box?
(surface area)
What is the volume of the micro box? Show your work.
What is the volume of the jumbo box? Show your work.
Suppose the micro box sells for $.50. What should the price of the jumbo
box be if it is based on the amount the box holds? Explain your reasoning.
What is the volume of a third BIG box if it has a length of 21.2 inches, a width of 12.3
inches, and a height of 25 ½ inches? Show your work.
Which box holds the most cereal? (circle one and explain/show reasoning)
Micro box
Jumbo box
Big box
Definitions: Define the following terminology
Volume:
Surface Area:
Prism:
Pyramid:
Net:
Area:
Perimeter:
Explain how prisms and pyramids are named and how they differ.