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1.
SOL 5.8
What is the perimeter of this triangle?
3 cm
3 cm
3 cm
A
B
C
D
5.8a
2.
6 cm
9
cm
2
9 cm
27 cm
What is the perimeter of this figure?
2 cm
3 cm
2 cm
3 cm
3 cm
A
B
C
D
5.8a
9 cm
11 cm
13 cm
15 cm
3.
What is the perimeter of a rectangle that is 3 inches long and 2 inches
wide?
A
B
C
D
5 inches
6 inches
7 inches
10 inches
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4.
SOL 5.8
Find the perimeter of the polygon.
7m
4m
6m
3m
A
B
C
D
5.8a
5.
18
25
28
36
5m
m
m
m
m
Find the perimeter of the polygon.
3 cm
2 cm
6 cm
5 cm
3 cm
9 cm
A
B
C
D
17
23
28
34
cm
cm
cm
cm
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5.8a
6.
SOL 5.8
What is the area of this square?
2 cm
A
B
C
D
5.8a
3
4
6
8
square
square
square
square
cm
cm
cm
cm
7.
What is the area of a rectangle that is 4 cm long and 2 cm wide?
A
B
C
D
6 square cm
8 square cm
12 square cm
18 square cm
5.8a
8.
What is the area of this triangle?
3 yds.
2 yds.
A
B
C
D
3
5
6
8
square
square
square
square
yards
yards
yards
yards
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5.8a
SOL 5.8
9.
What is the area of a right triangle that is 8 meters long and 6 meters
tall?
A
B
C
D
14
24
28
48
square
square
square
square
meters
meters
meters
meters
5.8a
10. What is the area of this rectangle?
10 in
3 in
A
B
C
D
13
15
26
30
square
square
square
square
inches
inches
inches
inches
5.8a
11. Find the perimeter of the polygon.
2 cm
2 cm
6 cm
6 cm
4 cm
8 cm
A
B
C
D
18
22
24
28
cm
cm
cm
cm
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5.8a
12. Find the area of the square.
15 cm
A
B
C
D
30 cm2
60 cm2
150 cm2
225 cm2
5.8a
13. What is the perimeter of a rectangle with a length of 7 cm and a width of
3 cm?
A
B
C
D
10
20
21
42
cm
cm
cm
cm
5.8a
14. What is the area of a rectangle with a length of 16 cm and a width of
5 cm?
A
B
C
D
21
42
50
80
sq.
sq.
sq.
sq.
cm
cm
cm
cm
5.8a
15. What is the area of a triangle with a base of 20 inches and a height of
5 inches?
A
B
C
D
17.5 sq. inches
35 sq. inches
50 sq. inches
75 sq. inches
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5.8a
16. What is the perimeter of a square that has sides of 5.5 yards?
A
B
C
D
11
11
22
22
yds
sq. yds
yds.
sq. yds.
5.8a
17. What is the perimeter of the shape?
A
B
C
D
14
15
23
24
inches
inches
inches
inches
5.8a
18. Mrs. Astilla's living room is shaped like a rectangle, as shown below.
What is the perimeter of her living room?
A
B
C
D
45 ft.
63 ft.
90 ft.
486 ft.
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5.8a
19. What is the perimeter of this rectangle?
9 in.
5 in.
A
B
C
D
28
30
38
40
in.
in.
in.
in.
5.8a
20. A rectangle garden is 22 feet long and 16 feet wide. What is the area of
the garden?
22 feet
16 feet
A
B
C
D
38 square feet
76 square feet
342 square feet
352 square feet
5.8a
21. Find the area of the right triangle.
10 c m
30 cm
A
B
C
D
40 cm2
80 cm2
150 cm2
300 cm2
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SOL 5.8
5.8a
22. Mark planted a garden which was the shape of a regular hexagon. Each
side measured 2 yards. He decided to put stones around the perimeter.
How many feet long was the perimeter of the garden?
2 yds.
2 yds.
2 yds.
2 yds.
2 yds.
2 yds.
A
B
C
D
12
30
36
48
ft.
ft.
ft.
ft.
5.8a
23. Find the perimeter of the polygon.
1 cm
1 cm
3 cm
3 cm
2 cm
4 cm
A
B
C
D
9 cm
11 cm
12 cm
14 cm
5.8a
24. What is the perimeter of a rectangle that is 4 cm long and 2 cm wide?
A
B
C
D
6 cm
8 cm
10 cm
12 cm
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5.8b
25. Which statement has the concept of area?
A
B
C
D
Mrs. Jackson’s students filled a jar with marbles.
Mr. Smith’s class put marbles around the outside of their desk top.
Mr. Watt’s homeroom class made pentagons with their marbles.
Ms. Beacon’s students covered the top of a table with marbles.
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5.8b
26. Todd has to pour water from a test tube into a cylinder to measure the
amount of water. Which statement describes Todd’s actions?
A
B
C
D
He
He
He
He
is
is
is
is
finding
finding
finding
finding
the
the
the
the
perimeter of the test tube.
area of the test tube.
volume of the test tube.
diameter of the test tube.
5.8b
27. The library is 40 feet by 60 feet. The carpet needs to be replaced. You
need to determine how much carpet is needed. What concept is used?
A
B
C
D
perimeter
area
area and perimeter
neither area nor perimeter
5.8b
28. Jason constructed this cube using smaller blocks. He counts all of the
blocks need to build this cube. This is an example of finding which
measurement?
A
B
C
D
volume
area
perimeter
length
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5.8b
29. Which situation is an example of finding the volume of an object?
A
B
C
D
Measuring
Measuring
Measuring
Measuring
the
the
the
the
amount of wall space that is covered by a bulletin board.
amount of tile needed to cover the floor.
distance around a table.
amount of ice cream inside an ice cream cone.
5.8b
30. A dog pen 10 feet by 30 feet is needed. You need to decide how much
fence is needed. What concept is used to solve the problem?
A
B
C
D
perimeter
area
area and perimeter
neither area nor perimeter
5.8b
31. The bulletin board’s borders are to be enclosed with rope. You need to
determine how much rope is needed. What concept is used?
A
B
C
D
perimeter
area
area and perimeter
neither area nor perimeter
5.8b
32. Which statement shows the concept of area?
A
Van swam around the swimming pool 3 times.
B
Bob filled the fish tank with six gallons of water.
C
Diane dropped her fishing line into the deepest part of the water.
D
May determined that it would take 20 square yards of rug to cover the floor of her
bedroom.
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5.8b
33. Which statement shows the concept of perimeter?
A
B
C
D
Chi Kim covered her bedroom floor with a carpet.
William filled the glass with milk.
Abdul jogged around the baseball field.
Karen walked up the hill.
5.8b
34. Which statement shows the concept of area?
A
B
C
D
The circumference of a circle is  d.
A gallon of paint covers the walls of a bedroom.
It takes 900 feet of fence to enclose a small yard.
The flagpole is 40 feet high.
5.8b
35. Telicia was given this cylinder filled with water.
Her science teacher asked her to measure the contents. Which of the
following describes Telicia’s actions?
A
B
C
D
She
She
She
She
is
is
is
is
finding
finding
finding
finding
the
the
the
the
perimeter of the cylinder.
area of the cylinder.
volume of the cylinder.
diameter of the cylinder.
5.8b
36. Which situation is an application of finding volume?
A
B
C
D
measuring the length of a door
measuring the distance around a gym
determining the square units of a floor
determining the amount of cubes that will fill a box.
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SOL 5.8
5.8b
37. Which situation would require finding volume?
A
B
C
D
determining
determining
determining
determining
the
the
the
the
amount material needed to make a curtain
amount of cubic units that will fill a fish tank
distance around a school
amount of tiles needed to cover a bathroom floor
5.8c
38. Which of the following would make the statement true?
0.6 km = _?_ m
A
B
C
D
0.06
6
60
600
5.8c
39. How many meters are equal to 50 kilometers?
A
B
C
D
5m
50 m
5,000 m
50,000 m
5.8c
40. How many millimeters are equivalent to 400 centimeters?
A
B
C
D
0.4 mm
4 mm
40 mm
4,000 mm
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SOL 5.8
5.8c
41. Danielle walked 6.8 kilometers in a recent marathon. How many meters
did she walk in the marathon?
A
B
C
D
68 meters
680 meters
6,800 meters
68,000 meters
5.8c
42. One kilometer is equivalent to which of the following?
A
B
C
D
0.001 meters
100 centimeters
1,000 grams
1,000 meters
5.8c
43. What value would make the following statement true?
640 mg = _?_ g
A
B
C
D
0.0064
0.064
0.64
6.4
5.8c
44. 824 grams is equivalent to which of the following?
A
B
C
D
0.0824 kilograms
0.824 kilograms
8.24 kilograms
82.4 kilograms
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SOL 5.8
5.8c
45. Jack weighed a rock in science class. He said it was 25 grams. He needs
to convert this answer to milligrams. What number would make the
statement true?
25 g = _?_ mg
A
B
C
D
0.25
2.5
2,500
25,000
5.8c
46. 537 grams is equivalent to what other measurement?
A
B
C
D
0.0537 kilograms
0.537 kilograms
about 2 pounds
0.244 kilograms
5.8c
47. Answer the question:
435 L = _?_ kL
A
B
C
D
0.435
4.35
43.5
4350
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SOL 5.8
5.8c
48. David poured 250 milliliters of soda into a glass. What fractional part of a
liter is 250 milliliters?
A
1
liter
2
B
1
liter
3
C
1
liter
4
D
1
liter
25
5.8c
49. An aquarium holds 500 liters. How many kiloliters is 500 liters?
A
B
C
D
0.005 kL
0.5 kL
50 kL
500,000 kL
5.8c
50. Martin uses a 4.5 kilogram bag of dog food to feed his dog Magruder
every week. How many grams of dog food is Magruder eating every
week?
A
B
C
D
45 grams
400.5 grams
450 grams
4,500 grams
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SOL 5.8
5.8c
51. Dwayne can throw a ball about 2,400 centimeters. How many millimeters
can he throw the ball?
A
B
C
D
24,000 mm
2,400 mm
240 mm
0.24 mm
5.8d
52. Uncle Roberto wants to put carpet on the living room floor. The shaded
part of the figure below shows the part of the floor that needs carpet.
What is the area of the shaded part of the floor?
A
B
C
D
18
24
26
30
square
square
square
square
feet
feet
feet
feet
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SOL 5.8
5.8d
53. What is the area of the figure below?
A
B
C
D
18
20
64
84
square
square
square
square
inches
inches
inches
inches
5.8d
54. Look at the figure. What is the area of the figure?
A
B
C
D
13
22
24
38
square
square
square
square
units
units
units
units
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SOL 5.8
5.8d
55. The thermometer below shows the temperature at 5 a.m. By noon, it had
risen 22°. What was the temperature at noon?
A
B
C
D
51°
61°
71°
81°
F
F
F
F
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SOL 5.8
5.8d
56. The thermometer below shows the temperature at 8 p.m. By midnight, it
had fallen 8°. What was the temperature at midnight?
A
B
C
D
32°
40°
55°
60°
F
F
F
F
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5.8d
57. What is the length of the q-tip to the nearest eighth inch?
5
4
3
A
3 inches
B
3
C
3
3 inches
8
D
3
2
1
inches
4
1
3
inches
4
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5.8d
58. What is the length of the fork to the nearest eighth inch?
5
4
3
A
4
1
inches
4
B
4
1
inches
2
2
1
C
4
5
inches
8
D
4
2
inches
4
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5.8d
59. What is the length of the knife to the nearest eighth inch?
5
4
3
A
5 inches
B
5
2
1
inches
8
C
5
1
inches
4
D
5
3
inches
8
1
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SOL 5.8
5.8d
60. What is the length of this pencil to the nearest quarter inch?
A
2
3
inches
4
B
3
1
inches
4
C
3
3
inches
4
D
4 inches
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5.8d
61. This measuring cup shows how much water?
2 Cups
1 1 /2
1
1 /2
0
A
3
cup
4
B
1 cup
C
1
1
cup
4
D
1
1
cup
2
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5.8d
62. How long is the airplane?
1
inches
2
A
8
B
3 inches
C
3
1
inches
2
D
9
1
inches
4
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SOL 5.8
1
cups of milk for a chocolate cake. Which of
2
the following shows the correct amount?
63. Susie needs to measure 1
A
2 Cups
1
2
1 Cup
1
B
2
2 Cups
1
2
1 Cup
1
C
2
2 Cups
1
2
1 Cup
1
D
2
2
1 Cups
2
1
1 Cup
2
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5.8d
64. This square has an area of 100 square feet.
What is the best estimate of the area of this figure?
A
B
C
D
25 sq. ft.
50 sq. ft.
75 sq. ft.
100 sq. ft.
5.8d
65. What is the best estimate for the length of a skateboard?
A
B
C
D
1 centimeter
20 centimeters
30 centimeters
70 centimeters
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5.8d
66. A 2-quart bottle will hold about how many liters?
A
B
C
D
1
2
4
8
liter
liters
liters
liters
5.8d
67. Lisa has a rectangular garden that measures 15.2 meters wide and 19.85
meters long. About how many square meters does Lisa’s garden contain?
A
B
C
D
35 square meters
70 square meters
300 square meters
350 square meters
5.8d
68. The scale below shows the weight of a book. About how much does it
weigh?
David Copperfield
0
1
3
2
pounds
A
0.1 pounds
B
1
pound
2
C
1 pound
D
1
1
pounds
2
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5.8e
69. What unit would you use to measure the height of a slide?
A
B
C
D
millimeters
centimeters
meters
kilometers
5.8e
70. What unit would you use to measure the distance from Jamestown to
Danville?
A
B
C
D
millimeters
centimeters
meters
kilometers
5.8e
71. What unit would be best to use for determining the distance on the map
from Washington, DC to New York City?
A
B
C
D
inches
feet
yards
pounds
5.8e
72. Which unit would you use to measure the length of a football field?
A
B
C
D
centimeters
kilometers
meters
millimeters
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5.8e
73. Which unit would you use to measure the distance from Richmond to
Virginia Beach?
A
B
C
D
decimeters
meters
kilometers
centimeters
5.8e
74. Which unit would you use to measure the height of a sail?
A
B
C
D
mile
inch
foot
centimeter
5.8e
75. Which unit would be best to use for determining the distance on a map
from Richmond, VA to Raleigh, NC?
A
B
C
D
inches
feet
yards
miles
5.8e
76. Which unit would you use to measure the weight of a pencil?
A
B
C
D
ton
ounce
pound
kilogram
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5.8e
77. What unit would you use to measure the height of a flagpole?
A
B
C
D
millimeters
centimeters
meters
kilometers
5.8e
78. If you were driving, what unit would you use to measure the distance
from Richmond to Arlington?
A
B
C
D
millimeters
centimeters
meters
kilometers
5.8e
79. Aunt Marcia and Gerald bought a chicken for the family picnic. Which is
the best estimate of the weight of the chicken?
A
B
C
D
3
3
3
3
ounces
pounds
gallons
liters
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