Geometric Figures and their Formula Counterparts

Guided Notes

A Scenario

Consider the following scenario:

• Let’s say that you are looking into changing the flooring in your house from
carpet to hardwood. However, you must determine the number of
floorboards you will need before you begin the process.

o How will you go about doing so?

o Say that you have two different sizes of floorboards you are
interested in. How will this affect the number of floorboards you will
use?

What Are Geometric Shapes?

• Geometric Shapes –

o Typically refers to 2-Dimensional objects

o e.g., triangles, squares, circles

2D Shapes
Perimeter, Area, and Circumference
• perimeter –

• area –

• circumference –

Perimeter and Area of Quadrilaterals

• Fill in the table below to organize the formulas.

Perimeter Area Image Representation

Rectangle
Square

Rhombus

Parallelogram

Kite

Trapezoid

Perimeter and Area of Irregular Polygons

• Irregular Polygon –

• Irregular Quadrilateral –
 • Fill out the tables below.
How do you find the How do you find the
Area? Perimeter?

Irregular Polygons

Irregular
Quadrilaterals

Image
Representation

Irregular Polygons

Irregular Quadrilaterals
Try It Yourself!

1. What is the perimeter of the

polygon? (Don’t forget units!)

2. What is the area of the polygon?

Perimeter and Area of Triangles

• For all triangles, perimeter and area formulas are the same!

Perimeter Area

Triangles
Try It Yourself!
1. What is the perimeter of
quadrilateral ABCD?

2. What is the area of quadrilateral ABCD using the area of a triangle? Make
sure to specify what triangles you are finding the area for!

3. What is the area of the polygon? What do you notice about this answer
compared to the previous example with this figure?
Heron’s Formula
• What is Heron’s Formula used for? What do you need to use it?

• What is the semiperimeter?

• Fill in the table.

Heron’s Formula

Semiperimeter Formula

Try It Yourself!
1. Find the semiperimeter.
 2. Find the area using Heron’s Formula.

Circumference and Area of a Circle

• What can you do when you’re given the diameter and need the radius (and
vice versa)?

• Fill in the table.

Formulas for Circles

Circumference

Area

Radius to Diameter + Diameter

to Radius

• Draw the circle from the lecture below. Make sure to label it!
Try it Yourself!
• Find the diameter, circumference, and area of the
circle.

• Find the radius, circumference, and area of the

circle.
Ending Question

1. Given the shape of your floor in Figure 1, how would you go about solving
for the area? (Do not solve, just tell me your initial thought process)

2. Solve for the area. (Assume the dimensions are given in feet)
 3. Given the two floorboards in Figure 2, calculate their areas. (Pay close
attention to the dimensions used in each!)

4. Calculate how many boards will be needed to fill your floor for Board 1 and
Board 2.

BONUS! Floorboard 1 costs 57 cents per board while Floorboard 2 costs 42 cents
per board. Which would be the cheaper option?