Prentice Hall Geometry

Standardized Test Prep

SAT/ACT

  1. A polyhedron has four vertices and six edges. How many faces does it have?
    1. 2
    2. 4
    3. 5
    4. 10
  2. Suppose the circumcenter of cap delta eh b c lies on one of its sides. What type of triangle must cap delta eh b c be?
    1. scalene
    2. isosceles
    3. equilateral
    4. right
  3. What is the area of a regular hexagon whose perimeter is 36 in.?
    1. 18 square root of 3 . in , . squared
    2. 27 square root of 3 . in , . squared
    3. 36 square root of 3 . in , . squared
    4. 54 square root of 3 . in , . squared
  4. What is the best description of the polygon below?

    A star has five points.

    1. concave decagon
    2. concvex decagon
    3. regular pentagon
    4. regular decagon

Short Response

  1. The coordinates of three vertices of a parallelogram are A(2, 1), B(1, negative 2 ) and C(4, negative 1 ). What are the coordinates of the fourth vertex D? Explain.

Mixed Review

See Lesson 10-8.

  1. Probability Shuttle buses to an airport terminal leave every 20 min from a remote parking lot. Draw a geometric model and find the probability that a traveler who arrives at a random time will have to wait at least 8 min for the bus to leave the parking lot.
  2. Games A dartboard is a circle with a 12-in. radius. What is the probability that you throw a dart that lands within 6 in. of the center of the dartboard?

See Lesson 8-3.

Find the value of x to the nearest tenth.

  1. A right triangle has a leg measuring x and other leg measuring 10 opposite a 65 degree angle.
  2. A right triangle has a leg measuring x and other leg measuring 6 opposite a 36 degree angle.

Get Ready! To prepare for Lesson 11-2, do Exercises 60–62.

See Lessons 1-8 and 10-3.

Find the area of each net.

  1. A net is composed of six squares with sides of 4 centimeters, four in a row with one below the left square and one above the right square.
  2. A net has a rectangle with length 4 pi centimeters and height 8 centimeters with circles of diameter 4 centimeter centered on the top and bottom sides of the rectangle.
  3. A net has four triangles, one with two congruent sides, arranged in a larger triangle with a side measuring 6 meters.

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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