Prentice Hall Geometry

Standardized Test Prep

GRIDDED RESPONSE

SAT/ACT

  1. The height of a cylinder is twice the radius of the base. The surface area of the cylinder is 56 pi , ft squared , . What is the diameter of the base to the nearest tenth of a foot?
  2. Two sides of a triangle measure 11 ft and 23 ft. What is the smallest possible whole number length, in feet, for the third side?
  3. A polyhedron has one hexagonal face and six triangular faces. How many vertices does the polyhedron have?
  4. The shortest shadow cast by a tree is 8 m long. The height of the tree is 20 m. To the nearest degree, what is the angle of elevation of the sun when the shortest shadow is cast?

Mixed Review

See Lessons 1-1 and 11-1.

Sketch each space figure and then draw a net for it. Label the net with its dimensions.

  1. a rectangular prism with height 5 cm and a base 3 cm by 4 cm
  2. a cylinder with a 72 pi , minusin. circumference and a 22-in. height

See Lesson 10-7.

Find the area of each part of the circle to the nearest tenth.

A circle with center O has radius lines OP and OQ of length 6 centimeters 120 degrees apart, with the sector between them shaded.

  1. sector QOP
  2. the segment of the circle bounded by q p bar and modified q p with frown above

See Lesson 6-7.

  1. In the kite below, eh b equals eh d and c b equals c d . Points P, Q, R, and S are midpoints.

    A graph of a kite has vertices A(2a, 0), B(0, 2b), C(negative 2c, 0), and D(0, negative 2b), with midpoints P, Q, R, and S on sides DA, AB, BC, and CD, respectively.

    1. What are the coordinates of the midpoints?
    2. r q equals white square semicolon s p equals white square semicolon

      p q equals white square semicolon s r equals white square

    3. Use your answers to part (b) to explain why PQRS must be a parallelogram.

Get Ready! To prepare for Lesson 11-3, do Exercises 53–55.

See Lesson 8-1.

Find the length of the hypotenuse in simplest radical form.

  1. A right triangle has legs measuring 8 inches and 13 inches.
  2. A right triangle has legs measuring 7 meters and 9 meters.
  3. A right triangle has legs measuring 12 centimeters and 13 centimeters.

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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