Chapter 10 Practice Test

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Find the area. The figure is not drawn to scale.

____ 1.

7.6 cm

3.7 cm
a. b. c. d.

____ 2.
36 in.

40 in. 33 in.

a. 1188 in.2 b. 69 in.2 c. 138 in.2 d. 1440 in.2

____ 3.

2 cm

5.4 cm
a. 10.8 cm2 b. 5.4 cm2 c. 21.6 cm2 d. 7.4 cm2

____ 4.

3 yd

10 yd
a. 30 yd2 b. 6.5 yd2 c. 13 yd2 d. 15 yd2
____ 5.
 9 cm

8 cm

13 cm

9 cm 11 cm
a. 144.5 cm2 b. 127 cm2 c. 172 cm2 d. 50 cm2

____ 6.

a. 188 in.2 b. 278 in.2 c. 322 in.2 d. none of these

____ 7.
19 in.

12.6 in. 14.5 in.

29.2 in.
a. 607.32 in.2 b. 36.7 in.2 c. 303.66 in.2 d. 77.2 in.2

____ 8.
8 in.

7 in. 8 in.

12 in.
Not drawn to scale
a. 77.2 in.2 b. 80 in.2 c. 75 in.2 d. 70 in.2
____ 9. The area of a parallelogram is 420 cm2 and the height is 35 cm. Find the corresponding base.
a. 385 cm b. 455 cm c. 14,700 cm2 d. 12 cm

Find the area of the trapezoid. Leave your answer in simplest radical form.
____ 10.

8 ft

10 ft
60°
Not drawn to scale

a. 40 ft2 b. 16 ft2 c. 24 ft2 d. 32 ft2

____ 11. Find the area of the rhombus.

8m

8m 8m

8m

a. 12 m2 b. 4096 m2 c. 128 m2 d. 32 m2
____ 12. Find the area of the rhombus. Leave your answer in simplest radical form.

60°
5

Not drawn to scale

a. 50 b. 10 3 c. 25 6 d. 50 3

____ 13. Given the regular hexagon, find the measure of each numbered angle.
 3

a. c.
b. d.
____ 14. Find the area of a regular hexagon with an apothem 10.4 yards long and a side 12 yards long. Round your
answer to the nearest tenth.

a. 748.2 yd2 b. 374.4 yd2 c. 62.4 yd2 d. 249.4 yd2

____ 15. Find the area of a regular hexagon with side length of 8 m. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
a. 55.4 m2 b. 166.3 m2 c. 83.1 m2 d. 288 m2
____ 16. Find the area of an equilateral triangle with side 12.
a. 36 b. 72 c. 36 d. 3

____ 17. Find the area of the regular polygon. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

13.07 in.

10 in.
2
a. 176.6 in. b. 966.1 in.2 c. 80.0 in.2 d. 483.0 in.2

____ 18. Find the area of an equilateral triangle with radius 8 m. Leave your answer in simplest radical form.
a. 96 m 2 b. 144 m 2 c. 18 m2 d. 12 m2

The figures are similar. Give the ratio of the perimeters and the ratio of the areas of the first figure to
the second. The figures are not drawn to scale.
____ 19.

15 yd
40 yd
a. b. c. d.
and and and and

____ 20.

15 18
a. 5 : 6 and 25 : 36 c. 5 : 6 and 36 : 49
b. 6 : 7 and 36 : 49 d. 6 : 7 and 25 : 36
____ 21. The widths of two similar rectangles are 16 cm and 14 cm. What is the ratio of the perimeters? Of the areas?
a. 8 : 7 and 64 : 49 c. 9 : 8 and 81 : 64
b. 9 : 8 and 64 : 49 d. 8 : 7 and 81 : 64

The figures are similar. The area of one figure is given. Find the area of the other figure to the nearest
whole number.

____ 22. The area of the larger triangle is 1589 ft .

40 ft
35 ft

Not drawn to scale

a. 1217 ft b. 1225 ft c. 1600 ft d. 2075 ft

____ 23. The area of the smaller trapezoid is 558 m .

 24 m 57 m
Not drawn to scale

a. 3147 m b. 3249 m c. 576 m d. 14 m

____ 24. It costs a family $324 to buy a 10-ft-by-12-ft rug. At this rate, what will it cost them to buy a 15-ft-by-18-ft
rug?
a. $729 b. $270 c. $388.80 d. $466.56
____ 25. Grade 7 students were surveyed to determine how many hours a day they spent on various activities. The
results are shown in the circle graph below. Find the measure of each central angle in the circle graph.
a. Sleeping
b. Eating

a. 118.8°; 28.8° b. 108°; 28.8° c. 118.8°; 288° d. 59.4°; 288°

____ 26. Name the minor arc and find its measure.
A

D C ) 115°
B

a. arc ADB; 30° b. arc AB; 115° c. arc ADB; 245° d. arc AB; 245°
____ 27. Name the major arc and find its measure.
 A

) 50°
D C B

a. arc ADB; 50 b. arc AB; 50 c. arc ADB; 310 d. arc AB; 310

____ 28. Identify a semicircle that contains C.

A B
0

a. semicircle ABC c. semicircle CB

b. semicircle AC d. semicircle ACB

Find the circumference. Leave your answer in terms of .

____ 29.

5.7 cm

a. cm b. cm c. cm d. cm

____ 30.

18 in.

a. in. b. in. c. in. d. in.

____ 31. Find the length of arc XPY. Leave your answer in terms of .
X

Y
8m
P

a. 24 m b. 12 m c. 4 m d. 720 m

Find the area of the circle. Leave your answer in terms of .

____ 32.

3.6 m

a. 25.92 m2 b. 1.8 m2 c. 12.96 m2 d. 46.66 m2

____ 33.

4.1 m

a. 4.2025 m2 b. 8.405 m2 c. 16.81 m2 d. 11.2 m2

____ 34. Find the area of the figure to the nearest tenth.

105°
9

a. 74.2 in.2 b. 8.2 in.2 c. 148.4 in.2 d. 23.6 in.2

____ 35. Find the exact area of the shaded region.
 a. c.

b. d. none of these

Short Answer

36. The regular polygon has radius 9 m. Find each angle measure to the nearest tenth of a degree, each linear
measure to the nearest tenth of a meter, and the square measure to the nearest square meter.
G H

F A
O X
E B

D C
a.
b.
c. OX
d. AB
e. the perimeter
f. the area

Essay

37.
a. Find the area of a regular hexagon with sides 2 cm long. Leave your answer in simplest
radical form.
b. Use your answer from part (a) to find the area of a regular hexagon of side length 8.

Other

38. Write an explanation that justifies the statement: The area of a regular polygon is half the product of the
apothem and the perimeter.
Chapter 10 Practice Test
Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: L2

REF: 10-1 Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles OBJ: 10-1.1 Area of a Parallelogram
STA: CA GEOM 8.0| CA GEOM 10.0 TOP: 10-1 Example 1
KEY: area | parallelogram | base | height
2. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: L2
REF: 10-1 Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles OBJ: 10-1.1 Area of a Parallelogram
STA: CA GEOM 8.0| CA GEOM 10.0 TOP: 10-1 Example 1
KEY: area | parallelogram | base | height
3. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: L2
REF: 10-1 Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles OBJ: 10-1.2 Area of a Triangle
STA: CA GEOM 8.0| CA GEOM 10.0 TOP: 10-1 Example 3
KEY: triangle | area
4. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: L2
REF: 10-1 Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles OBJ: 10-1.2 Area of a Triangle
STA: CA GEOM 8.0| CA GEOM 10.0 TOP: 10-1 Example 3
KEY: triangle | area
5. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: L3
REF: 10-1 Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles OBJ: 10-1.2 Area of a Triangle
STA: CA GEOM 8.0| CA GEOM 10.0 TOP: 10-1 Example 3
KEY: area | triangle | rectangle
6. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: L4
REF: 10-1 Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles OBJ: 10-1.2 Area of a Triangle
STA: CA GEOM 8.0| CA GEOM 10.0 TOP: 10-1 Example 3
KEY: area | triangle | rectangle | parallelogram
7. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: L2
REF: 10-2 Areas of Trapezoids, Rhombuses, and Kites OBJ: 10-2.1 Area of a Trapezoid
STA: CA GEOM 8.0| CA GEOM 10.0 TOP: 10-2 Example 1
KEY: trapezoid | area
8. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: L2
REF: 10-2 Areas of Trapezoids, Rhombuses, and Kites OBJ: 10-2.1 Area of a Trapezoid
STA: CA GEOM 8.0| CA GEOM 10.0 TOP: 10-2 Example 1
KEY: trapezoid | area
9. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: L3
REF: 10-1 Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles OBJ: 10-1.1 Area of a Parallelogram
STA: CA GEOM 8.0| CA GEOM 10.0 TOP: 10-1 Example 1
KEY: area | base | height | parallelogram
10. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: L2
REF: 10-2 Areas of Trapezoids, Rhombuses, and Kites OBJ: 10-2.1 Area of a Trapezoid
STA: CA GEOM 8.0| CA GEOM 10.0 TOP: 10-2 Example 2
KEY: area | trapezoid
11. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: L2
REF: 10-2 Areas of Trapezoids, Rhombuses, and Kites
OBJ: 10-2.2 Finding Areas of Rhombuses and Kites STA: CA GEOM 8.0| CA GEOM 10.0
 TOP: 10-2 Example 4 KEY: area | rhombus
12. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: L3
REF: 10-2 Areas of Trapezoids, Rhombuses, and Kites
OBJ: 10-2.2 Finding Areas of Rhombuses and Kites STA: CA GEOM 8.0| CA GEOM 10.0
TOP: 10-2 Example 4 KEY: rhombus | diagonal | area
13. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: L2 REF: 10-3 Areas of Regular Polygons
OBJ: 10-3.1 Areas of Regular Polygons STA: CA GEOM 8.0| CA GEOM 10.0| CA GEOM 20.0
TOP: 10-3 Example 1 KEY: regular polygon
14. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: L2 REF: 10-3 Areas of Regular Polygons
OBJ: 10-3.1 Areas of Regular Polygons STA: CA GEOM 8.0| CA GEOM 10.0| CA GEOM 20.0
TOP: 10-3 Example 2 KEY: regular polygon | area | apothem | radius
15. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: L2 REF: 10-3 Areas of Regular Polygons
OBJ: 10-3.1 Areas of Regular Polygons STA: CA GEOM 8.0| CA GEOM 10.0| CA GEOM 20.0
TOP: 10-3 Example 3 KEY: regular polygon | hexagon | area | apothem | radius
16. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: L2 REF: 10-3 Areas of Regular Polygons
OBJ: 10-3.1 Areas of Regular Polygons STA: CA GEOM 8.0| CA GEOM 10.0| CA GEOM 20.0
TOP: 10-3 Example 3 KEY: regular polygon | hexagon | area | apothem | radius
17. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: L2 REF: 10-3 Areas of Regular Polygons
OBJ: 10-3.1 Areas of Regular Polygons STA: CA GEOM 8.0| CA GEOM 10.0| CA GEOM 20.0
TOP: 10-3 Example 3 KEY: regular polygon | area | apothem | radius | octagon
18. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: L2 REF: 10-3 Areas of Regular Polygons
OBJ: 10-3.1 Areas of Regular Polygons STA: CA GEOM 8.0| CA GEOM 10.0| CA GEOM 20.0
TOP: 10-3 Example 4 KEY: regular polygon | radius
19. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: L2
REF: 10-4 Perimeters and Areas of Similar Figures
OBJ: 10-4.1 Finding Perimeters and Areas of Similar Figures STA: CA GEOM 11.0
TOP: 10-4 Example 1 KEY: perimeter | area | similar figures
20. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: L3
REF: 10-4 Perimeters and Areas of Similar Figures
OBJ: 10-4.1 Finding Perimeters and Areas of Similar Figures STA: CA GEOM 11.0
TOP: 10-4 Example 1 KEY: perimeter | area | similar figures
21. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: L2
REF: 10-4 Perimeters and Areas of Similar Figures
OBJ: 10-4.1 Finding Perimeters and Areas of Similar Figures STA: CA GEOM 11.0
TOP: 10-4 Example 1 KEY: perimeter | area | similar figures
22. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: L2
REF: 10-4 Perimeters and Areas of Similar Figures
OBJ: 10-4.1 Finding Perimeters and Areas of Similar Figures STA: CA GEOM 11.0
TOP: 10-4 Example 2 KEY: similar figures | area
23. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: L2
REF: 10-4 Perimeters and Areas of Similar Figures
OBJ: 10-4.1 Finding Perimeters and Areas of Similar Figures STA: CA GEOM 11.0
TOP: 10-4 Example 2 KEY: similar figures | area | trapezoid
24. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: L2
REF: 10-4 Perimeters and Areas of Similar Figures
OBJ: 10-4.1 Finding Perimeters and Areas of Similar Figures STA: CA GEOM 11.0
TOP: 10-4 Example 3 KEY: similar figures | area | word problem
25. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: L2 REF: 10-6 Circles and Arcs
OBJ: 10-6.1 Central Angles and Arcs STA: CA GEOM 7.0| CA GEOM 8.0
 TOP: 10-6 Example 1
KEY: central angle | circle graph | multi-part question | word problem | problem solving
26. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: L2 REF: 10-6 Circles and Arcs
OBJ: 10-6.1 Central Angles and Arcs STA: CA GEOM 7.0| CA GEOM 8.0
TOP: 10-6 Example 3 KEY: measure of an arc | minor arc | arc
27. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: L2 REF: 10-6 Circles and Arcs
OBJ: 10-6.1 Central Angles and Arcs STA: CA GEOM 7.0| CA GEOM 8.0
TOP: 10-6 Example 3 KEY: major arc | measure of an arc | arc
28. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: L2 REF: 10-6 Circles and Arcs
OBJ: 10-6.1 Central Angles and Arcs STA: CA GEOM 7.0| CA GEOM 8.0
TOP: 10-6 Example 2 KEY: major arc | minor arc | semicircle
29. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: L2 REF: 10-6 Circles and Arcs
OBJ: 10-6.2 Circumference and Arc Length STA: CA GEOM 7.0| CA GEOM 8.0
TOP: 10-6 Example 4 KEY: circumference | diameter
30. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: L2 REF: 10-6 Circles and Arcs
OBJ: 10-6.2 Circumference and Arc Length STA: CA GEOM 7.0| CA GEOM 8.0
TOP: 10-6 Example 4 KEY: circumference | radius
31. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: L2 REF: 10-6 Circles and Arcs
OBJ: 10-6.2 Circumference and Arc Length STA: CA GEOM 7.0| CA GEOM 8.0
TOP: 10-6 Example 5 KEY: arc | circumference
32. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: L2 REF: 10-7 Areas of Circles and Sectors
OBJ: 10-7.1 Finding Areas of Circles and Parts of Circles STA: CA GEOM 8.0
TOP: 10-7 Example 1 KEY: area of a circle | radius
33. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: L2 REF: 10-7 Areas of Circles and Sectors
OBJ: 10-7.1 Finding Areas of Circles and Parts of Circles STA: CA GEOM 8.0
TOP: 10-7 Example 1 KEY: area of a circle | radius
34. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: L2 REF: 10-7 Areas of Circles and Sectors
OBJ: 10-7.1 Finding Areas of Circles and Parts of Circles STA: CA GEOM 8.0
TOP: 10-7 Example 2 KEY: sector | circle | area
35. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: L2 REF: 10-7 Areas of Circles and Sectors
OBJ: 10-7.1 Finding Areas of Circles and Parts of Circles STA: CA GEOM 8.0
TOP: 10-7 Example 3 KEY: sector | circle | area | central angle

SHORT ANSWER

36. ANS:
a. 22.5
b. 45
c. 8.3 m
d. 6.9 m
e. 55.2 m
f. 229 m

PTS: 1 DIF: L3 REF: 10-5 Trigonometry and Area

OBJ: 10-5.1 Finding the Area of a Regular Polygon STA: CA GEOM 8.0| CA GEOM 19.0
KEY: area | cosine | regular polygon | area of a regular polygon | sine | measure of central angle of a regular
polygon | multi-part question
ESSAY

37. ANS:
[4] Answers may vary. Sample:
a.
The central angle of one of the triangles in the hexagon is . The

altitude of the triangle is because it is a - - right triangle.

2 cm



1 cm

The area of the hexagon is therefore .

b. Because regular hexagons are similar, their areas will be proportional to the

square of their similarity ratio. . cm2.

[3] correct methods but with a minor computational error

[2] error in method
[1] correct answer but with no work shown

PTS: 1 DIF: L4 REF: 10-4 Perimeters and Areas of Similar Figures

OBJ: 10-4.1 Finding Perimeters and Areas of Similar Figures STA: CA GEOM 11.0
KEY: area of a triangle | similar figures | similarity ratio | extended response | rubric-based question

OTHER

38. ANS:
Answers many vary. Sample: The apothem of a regular polygon is the height of one of n equal triangles into

which the figure is divided. So, each triangle’s area is , where s is the length of a side. The total area is

. But sn is the perimeter, so the total area is .

PTS: 1 DIF: L3 REF: 10-3 Areas of Regular Polygons

OBJ: 10-3.1 Areas of Regular Polygons STA: CA GEOM 8.0| CA GEOM 10.0| CA GEOM 20.0
TOP: 10-3 Example 2
KEY: apothem | perimeter | area | regular polygon | writing in math | reasoning