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Shapes - pre-test geometry quiz
Contributed by: Caleb
  • 1. What is a regular polygon?
A) A multi-sided shape with equal length sides and congruent angles.
B) A special type of multi-flavored gum.
C) A multi-sided shape with different length sides and congruent angles
D) A multi-sided shape with equal length sides and different sized angles
E) A multi-sided shape with different length sides and different angles
  • 2. Which type of triangle has only two equal sides and two congruent angles?.
A) Obtuse
B) Equilateral
C) Scalene
D) Isosceles
E) Right
  • 3. A Scalene triangle has...
A) equal sides and congruent angles
B) no equal sides and no congruent angles
C) a slippery slope
D) two equal sides and two congruent angles
E) at least one right angle
  • 4. What type of angle is less than 90 degrees?
A) a triangle
B) Acute
C) Right
D) Obtuse
  • 5. An Obtuse angle is...
A) circular
B) greater than 90 degrees
C) is equal to 90 degrees
D) is less than 90 degrees
  • 6. Which polygon is a quadrilateral?
A) nonagon
B) pentagon
C) trapezoid
D) triangle
E) hexagon
  • 7. A parallelogram has...
A) one set of parallel lines
B) lines that cross at a 90 degree angle
C) no sets of parallel lines
D) two sets of parallel lines
  • 8. Congruent means...
A) same shape but different size
B) "hot dog" in Spanish
C) same shape & same size
D) different shape but same size
E) different shape and different size
  • 9. How do you find the area of a rectangle?
A) add up all the side lengths
B) base times the height
C) measure it with tiles
D) half of the base times height
E) 3.14 times radius, squared
  • 10. True or False: A square is a rectangle, a parallelogram, a quadrilateral, and a regular polygon.
A) False
B) It depends on how big it is
C) True
  • 11. True or False: A trapezoid can have two right angles?
A) True
B) What the heck is a trapezoid!
C) False
  • 12. If you have two rectangles with the same perimeter, but one is a square and the other is long and skinny, which one will have the greatest area?
A) the long and skinny one
B) they will both have the same area
C) you have to measure it in order to know
D) the one that is a square
  • 13. Put these terms in order from most general to most specific: quadrilateral, rectangle, polygon, square, parallelogram
A) polygon, quadrilateral, parallelogram, square, rectangle
B) eni, meni, minie, moe
C) square, rectangle, parallelogram, quadrilateral, polygon
D) polygon, parallelogram, quadrilateral, rectangle, square
E) polygon, quadrilateral, parallelogram, rectangle, square
  • 14. A concave shape has...
A) one angle that goes into the space of the shape
B) no angles that goes into the space of the shape
C) there is no such thing, all shapes are convex
D) two angles that goes into the space of the shape
  • 15. Are all rhombuses also rectangles?
A) No
B) Yes
C) Let me consult the magic 8 ball
  • 16. How can someone find the perimeter of a shape?
A) phone a friend
B) multiple the base times the height, it is 2-dimensional
C) measure one side then multiple the result by however many sides the shape has
D) measure and add up all the sides, perimeter is linear
  • 17. If you have a regular polygon and you want to make a similar shape with sides that are twice as long, how much larger will the area of the new shape be.
A) 5 times larger
B) 4 times larger
C) 3 times larger
D) 2 times larger
  • 18. True or False: You can use two triangles to make up any quadrilateral?
A) Can you repeat the question?
B) False
C) True
  • 19. Can you make a trapezoid with three congruent equilateral triangles?
A) No, not a chance
B) Yes, of course you can
C) Maybe, if you used "the force"
  • 20. Which shape CANNOT possibly have any angles that are greater than 90 degrees?
A) triangle
B) pentagon
C) rectangle
D) decagon
E) heptagon
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