Prentice Hall Geometry

Chapter 10 Area

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  • Skills Handbook, p. 829 Squaring Numbers and Finding Square Roots

    Simplify.

    1. 3 squared
    2. 8 squared
    3. 12 squared
    4. 15 squared
    5. square root of 16
    6. square root of 64
    7. square root of 100
    8. square root of 169

    Solve each quadratic equation.

    1. x squared , equals 64
    2. b squared , minus , 225 equals 0
    3. eh squared . equals 144
  • Review, p. 399 Simplifying Radicals

    Simplify. Leave your answer in simplest radical form.

    1. square root of 8
    2. square root of 27
    3. square root of 75
    4. 4 square root of 72
  • Skills Handbook, p. 838 Probability

    An envelope contains 3 yellow slips of paper and 2 blue slips of paper. You draw one slip at random. Determine the probability of selecting a paper of the given color.

    1. yellow
    2. blue
    3. red
    4. blue or yellow
  • Lessons 6-3 and 6-5 Classifying Quadrilaterals

    Classify each quadrilateral as specifically as possible.

    1. A four-sided figure has all four sides marked congruent.
    2. A four-sided figure has angles of opposite vertices marked congruent.
    3. A four-sided figure has diagonals from opposite vertices intersecting at a right angle, creating two congruent segments on each diagonal.

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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