Triangle Quiz
Name __________________________
Date _________________
1. David went to the beach and saw a sailboat in the ocean. If all sides of the sail
are the same lengths. What type of triangle would name the sail that David
saw?
A. Scalene
B. Isosceles
C. Equilateral
D. Right
2. Oscar was eating a cheese cracker with his soup. Each side of Oscar’s cracker
was a different length. What type of triangle was Oscar’s crack?
A. Right
B. Scalene
C. Isosceles
D. Equilateral
3. When Dawn looked at the top of the tower from the ground she created a
visual triangle. Look at the illustration below and determine the type of
triangle Dawn created:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Right
Scalene
Isosceles
Equilateral
Triangle Quiz
4. Solve the riddle:
This shape has three sides
Two sides are the same
All 3 sides have acute angles
What shape am I?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Right obtuse triangle
Right acute triangle
Scalene acute triangle
Isosceles acute triangle
5. Jesse fit two right triangles together to create one triangle. What type of
triangle did Jesse create. Draw a picture to illustrate your thinking.
Triangle Name ____________________
6. Carlos noticed that the flag outside of his tree house is shaped like an isosceles
triangle as shown below. What is another name Carlos can name his flag?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Right
Acute
Obtuse
Equilateral