Prentice Hall Geometry
  1. Mica and Joy are standing at corner A of the rectangular field shown below.

    A rectangular field has diagonal AC, with side AB measuring ¾ miles and side BC measuring 1¼ mile.

    Mica walks diagonally across the field, from corner A to corner C. Joy walks from corner A to corner B, and then to corner C. To the nearest hundredth of a mile, how much farther did Joy walk than Mica did?

    1. 0.54 mi
    2. 1 mi
    3. 1.46 mi
    4. 2 mi
  2. What is the area of the square?

    A square has a diagonal from the center to a vertex measuring 5radical2 feet.

    1. 50 , ft squared
    2. 100 , ft squared
    3. 100 , square root of 2 , ft squared
    4. 150 , ft squared
  3. What type of symmetry does the figure have?

    A figure consists of a horizontal rectangle with the bottom right corners of equal squares attached to the left corners of the rectangle.

    1. 60 degrees  rotational symmetry
    2. 90 degrees  rotational symmetry
    3. line symmetry
    4. point symmetry
  4. Which conditions allow you to conclude that a quadrilateral is a parallelogram?
    1. one pair of sides congruent, the other pair of sides parallel
    2. perpendicular, congruent diagonals
    3. diagonals that bisect each other
    4. one diagonal bisects opposite angles
  5. Which statement is the contrapositive of the following conditional statement?

    If Peg serves pudding, then it is not Laura's birthday.

    1. If Peg serves pudding, then it is Laura's birthday.
    2. If Peg does not serve pudding, then it is Laura's birthday.
    3. If it is not Laura's birthday, then Peg serves pudding.
    4. If it is Laura's birthday, then Peg does not serve pudding.
  6. In a right triangle, which point lies on the hypotenuse?
    1. incenter
    2. orthocenter
    3. centroid
    4. circumcenter
  7. In cap delta l m n comma  P is the centroid and l e equals 24 .  What is PE?

    Triangle LMN has LE bisecting side MN, MF bisecting side LN, and ND bisecting side LM. LE, MF, and ND intersect at P inside LMN.

    1. 8
    2. 9
    3. 10
    4. 16
  8. What is the sum of the angle measures of a 32-gon?
    1. 3200
    2. 3800
    3. 5400
    4. 5580
  9. The diagonals of rectangle PQRS intersect at H. What is the length of q s bar , question mark

    Rectangle PQRS has diagonals PR and QS intersecting at H, with PH measuring 3x + 5 and HR measuring 4x minus 1.

    1. 6
    2. 12
    3. 23
    4. 46

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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