Prentice Hall Geometry
  1. One bag of garden soil covers approximately 16 , ft squared , .  If it takes 16 pi , ft  of fencing to enclose a circular garden, how many bags of soil do you need to cover the garden?
    1. 4 bags
    2. 7 bags
    3. 13 bags
    4. 16 bags

GRIDDED RESPONSE

  1. What is the value of x in the figure below?

    Triangle DEF has angle D measuring 75 degrees, angle E measuring 44 degrees, and angle between DF and extension of EF measuring (5x minus 6) degrees.

  2. The length of a rectangle is seven more than three times its width. If the perimeter is 38 cm, what is the area, in square centimeters, of the rectangle?
  3. What is the value of x in the figure below?

    A quadrilateral has top and bottom sides equal and left and right sides equal. One angle measures (2x minus 5) degrees with opposite angle measuring 135 degrees.

  4. eh b c d approximately equal to w x y z .  What is WX?

    Quadrilateral ABCD has side AB measuring 3, sides BC and CD each measuring 4, and side AD measuring 2. Quadrilateral WXYZ has die WZ measuring 2.

  5. Amy is designing a ramp up to a 16-in.-high skateboarding platform, as shown on the graph below. If she wants the slope of the ramp to be 1 third , comma  what value should she choose for the x-coordinate at the top of the ramp?

    A graph of a quadrilateral has vertices at (0, 0), (x, 16), (60, 16), and (60, 0).

Short Response

  1. Describe how the following everyday meanings of acute and obtuse help you to remember their mathematical meanings.

    acute adj. Having a sharp point

    obtuse adj. Not sharp or pointed; blunt

  2. Write a proof for the following.

    Given: eh e bar , approximately equal to . d e bar , comma . e b bar , approximately equal to . e c bar

    Prove: cap delta eh e b approximately equal to cap delta d e c

    Quadrilateral ABCD has diagonals AC and BD intersecting at E. Segments AE and DE are equal, and segments BE and CE are equal.

Extended Response

  1. Read this excerpt from an online news article.

    An online news article discusses Halley’s Comet.
    Image Long Description

    1. Make a conjecture about the year in which Halley's Comet will appear after 2061. Explain your reasoning.
    2. How confident are you about your conjecture? Explain.
  2. The coordinates of the vertices of rectangle LMNK are l open negative 2 comma 5 close comma m open 2 comma 5 close comma n open 2 comma 3 close comma  and k open negative 2 comma 3 close .  The coordinates of the vertices of rectangle PQRS are p open 3 comma 0 close comma q open 3 comma negative 3 close comma r open 1 comma negative 3 close comma  and s open 1 comma 0 close .  Are these two rectangles congruent? Explain why or why not. If not, how could you change the vertices of one of the rectangles to make them congruent?

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Table of Contents

Prentice Hall Geometry Chapter 1 Tools of Geometry Chapter 2 Reasoning and Proof Chapter 3 Parallel and Perpendicular Lines Chapter 4 Congruent Triangles Chapter 5 Relationships Within Triangles Chapter 6 Polygons and Quadrilaterals Chapter 7 Similarity Chapter 8 Right Triangles and Trigonometry Chapter 9 Transformations Chapter 10 Area Chapter 11 Surface Area and Volume Chapter 12 Circles Skills Handbook Reference Visual Glossary Selected Answers Index Acknowledgments