Geometry Pizzazz

The Authors:
Steve Marcy and Janis Marcy
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified

School District
Limited Reproduction Permission: Permission to duplicate these materials is

limited to the teacher for whom they are purchased. Reproduction for an entire
school or school district is unlawful and strictly prohibited.
For Jennifer, Matt, Andy, and Jazz
Cover by Nimbus Design

Illustrations by Mark Lawler
Technical art by Steve Reiling
Edited by Ann Roper
0 1989, 1996 Wright Group/McGraw-Hill

One Prudential Plaza
Chicago, IL 60601
Printed in U.S.A
ISBN: 0-88488-741-3
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MIDDLE SCHOOL MAl7-f WITH PIZZAZZ! have Wed to minimize the time spent on
is a series of five books designed to provide finding answers or doing other puzzle
practice with skills and concepts taught mechanics.
in today's middle school mathematics
programs. The series uses many of the 3. CAREFUL SELECTION OF TOPICS
same puzzle formats as P R E - W E B R A AND EXERCISES. The puzzles within
WITH PEZUZ! and ALGEBRA WlH P m ! each topic area are careefully sequenced
both published by Creative Publications. so that each one builds on skills and
concepts previously covered. The
We believe that mastery of math skills and sequence of exercises within each puzzle
concepts requires both good teaching and a is designed to guide students in incre-
great deal of practice. Our goal is to provide mental, step-by-step fashion toward
puzzle activities that make this practice mastery of the skill or concept involved.
more meaningful and effective. To this end, A primary goal is the development of
we have tried to build into these activities problem-solving ability. In order to solve
three characteristics: problems, students need not only rules
and strategies but also a meaningful
1. KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS. Various understanding of basic concepts. Some
devices are used in the puzzles to tell puzzles in this series are designed specif-
students whether or not their answers ically to build concepts. Other puzzles,
are correct. Feedback occurs immediately especially those for estimation, also help
after the student works each exercise. deepen students' understanding by
For example, if a particular answer is not encouraging them to look at numbers a s
in the code or scrambled answer list, the quantities rather than just a s symbols to
student knows it is incorrect. He or she be manipulated. For puzzles specifically
can then try again or ask for help. keyed to problem solving, we have tried
Additional feedback and reinforcement to write problems that are interesting
occurs when the student finds a puzzle and uncontrived. We have included extra
solution that is appropriate. This information in some problems, and have
immediate knowledge of results benefits also mixed problem types within sets,
students and also teachers, who no so that the problems cannot be solved
longer have to spend time confirming mechanically.
correct answers.
In addition to these efforts to make the
2. A MOTIVATING GOAL FOR THE puzzles effective, we have tried to make
STUDENT*The puzzles are designed so them easy to use. The topic for each puzzle
that students will construct a joke or is given both at-the bottom of the puzzle
unscramble the answer to a riddle in page and in the Table of Contents on pages
the process of checking their answers. iv and v. Each puzzle is keyed to a specific
The humor operates a s an incentive, topic in recent editions of leading middle
because the students are not rewarded school textbooks. Each puzzle requires
with the punch line until they complete duplicating only one page, and many
the exercises. While students may decry of them provide space for student work.
these jokes as "dumb" and groan loudly, Finally, because the puzzles are self-
our experience has been that they enjoy correcting, they can eliminate the task
the jokes and look forward to solving the of correcting assignments.
puzzles. The humor has a positive effect
on class morale. In addition to humor, We hope that both you and your students
the variety and novelty of procedures for will enjoy using these materials.
solving the puzzles help capture student
interest. By keeping scrambled answer Steve and Janis Marcy
lists short and procedures simple, we
iii
1. MEASUREMENT: METRIC UNITS
a. Length .........................................................................................................7
b. Measuring Line Segments with a Ruler ......................................................8
c. Renaming Units of Length ..................................................................... 9-10
d. Capacity ................................................................................................... 11
e. 'Weight ......................................................................................................2
f. Review: Capacity and Weight ................................................................3
g. Time ..........................................................................................................14
2. MEASUREMENT: CUSTOMARY UNITS

a. Measuring Line Segments with a Ruler ............................................... 15-17
b. Renaming Units of Length ...................................................................18-19
c. Capacity ...............................................................................................20.21
d. Weight .......................................................................................................
22
e. Review: Capacity -and Weight ...................................................................23
f. Adding and Subtracting Measurements ....................................................24
3. GEOMETRY
a. Basic Geometric Figures .........;................................................................. 25
b. Angles .......................................................................................................26
c. Estimating Angle Measures ......................................................................27
d. Measuring Angles with a Protractor .......................................................... 28
e. Drawing Angles with a Protractor ..............................................................29
f. Complementary and Supplementary Angles .............................................30
g. Related Angles Formed by Intersecting Lines ..........................................31
h. Parallel and Perpendicular Lines ..............................................................32
i. Related Angles Formed by Parallel Lines and Transversals ....................33
j. Triangles ..................................................................................................-34
k. Review: Related Angles ......................................................................-35-36
I. Quadrilaterals.......................................................................................37-39
m. Polygons ...................................................................................................40
n. Congruent Polygons ............................................................................... 41
o. Similar Triangles .......................................................................................42
p. Circles .......................................................................................................43
q. Lines of Symmetry .................................................................................. 44
r. Space Figures ...........................................................................................45
a. Perimeter .............................................................................................46=47
b. Circumference ......................................................................................48-49
c. Area of Rectangles ............................................................................-50-52
d. Using a Calculator: Perimeter and Area ....................................................53
e. Area of Parallelograms............................................................................. -54
f. Area of Triangles .......................................................................... ..*....55-56
g. Review: Perimeter and Area of Rectangles.
Parallelograms. and Triangles ..............................................................57
h. Area of Trapezoids ....................................................................................58
i. Area of Circles...........................................................................................59
j. Review: Circumference and Area of Circles ........................................60-61
k. Problem Solving: Mixed Applications ........................................................62
I. Problem Solving: Choosing a Formula ......................................................63
5. SURFACE AREA AND VOLUME

a. Surface Area of Rectangular Prisms .........................................................64
b. Surface Area of Prisms and Pyramids ......................................................65
c. Surface Area of Cylinders .........................................................................66
d. Volume of Rectangular Prisms ..................................................................67
e. Problem Solving: Mixed Applications ........................................................68
f. Volume of Prisms ......................................................................................69
g. Volume of Cylinders .................................................................................. 70
6. SQUARE ROOTS AND RIGHT TRIANGLES

a. Squares and Square Roots ................................................................ 71-72
b. The Rule of Pythagoras: Finding the Length of the Hypotenuse .........73-74
c. The Rule of Pythagoras: Finding the Length of
a Side of a Right Triangle ................................................................75-76
7. ENRICHMENT
a. Formulas ................................................................................................... 77
b. Test of Genius ........................................................................................... 78
8. ANSWERS .............................................................................................79-96
NOTES ABOUT USING THE PUZZLES
The selection of topics for MIDDLE SCHOOL problems in Categories 1 and 2, those that
MATH WrrH PIZZAZZ! reflects recent thinking should be done mentally.
about what is important in an updated middle
school math program. Virtually every puzzle can To solve problems in Category 3, calculators are
be matched with a particular lesson in recent wonderful tools for computing. Students may
editions of popular textbooks. After students also need paper and pencil to make diagrams,
have received instruction in a topic and worked write equations, record results, etc., so they will
some sample exercises, you might assign a need both kinds of tools. On the other hand,
puzzle along with a selection of textbook students should not need calculators for
exercises. . problems in Categories 1 and 2, problems that
call for mental math or estimation'. Skills in
Students in the middle grades should begin to these areas are essential not only in daily life
classify many mathematics problems and but also for the intelligent use of the calculator
exercises into one of three categories: itself. The puzzles in this series reflect these
three categories and the distinction between
1 . MENTAL MATH. Problems for which an exact them.
answer can be obtained mentally.
When students do use calculators, you may
2. ESTIMATION. Problems for which an want to have them write down whatever
approximate answer, obtained mentally, is numbers and operations they punch in and their
sufficient. answers. This makes it easier to identify the
cause of any error and assists in class
3. TOOLS. Problems requiring an exact answer management. Even when students do mental
that cannot be obtained mentally. Students math or estimation puzzles, have them write a
will use paper and pencil and/or calculators. complete list of answers and, where appropriate,
the process used to get the answers. Encourage
Some of the puzzles in this series focus students to write each answer before locating it
specifically on one of these categories. A few in the answer list. Students should complete all
puzzles actually present problems in all three the exercises even if they discover the answer to
categories and ask the student to make the the joke or riddle earlier.
classification.
One advantage of using a puzzle a s a n
By the time they reach the middle grades, assignment is that you can easily make a
students should generally be permitted to use transparency of the page and display the
calculators for problems that require tools exercises without having to recopy them on the
(Category 3).The most common argument board. You can then point to parts of a problem
against calculator use is that students will a s you discuss it. It is often helpful to cut the
become overly dependent on them. This concern, transparency apart so that you can display
though, appears to be based primarily on fear exercises on part of the screen and write
that students will rely on the calculator for solutions on the remaining area.
Other books by Steve and Janis Marcy

published by Creative Publications
Pre-Algebra With Pizzazz! in a Binder

Covers most topics in a pre-algebra curriculum
Algebra With Pizzazz! in a Binder

Covers most topics in a first-year algebra curriculum
How Can You Find a Double-Decker Bus?
For each exercise, circle the letter of the more reasonable measure. Write this letter
in the box containing the number of the exercise.
The chart gives an approximate size for each of the most

commonly used metric units of length.
Unit Approximate Size

1 millimeter (rnm) thickness of a dime
1 centimeter (cm) width of your smallest finger
1 meter (m) length of a baseball bat
1 kilometer (km) length of 10 football fields
@ length of an ant @ length of a new pencil

R 5mm M 5cm
@ height of a basketball hoop @ distance walked in 1 hour
U 30m H 3rn K 5km B 50m
@ diameter of a quarter @ length of a paper clip
G 24cm 0 24 rnm E 3cm S 30cm
@ length of a tennis court @ distance driven on a freeway in 1 hour
L 24m D 24 km U 85 km A 850 m
@ thickness of a nickel @ height of a dining table
E 20mm 0 2mm K 75 mrn S 75 crn
@ length of an automobile @ length of a marathon race
T 5m S 50m T 400 m F 40 km
@ width of a dollar bill @ length of a sheet of typing paper
N 66 cm P 66 mm 0 28cm R 28 mm
@ height of a door @ distance from New York to Los Angeles
M 20 cm B 2m
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cn 2. Why didn't Noah catch many fish during the voyage of the ark?
measurement in millimeters or centimeters, as indicated, and find your answer in the code.
Each time the answer appears, write the letter of the exercise above it.
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@ length of = cm @ length of = cm @ length of = cm
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Why Are Scales Like Roadmaps?
Do each exercise and find your answer in the set of answers to the right, Write the letter of the
answer in the box containing the number of the exercise. If the answer has a
box instead of writing a letter in it.
a,
shade in the
I. Answer each question.

mm are in 1 cm? Answers 1 - 3:
cm are in 1 m? 010 @I00
m are in 1 km? @ 1,000 @ 10,000 I
II. Complete each statement. You are changing each measure to a smaller unit.
cm Answers 4 - 11:
5
cm @ 3,666 (9 27,500 f
mm @ 6,250 @ 830
Ill. Complete each statement. You are changing each measure to a larger unit.
@ 12.5mm = cm Answers 12 - 19:
@ 94mm = cm a0.375 Q0.094
@ 375 m = km @ 0.25 @5
@88m = km @ 500 @ 1.25
@ 643 cm = m 6.43 @ 0.088
@ 2.5 cm = m @ 2.5 37.5 1
@ 250 mm = dm @ 9.4 @ 0.0643 #1
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@ 5,000 m = km @ 8.8 00.025 1
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What Did the Finger Say to the Thumb?
Choose the correct answer for each exercise. Write the letter of the answer in the box
containing the number of the exercise. The table below may help you.

1 milliliter (mL) capacity of an eyedropper
1 liter (L) capacity of a juice carton
1 kiloliter (kL) capacity of 4 bathtubs
I. Choose the more reasonable estimate of capacity.

@ a pot for cooking @ a tablespoon @ an automobile gas tank
@ a swimming pool @ a drinking glass @ a water cooler jug

A 80 L 0 80 kL 0 25mL M 250mL H 20L R2L
II. Complete each statement. Answers 7 - 14:
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@ Ms. Sparkle bought 12 cans of diet soda. Each can R 48 V 4.2
contained 350 mL. How many liters of soda did she buy?
@ Chef Pierre made 6.4 L of creamed carrot soup. If it is L 32 N 5.4
served in 200-mL cups, how many cups can be filled?

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D-11 TOPIC 1-d: Capacity
What Do Salmon and Cod Use When They Go to War?
Choose the correct answer for each exercise. Find the letter of the answer in the
string of letters near the bottom of the page and CROSS IT OUT each time it
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appears. When you finish, write the remaining letters in the rectangle at the bottom of
the page. The table below may help you.
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1 milligram (mg) mass (weight) of a grain of sand
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1 gram (g) mass (weight) of a paperclip
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1 kilogram (kg) mass (weight) of a math textbook
I. Choose the more reasonable estimate of weight.

@ a nickel @ a postage stamp @) a bowling ball
@ a lemon @ a 12-year-old child @ a postcard
II. Complete each statement.
Answers 7 - 14:
Ill. Solve.
@ An average orange weighs 270 g. How many kilograms Answers 15 - 16:
does a bag of 8 oranges weigh?
0 1 . 9 6 (9800
@ A vitamin tablet weighs 1.2g. It contains 150 mg of Vitamin
C and 250 mg of B Complex vitamins. How many
milligrams of other ingredients are in the tablet? 0920 B2.16
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What Should You Study to Learn
How to be a Cowboy?
8 Cross out the letter next to each correct answer. When you finish, &
the answer to the title question will remain. .#
I. Complete each statement.
@ 4h= min @ 7 min = sec
@ 2 h 30 min = min @ 5 min l O s e c = sec
@ 540 sec = min
@ 80 min = h min @ 135sec= min sec
@ 3d= h @ 3d= min
II. Add or subtract. Simplify if possible.

@ 2 h 30 min @ 5 min 40 s @ 7 h 8min
+ 3 h 45 min + 8 min 50 s + 2 h 43 min
@ 8min10s @ 12h25min @ 32 min 50 s

- 3 min 30 s - 5 h 45inin - 17min24s
@ 6 h 47 min @ 9 min
@ 5d 4h
+4h13rnin - 5 min 32 s -2d11 h
Ill. Solve.
It takes 15 h 20 min to travel from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City by
train. It takes only 2 h 38 min to fly between the two cities. How
much longer does the train take?

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This title question has TWO different answers. Part I gives you one answer and Part II gives you
the other. Follow the directions for each part.
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Measure with Pleasure
Follow the directions below. When you complete each step, put an x in front
of it. Measure carefully and you will get the picture!
- 1. Copy rectangle1ABCD on another sheet of paper. The rectangle is 7

in. wide and 9-5- in. high.
2. Place your ruler on m. 1

Measure 33-in. across from Point A. Make
a dot to mark this point. Label it Point E.
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dot to mark this point. Label it Point F.
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- 9. Point L is on m,3 -g1 in. from J. Draw EL.
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-12. Line up your ruler on Points E and F. Mark a point 1 in. from E and
label it Point 0.Connect points E and 0.
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16. Point S is on m,2 $ in. from N. Draw MS.
-17. Point T is on a 1-g- in. from K. Draw
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What Is
the Title?
TO FIND THE TITLE OF THIS
PICTURE:
Do each exercise below. Find your
answer in the code and write the letter
of the exercise above it. (Each answer
appears only once.)
CODED TITLE:

@ How many inches @ How many feet @ How many inches
are in 1 foot? are in 1 yard? are in 1 yard?
II. Complete each statement. Ill. Complete each statement.

You are changing each measure You are changing each measure
to a smaller unit. to a larger unit.
@ 2ft= in. @ 48 in. = ft

@ 5ft= in. @ 19 in. = ft
.In.
@ 1 ft6in.= in. @ 69 in. = ft in.
@ 8 ft 4 in. = in. @ 24ft= yd
@ 5yd= ft @ loft= yd ft
@ 9yd2ft= ft
@ 20yd 1 ft= ft I@ 180 in. = yd
@ 2yd= in. 1@ 56 in. = yd in.
@ 3yd18in.= in. 1@ 366 in. = ~d in.

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What Did Airhead Klutz Look For When
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H e First Took U p Waterskiing?
Find each answer in the set of boxes under the exercise. Write the letter of the exercise in
the space above the answer.
@ 7ft= ~n. @ 4 f t 10 in. = in. @ l0ft3in.= in.
04 y d = in.
60 in. = ft @ 40 in. = ft in. @ 72 in. = yd
@ A baseball diamond is a square with 90 feet between bases. About

how many yards does a player run after hitting a home run? yd
11. Add or subtract. Simplify if possible.

@ 3ft7in. @ 5 ft 9 in.
+ 2 ft 8 in. + 8 ft 10 in.
@ 9ft11in. @ 7ft4in. @ loft 8 in.

- 4 ft 6 in. - 2 ft 7 in. - 3ft11 in.
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Why Did the Young Actress Stuff
~ e Autograph
r Into Bottles of
that Low-Calorie Cola?
Find each answer in the appropriate set of boxes at the bottom of the page. Write the
I
letter of the exercise in the box containing the answer.
I. Complete each statement. II. Complete each statement.

You are changing each You are changing each
measure to a sma.ller unit. measure to a larger unit.
@ 5 gal = qt
@
J 9 gal = qt @ 40 qt = gal
@ 2 qt = pt @ 8 pt = qt
@15qt= pt @ 24 pt = qt
@I p t = C 0 1 0 c = pt
@7pt= C @18c= pt
@3c= fl oz 16floz= c
@10c= fl oz 64 fl oz = c
@ Igal 2 qt = qt 7 qt = gal qt
@ 6 gal 3 qt = qt 30 qt = gal qt
@4pt1 C = c 9 Pt = -qt -Pt
@gal= pt
@lpt= -fI02
@lqt= fl oz
Answers for Column I
Answers for Column II

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Do each exercise and find your answer in the appropriate answer column.
Answers A - L: Notice the word next to the answer. Write this word in the box containing Answers M - X:
the letter of the exercise.
@ 3 gal = qt @8pt= c @ 5 qt = pt
@ % gal = qt
a 4 gal 3 qt = qt
@ 20 qt = gal @Vpt= qt @ 16floz= c
@apt= gal Q 9 qt = gal qt
II. Solve.
@) Mr. Fizz bought 6 cans of root beer. Each can contained 12 fl oz. How many cups
of root beer did he buy? c
@ A certain paint is sold in both 1-gal cans and 1-qt cans. The gallon can costs $13
and the quart can costs $5. How much do you save per gallon by buying the larger
cans? $-
@ Mrs. Ramirez bought 2 qt of orange juice. If the juice is served in 6-oz glasses,
how many glasses can be completely filled?
What Did They Call the Guy Who Made
367 Mistakes While Typing One Page?
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Cross out the box contahing each correct answer. When you finish, write the letters
from the remaining boxes in the spaces at the bottom of the page.
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II. Solve.
@ How many ounces of meat are used to @ There are 30 students in a math class
make a $-lb hamburger? oz with an average weight of 92 lb per
student.
@ One dozen baseballs were packaged A. What is the combined weight of all
for mailing. Each ball weighed 5 oz and the students in the class? Ib
the box weighed 9 oz. Find the total
weight of the package in pounds and B. How much more than a ton is this?
ounces. I b - oz Ib

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What Job Does the Buttermilk Biscuit
Have in the Movie?
Do each exercise and find your answer in the appropriate answer box. Write the letter
of the answer in the box containing the number of the exercise.
@ 3h45min @ 9min20s @ 7h10min @ 8min

+ 1 h 30 min + 4min 1 0 s - 2 h 50 min - 5 min25s
0 + 6ft4in.
9 ft 7 in.
@ + 4ft9in.
3 ft 8 in.
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+ 12yd2ft
5yd2ft
@ - 50yd
8 y d 1 ft
@ 1c2f1oz @ 7 gal 3 qt @ 3 qt I pt Q 20 gal

+ 2c5floz + 6 gal 3 qt + 5 qt 1 pt - 4 gal 1 qt
@ To power an experimental car, Willy @ The average 12-year-old in the U.S.

Messerschmitt mixed 12 gal 3 qt of weighs 85 lb 12 oz. The average 14-
gasoline with 4 gal 2 qt of ethyl alcohol. year-old weighs 108 lb 2 oz. HOW much
How much fuel did this make? weight does the average person gain
during these two years?
Answers 1 - 9: @ 15ft 11 in. Answers 10 - 18: @ 17ga1Iqt

t
@ 3 min 5 s @ 13 min30s @ 15gal3qt @ 39lb2oz

@ 8ft5in. @ 41 yd 2 ft @ 21 lb10oz @ 13T700lb
@ 3 c 7 fl oz @ 7 ft 6 in. @ 12T300lb @ 14gal2qt
@5h15min @2min35s @ 22lb6oz @ 1202
O40ydlft 818ydlft @ 9qt @ 16gal2qt
@ 4h20min @ 4c5~1oz @ 7lb2oz @ 6lb6oz
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TOPIC 2-f: Adding and Subtracting Measurements D-24 O Creative Publications
What Does a Cat Need to Play Baseball?
For each exercise, circle the letter
of the correct choice. Write this
letter in the box containing the
number of the exercise.
@ Which of the following is not a point onH

AC ?
@ Which of the following is not a correct name for

this line?
@ Which of the following is not the name of a

segment in this figure?
@ Which of the following is not the name of a ray in

this figure?
@ Which of the following is not a correct name for

this angle?
@ Which of the following is not the name of a line in

this figure?
@ Which of the following is a segment that has B as

an endpoint?
@ Which of the following is notthe name of a ray in

this figure?
@ Which of the following is not a correct name for an

angle in this figure?
@ LGHF @ LEHG

O Creative Publications TOPIC 3-a: Basic Geometric Figures
What Did Mrs. Claws Say During the Thunderstorm?
Find each answer at the bottom of the page and
write the letter of the exercise above it.

@ The figure formed by two rays from the same endpoint is an
@) The intersection of the two sides of an angle is called its
@ The vertex df LCOD in the drawing above is point
@ The instrument used to measure angles is called a
@ The basic unit in which angles are measured is the
@) LAOB has a measure of 90" and is called a angle.
@ An angle whose measure is between 0' and 90" is an angle.
@ Two acute angles in the figure are LBOC and
@ An angle whose measure is between 90" and 180 ' is an angle.
@ An obtuse angle in the figure is
II. Give the measure of each angle.
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TOPIC 3-b: Angles O Creative Publications
Why Did the Brontosaurus Need Band-Aids?
For each exercise, circle the letter of the best estimate. Write this letter in the box
containing the number of the exercise.
@ mLPis about @ mLX is about @ m L Vis about

B35' S70° E 140' J 95'
@ mLGis about @ mLK is about @ m L W is about

0 50° F 80' R 155" C 110'
@ mLBAC is about @ mLPOR is about @ mLXis about
@ mLCAD is about @ m LPOQ is about @ m i ~ i about

s
V 40° N 15'
@ rnLBAD is about (amLQOR is about @ m L Zis about

G 100' 0 130"

O Creative Publications D-27 TOPIC 3-c: Estimating Angle Measures
Books Never Written
Beginning Your Exercise Program by
57' 99' 119' 137' 173' 85' 99' 33'
Checking Your Homework by

33 O
How to Lead the Band by

38' 62' 33' 90' 28' 62' 41' 173' 119' 125'
ABOVE ARE THE TITLES OF THREE "BOOKS NEVER WRITTEN." TO DECODE

THE NAMES OF THEIR AUTHORS:
Measure each angle below and find your answer in the code. Each time the answer
appears in the code, write the vertex letter of that angle above it.

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What Happens When Cupid Shoots an Arrow? "
I
Use a protractor to construct the angles below. Each side you draw will
pass through a number. Write the vertex letter of the angle in the box
containing this number.
I

O Creative Publications Dm29 TOPIC 3-e: Drawing Angles With a Protractor
Why Is a Party Like
Pouring Oil I n t o a Car?
9 9
Do each exercise and find your answer at the bottom of the page. Write the letter Z
9
8 of the exercise in the box above or below the answer. F
5
=
I. Find the measure of the angle that is complementary to the angle having
the measure given.
II. Find the measure of the angle that is supplementary to the angle having
the measure given.
Ill. Find the angle measure that is not given.

TOPIC 3-f: Complementary and Supplementary Angles Dm30 O Creative Publications
How Did the Judge Find Out About the Rotten Milk?
Do each exercise and find your answer in the Code Key. Notice the letter next to
the answer. Write this letter in the box containing the number for the exercise.
@ Two angles are complementary if the sum of their measures is .

@ Two angles are supplementary if the sum of their measures is .
@) The complement of a 30' angle has a measure of .
@ The supplement of a 65 angle has a measure of .
II. Find the measureof each numbered angle.
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O Creative Publications D-31 Formed by Intersecting Lines
wkht Is Tke Biggest ~ r t b l tf
e ~Miwers?
Circle the number-letter pair of each TRUE
statement. For these pairs, write the letter
in the matching numbered box at the right.
-
*-
I
7-E
-
I. Use the figure below, in which EF I( BH.
You should find 11 true statements.
*
EF intersects AD at C.
4th Street
6th Street
LEBC is a right angle.

LDCE is a right angle. II. Use the figure above. You should find 4
true statements.
5th Street is parallel to 6th Street.
LFCH is an acute angle. 7 1 Y
6th Street is perpendicular to Elm Avenue.
LECH is an obtuse angle.
Elm Avenue is parallel to Disk Drive.
LABE is an acute angle.
4th Street and Oak Avenue intersect to
Perpendicular lines intersect to form right angles. form right angles.
Parallel lines never intersect. Elm Avenue is perpendicular to Oak Aveni
Elm Avenue is parallel to Oak Avenue.
Why Couldn't the *o Elephants Go Swimming Together?
Give the measure of each numbered angle. Find your answer in the Code Key and notice
the letter next to it. Write this letter in the box containing the number of the angle.
(Assume that lines in each figure that do not intersect are parallel.)
4
What Did the Boy Candy Say to the Girl Candy?
Do each exercise and find your answer in the set of answers to the right. Write the
letter of the answer in each box containing the number of the exercise. If the answer
has a @, shade in each box containing that exercise number.
I. Classify each triangle two ways.

acute;
scalene
acute;
isosceles
acute;
equilateral
right;
scalene
right;
isosceles
obtuse;
scalene
obtuse;
5.1 kni isosceles
II. Find the measure of the third angle in each triangle.
@ Two angles of a triangle have equal measures. If the third angle

measures 120°, what is the measure of each of the equal angles?

TOPIC 3-j:Triangles D-34 O Creative Publications
What Do You Get When You,,,
1. Cross two ducks with a match?
2. Cross a stick of dynamite with a lemon pie?
Find the angle measures indicated. Look for each answer in the code. Each time the
answer appears, write the letter of the exercise above it.

O Creative Publications TOPIC 3-k: Review: Related Angles
Daffynition
Decoder
code. Each time the answer appears, write
Warehouse: ----------.- -------

1 OSO 40° 36O 78O 151O 55O 45O 146" 36O 151 O 105" 40° 135O 42O 34' 55O 146' 78O
Explain: ---------- ---------

42O 55O 78" 146O 11 6O 56O 36O 74O 29O 34O 135O 1 00° 55O 56O 60° 56O 98O 135O 100°
@ If mL1 = 50;then m L 2 = @ If mL8 = 78Q and m L 9 = 60; then m L 1 0 =

@ If m L 3 = 120; then m L 4 = @lf rnL9=47O and m L 1 0 = 3 3 P t h e n m L 8 =
@If m L 2 = 35;then m L 1 = @ if m L 1 0 = 45O and m L 8 = 90; then m L 9 =
@ If m L 4 = 45; then m L 3 = @If m L 6 = 66O and m L 9 = 40;then m L 1 0 =
@ If m L 6 = 29;then m L 8 = @ if m L 11 = 1 30° and m L 9 = 52; then m L 8 =
@If m L 6 = 29;then m L 5 = @ If m L 8 = 81 and m L 9 = 24; then m L 11 =
@If m L 5 = 116;then m L 7 = @ If m L 2 = 56pthen m L 4 =
@ If m L 8 = 82;then m L 7 = @If mL1 =56;then m L 4 =
@ lf mL11 = 144Pthen m L 1 0 = @ If m L 1 = 56; then m L 3 =
Can a Polar Bear G o On a Safari?
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O Creative Publications TOPIC 3-1: Quadrilaterals
W h y Was Cinderella Kicked Off the Baseball Team?
For each exercise, circle the letter of each figure that belongs in the category named.
Arrange these letters to form a word. Then write this word on the line next to the
name of the category.
(You may assume the following: sides that appear parallel are parallel; sides that
appear perpendicular are perpendicular; sides that appear congruent are congruent.)
@ parallelograms:
@) rectangles:
=ONDcaR
"0 A
sn
rhombuses:
@ squares:
A E
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@ trapezoids:

TOPIC 3-1: Quadrilaterals Dm38 O Creative Publications
Why Didn't the Snobbish Potatoes Want Their
Daughter to Marry a News Broadcaster?
Under each figure, circle the number-letter combination next to each word that
correctly names the figure. Write the letter in the matching numbered box at the
bottom of the page.
5-A parallelogram 25-E parallelogram 9-U quadrilateral

16-0 rectangle 13-1 rectangle 21-F parallelogram
19-F square 4-D rhombus 1-H trapezoid
20-N parallelogram 2-E quadrilateral 19-0 parallelogram

I 1-T rectangle 24-V parallelogram 15-L rectangle
23-A square 8-P rhombus 6-S rhombus
13-A quadrilateral 17-M rectangle 21-E parallelogram

26-R parallelogram 10-P square 18-1 rhombus
7-N trapezoid 14-S trapezoid 8-J trapezoid
4-W quadrilateral 22-T quadrilateral 10-S rectangle

12-0 parallelogram 15-C rhombus 18-M rhombus
24-N trapezoid 3-B square 24-T square

63 Creative Publications D-39 TOPIC 3-1: Quadrilaterals
Why Do Ants Visit the Zoo on Cold Days?
Write the word missing from each statement in the boxes next to the statement.
Notice which letters are in numbered boxes. Write each of these letters in the
matching numbered box at the bottom of the page.
@ A triangle is ad with three sides

and three angles.
@ A polygon with four sides and 21 10
four angles is a
-
@ A polygon with fivesides and L
15
five angles is a
A polygon with six sides and six angles
is a
@ An octagon is a polygon with eight sides
and eight
@ A polygon with ten sides and ten angles
is a
@ In the set of figures above, Figure A
is a
@ Figure B is an
@ Figure C is a
@ Figure D is a
@ The point of intersection of two sides of
a polygon is called a
@ A line segment (not a side) connecting two
vertices of a polygon is called a
@ A polygon with all sides the same length
and all angles the same measure is
called a polygon.

TOPIC 3-m: Polygons D-40 O Creative Publications
W h y Couldn't Orgo Buy a Round Trip Ticket?
Follow the directions for each section. Each exercise will give you a number-letter
pair. Write the letter in the matching numbered box at the bottom of the page.
I. Find each pair of congruent figures. Use the number from one figure and the letter from
the other.
II. Complete each statement, then find your answer in the answer column. Use the number of
the exercise and the letter of the answer.
AABC s AEDF C F Answers 6 - 11:
ASKM E ANGJ Answers 12 - 17:

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O Creative Publications TOPIC 3-n: Congruent Polygons
Does Any Animal Have
More Than 9 Lives?
Give the angle measures indicated. Find each answer in the Code Key
and notice the letter next to it. Write this letter in the box containing the
number of the exercise.
AABC - ADEF AJKL - ARST
B J K
A \ "oS 49"
L T
AXYZ - AHPV AQGW - ANMU
AEFG - AHlG ATLC - AOKC

TOPIC 3-0:Similar Triangles D-42 O Creative Publications
What Did the Waitress M e a n
When She Yelled to the Cook:
"1+ 1 ° F C
A
Fill in each blank with one of the answers at the bottom of the
page. Then write the letter of the exercise above its correct
answer.
The figure at the right is a circle with center at 0.
@ The points on a circle are all the same distance from the
@ A line segment from the center to any point on the circle is a
@ A line segment with both endpoints on the circle is a
a A chord that passes through the center of a circle is a
@ A diameter of the circle in the drawing above is the segment .
@ Which of the following is not a radius: m,OD, or z?
@ Which of the following is not a chord: m,m,or z?
@ Part of a circle, such as between points 5 and C, is an
@ An angle whose vertex is at the center of a circle is a
@ Which of the following is not a central angle: LAOD, LCOD, or LBCA?
@ Points A, B, C,and D are all the same from point 0.
@ If the length of is 20 cm, then the length of is
@ If the length of m i s 20 cm, then the length o f p m i s
@ If the length of m i s 20 cm, then the length of =is
@ The length of a radius is the length of a diameter.
a The set of points in a plane at a fixed distance from a given point is a

o Creative Publications D-43 TOPIC 3-p: Circles
V WhatDid thesecretarysay
3 "
o 4 to Her Boy Friend? Q .c7*
For each exercise, circle the letter of each figure that is divided by a line of symmetry.
exercise number.

TOPIC 3-q: Lines of Symmetry D-44 O Creative Publications
What Did the Taxi Driver Say About His Daughter?
Write the name that best describes each space
figure. Then find your answer in the answer 6 4 9 2 1 1 5 7 10 1 12 8 3
column. Write the letter of the answer in the
box containing the number of the exercise.
triangular pyramid
hexagonal prism
cone
triangular prism
sphere
rectangular prism
pentagonal prism
cube
pentagonal pyramid
cylinder
hexagonal pyramid
rectangular pyramid
Why Did the River Guide Carry a Rifle?
.
f. Find the PERIMETER of each figure. Crossout the box containing each correct
...
'm
: answer. When you finish, write the letters from the remaining boxes in the l
:. spaces at the bottom of the page.

l
.
m. a .
l
l a
in.
in.
2.5 km 1.8 m 24 in.
Find the perimeter of each rectangle.
Q L= 12 in.
w = 12 in.
@ Find the perimeter of a sheet of
4
@ How many feet of border are needed
typing paper 8 in. wide and 11 in. to go around a square bulletin board
long. that is 4.5 ft on each side?
HE TO ST SH OT OP FL 00 LS OA TT
48 in. 43.4 m 144 in. 18.6 km 18 ft 21 m 46.4 m 156 in. 37 ft 160 mm 32 ft
HE AT RA IN TO SO PI PE NG DS ET
180cm 35ft 184mm21.8km 7.2m 41 cm 42in. 200cm 39in. 156in. 11.4km

TOPIC 4-a: Perimeter D-46 O Creative Publications
What Is
the Title?
TO FIND THE TITLE OF THIS
PICTURE:
Do each exercise below and find your
answer in the code. Each time the
answer appears, write the letter of the
exercise above it.
CODED TITLE:
I. Find the perimeter of each figure. I
@ Triangle with sides of 8.2 cm, @ Rectangle with sides of 22 in.

3.9 cm, and 4.5 cm cm and 28 in. in.
@ Square with sides of 16.4 m m Equilateral triangle with sides
of 5.25 ft ft
@ Parallelogram with sides of
40 cm and 75 cm
@ Regular decagon with sides
cm
- Regular hexagon with sides
of 2.75 in. in.
Of0.63 krn km (@I Rhombus with sides of 50 ft ft
....em............. e ~ ~ * ~ e ~ m ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
II. Solve.
@ The width of a large American flag is 8 ft. @ The width of a rectangular poster is 16 in.
Its length is 5 ft more than its width. Find Its length is twice its width. Find its
its perimeter. ft perimeter. in.
@ The perimeter of a square window is @ The perimeter of a triangle is 38 R. One
360 cm. Find the length of one side. side is 14 €tlong. Another side is 9 ft long.
cm How long is the third side? ft
@ A pennant is shaped like an isosceles @ The longest side of a triangular sail is 9 rn
triangle. The short side is 14 in. long and long. The second side is 1.5 m shorter
is half the length of each longer side. Find than the longest side. The third side is half
the perimeter of the pennant. the length of the longest side. What is the
in. perimeter? m

o Creative Publications D-47 TOPIC 4-a: Perimeter
Why Did the Piano Player Bang Her
Head Against the Keyboard?
-
Find the circumference (C)of each circle, given the diameter (d) or radius (r).Use
3.14 for x. Draw a straight line connecting the square by the exercise to the square
by its answer. The line will cross a number and a letter. Write the letter in the
+ C = 125.6 in.
+ C=31.4cm
+ C = 94.2 in.
@ d=40in. + + C = 9.42 cm
@ d=9.2crn+ + C = 72.22 in.
@ d = 1.5 in. + + C = 301.44 in.
@ d=600m + + C = 25.12 in.
@ d-23in. + + C = 15.7 in.
@ d=IOcm + + C =28.888 cm
@r=lin. + + C = 13.816cm
@r=6cm + + C=15.7cm
@ r=15in. +
Q r=2.2crn + 0 + C=6.28in.
@ r=48in. +
0 + C=314m
69 0
@ r = 3 . 9 ~ &+ + C = 4.71 in.
@ r = 2.5 in. + @ 0 0 + C = 37.68 cm
@ r=2.5cm + @ 0 + C = 24.492 cm
@ r=50m +

TOPIC 4-b: Circumference D-48 O Creative Publications
01989 Creative Publications D-49 TOPIC 4-b: Circumference
What Does a Tuba Call Its Father?
Give the number of square units in each figure. Find your answer and cross out the
letters above it. When you finish, the answer to the title question will remain.

TOPIC 4-c: Area of Rectangles D-50 O Creative Publications
What Did the Baseball Coach Look For in Space?
Measure the length and width of each rectangle to the nearest cm.
Then compute both the PERIMETER and AREA. Find both answers in
the rocket and cross out the letter next to each. (For answers that
appear more than once in the rocket, it doesn't matter which one you
cross out.)
When you finish, the answer to the title question will remain.

O Creative Publications Dm51 TOPIC 4-c: Area of Rectangles
Why Do Elephants Have Ivory Tusks?
Do each exercise and find your answer in the answer columns. Write the letter of the
answer in each box containing the number of the exercise.
I. Find the area of each figure.
5 in. @ 12in.
7 in.
10 in. 12 in.
6 in.
7 in.
8 in.
II. Find the area of the shaded region in each figure.
@ yard with sandbox @ wall with windows @ sidewalk
around pool
III. Solve. 30 ft
@ A bedroom is 15 ft long and 12 ft wide. @ A rose garden in the city park is
How much will it cost to carpet the room rectangular and is 9 m wide. If the area
if carpeting costs $22 per square yard? of the rectangle is 144 m2, what is the
(1 yd = 3 ft) length of the garden?

TOPIC 4-c: Area of Rectangles D-52 O Creative Publications
How Was the Wooden Marionette
Related to the Wooden Diuing Board?
* - -
+
t
8 Use a calculator to solve each problem (round decimal answers to the nearest tenth).
8+
i
4
Find your answer in the answer column and notice the two letters next to it. Write
these letters in the spaces over the exercise number at the bottom of the page.
+
:
WORLD RECORD: The largest jigsaw puzzle ever made was 85 by
55 ft and had 15,520 pieces. It was constructed by the United Way in
Answers
Keene, New Hampshire. @ 1.7
1. What was the area of the puzzle in ft2? ft2
@ 997,228.8
2. What was the area of the puzzle in in?? in.2
@ 46.5
. 3. .What. was. the.average
. .size. of each .- . . . . . in.*
. .piece? . - @ 7,130
WORLD RECORD: The world's largest quilt, designed by A. Platteau,
measures 69.6 by 99.5 ft. It was made from 16,140 equal-sized @ 673,200
squares sewn together. @) 15,344
4. What is the area of the quilt in ftn? ft2
@ 27,099.4
5. What is the area of the quilt in in?? in?
6. What is the area of each square? in?
@ 2.1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - (@ 4,675
WORLD RECORD: The world's longest buffet table was 3,304.8 ft long
and 8.2 ft wide. On June 19, 1982, approximately 4,000 people, (@ 86,310
including HM The King of Sweden, were seated at the table.
917,106.8
7. What was the area of the table? ft2
8. What was the perimeter of the table?
(@ 6,925.2
ft
9. If 4,000 people were equally spaced @ 6,626
around the perimeter of the table,
how far apart were they sitting?
@ 14,904
ft
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . - @ 61.8
WORLD RECORD: The largest American flag ever made was first
displayed on March 22,1980, and measures 411 by 210 ft. @ 4,835
10. What is the area of the flag in ftn? ft 2 09,590
11. What is the area of the flag in ydz?
12. The fabric used for the flag weighs
yd2 a 43.4
about 1.6 lb per yd2. About how much

@ 83,820
does the flag weigh? Ib @ 28,186.4

0 Creative Publications Dm53 TOPIC 4-d: Using a Calculator: Perimeter and Area
What Happened to Mr. Meter When Mrs.
Meter's Mother Flew in for a Visit? - - - - - - - - - -
Cross out the box containing each correct answer. When you finish, write
the letters from the remaining boxes in the spaces at the bottom of the page.
I. Find the PERIMETER and the AREA of each parallelogram.
5 in.
I
8 in.
0
- -ft
... 90 - 0 -
/rlfi/
6.5 cm
I
9.3 cm
0.7 m
II. Solve.
@ The base of a parallelogram is 10 in. @ The height of a parallelogram is 4.5 cm.
The height is 2 in. more than half the The base is twice the height. What is
base. Find the area. the area?
@ The area of a parallelogram is 60 ft? @ The area of a parallelogram is 375 cm?
The height is 5 ft. How long is the The base is 25 cm. Find the height.
base?

TOPIC 4-e: Area of Parallelograms D-54 O Creative Publications
O Creative Publications TOPIC 4-f: Area of Triangles
What Happens When the Smog
Lifts in Los Angeles, California?
24.6 crn
20.8 cm
L
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.- E
0 *
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m
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7
CV ? 7
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.c 9,200 in?
0 L
0
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o 494 in.
25 rn -
CV 15 in?
6.6 rn .- b
20 in.
Find the AREA and the-PERIMETER of each triangle below. Look for both
answers in the rectangle. Shade in each area containing a correct answer.
5 in.
5 in.
114 in.
@r-l
TOPIC 4-f: Area of Triangles O Creative Publications
03
00
30
W h y Was Igor Unhappy About His Spelling Test
EG Even Though He Got Everything Right?
Give both the perimeter and area of each figure. Find each answer in the
appropriate answer column. Fill in the correct unit of measure for each answer you
choose, then circle the number-letter next to it. Write the letter in the matching
numbered box at the bottom of the page.
6 in.
16
8 in. v
5 cm 19 in.
0
9 in.
8 cm 14 in.
3 cm 7 in.
,
11 crn 2.2 m 5 in. 5 in.
@ Rectangle with sides of @ Square with sides @ Right triangle with sides
22 cm and 28 cm. measuring 12 in. o f 8 m , 15rnand 17m.
What Game Did Tarzan Like to Play?
Do each exercise below. Find your answer in the answer columns and notice
the letter next to it. Look for this letter in the string of letters near the bottom
of the page and CROSS IT OUT each time it appears. When you finish,
write the remaining letters in the rectangle at the bottom of the page.
I. Find the area of each trapezoid.
A- /
9 in.
6 in.
16 in.
@ bl = il in.
b2 = 9 in.
h = 8 in.
II. An artist designed a base for one of his sculptures with the dimensions shown.
-
The top and bottom are rectangles. The sides are isosceles trapezoids.
@ Find the area of the front face (20 cm base).
@ Find the area of the side face (12 cm base).
6 cm
@ Find the area of the top.
D T B C H O R I N F A M T U O Z D N Y F A L T B P I E G U N S H
Answer to puzzle:

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o Creative Publications D-59 TOPIC 4-i: Area of Circles
What Is the Title
of This Picture.0
I I
Use the diameter ( d )or radius (r) of each circle to find the
circumference (C) and area (A) of the circle. Use 3.14 for n.
Round answers to the nearest hundredth (if necessary).
Each time an answer appears in the coded title, write the
letter of the exercise above it.
CODED TITLE:
@ d= in.
@ C= in.
@r= in.
@ C= in.
a A= in.2 @A= mm*
W h y Is a Mathematician Like an Airline?
Round each answer to the nearest hundredth (if necessary) and find it in the
appropriate answer column. Use 3.14 for n. Fill in the correct unit of measure for
each answer you choose. Write the letter of the exercise in the box containing
the number of the answer.
1. A circle has a radius of 12 in. Find:

Answers 1 - 3: Answers 4 - 5:
@ The diameter of the circle.
@ The circumference of the circle. @ 27.63 @ 898
@ The area of the circle. @ 61.43 @ 706.5
2. A circle has a radius of 4.4 cm. Find: @ 30 @ 5,174
@ The diameter of the circle. @ 75.36 @ 24,930
@ The circumference of the circle.
@ The area of the circle.
@ 461.36 @ 2.54
3. A circle has a diameter of 60 m. Find:
@ 8.8 @) 0.79
a
@
The radius of the circle. @ 172.4 @ 0.9
The circumference of the circle. @ 24 @ 942
@ The area of the circle. @ 60.79 @) 690.5
4. A circle has a diameter of 1.8 km. Find:
@ The radius of the circle. @ 2,826 @ 2.91
@ The circumference of the circle. @ 452.16 @ 5,024
@ The area of the circle. @ 25.51 @ 5.65
5. Solve. @ 188.4 @ 0.87
@ Jack's cow is tied to a beanstalk with a piece @ 2,516 @ 25,120
of ropethat is 15 ft long. What is the area of the
circle in which the cow can graze?
a A round game table has a diameter of 1 m. How much plastic
laminate is needed to cover the top of this table?
@) The diameter of the earth at the equator is about 8,000 mi.
Based on this figure, how far is it around the earth?
@ Radio station KROQ broadcasts in all directions to a distance
of 40 mi. How many square miles are in the station's broadcast area?
@ WORLD RECORD: The world's largest Ferris Wheel was built in
London in 1897. The wheel had a radius of 150 ft. How far would
you travel in one turn of this wheel?

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fi How Do You Get a One-Armed Monkey
Down From a Coconut Tree?
Solve each problem. Use 3.1 4 for x. Find your answer and
cross out the letter next to it. When you finish, the answer
to the title question will remain.
1. Find the diameter of a circle if the circumference is 8 cm. Round to

the nearest tenth.
2, Find the diameter of a circle if the circumference is 24.5 m. Round to
the nearest tenth.
3 The largest living thing on earth is a California sequoia tree named
the "General Sherman." The circumference of its trunk is about 82 ft.
Find the diameter of the trunk to the nearest whole number.
4, A revolving water sprinkler sprays water in all directions to a distance
of-25 ft. What area does it cover? Round to the nearest 10 ft2.
5, Pizza Mind Pizza sells a large pizza with a diameter of 14 in. and a
medium pizza with a diameter of 11 in. Find the following to the
nearest whole number:
A. The area of the large pizza.
B. The area of the medium pizza.
C. How much larger is the large pizza?
6, Nick Claus plans to have a model train running in a circle around his
holiday tree. How many feet of track will he need if the diameter of the
circle is 9.5 ft? Round to the nearest whole number.
7, A record has a radius of 15 cm. The label
has a radius of 6 cm. Find the following
to the nearest tenth:
A. The area of the record
(including the label).
6. The area of the label.
C. The area of the record that is
not covered by the label.
8 The diameter of a basketball hoop is 18 in. The circumference of a

basketball is 30 in.
A. Find the diameter of the basketball.
Round to the nearest tenth.
B. How much less is the diameter of the basketball than the
diameter of the hoop?
9 A circle is cut out of a piece of

plywood that is 10 in. square.
The scraps are thrown away. 10 in.
A. Find the area of the circle.
6. How many square inches of
plywood are thrown away?

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When I s a Chair Like the Fabric Used to Make It?
Write the correct formula to use in solving each
problem. Find your answer in the Code Key and notice
the letter next to it. Write this letter in the box containing I
the number of the problem.
1 A botanical garden 7 How many tiles are needed to cover a Code Key
was designed in the square patio measuring 18 ft on a side if I
shape of a pentagon. each tile covers 1 sq ft? Perimeter1
How many meters of Circumference
fencing are needed to 8 The orbit of the earth around the sun is
go around the garden? approximately a circle with a radius of @ P=sumofthe
93,000,000 mi. How far do we travel in one lengths of
~h
2 How many square feet of wallpaper are orbit around the sun? the sides.
needed to cover a wall 8 ft high by 15 ft
wide? 9 How much felt is @ ~ = 2 e 2~
+
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needed to make
3 The diameter of a circular running track is this banner? cu Pi High @ P=4s
140 yd. How far would you run in one lap?
4 How much weather stripping is needed to go

50 cm a C=xdor
C = 2xr
around a square window measuring 42 in. 10 If each bag of fertilizer covers 2,000 sq ft,
on a side? how many bags are needed to fertilize a Area
rectangular lawn measuring 100 ft by 160 ft?
5 A dangerous criminal has escaped from @ A=Lw
prison. The police believe he could not have 11 A lighthouse beacon can be seen 24 mi in
traveled more than 10 mi in any direction all directions. What is the area over which @ A=s2
from the prison. How many square miles the beacon can be seen?
must be searched? @) A=?-bh
1
12 Popeye put colorful plastic tape around the

6 How much lace edging is needed to go edge of a triangular sail. The sail had sides @ A = xr2
around a rectangular tablecloth measuring of 10 ft, 15 ft, and 18 ft. How many feet of
52 in. by 70 in.? tape did he use?
What Happened to Zelda After She Swallowed
Two Nickels, Three Dimes, and a Quarter?
Give the SURFACE AREA of each prism. Find your answer in the answer columns
and notice the two letters next to it. Write these letters in the spaces over the exercise
number at the bottom of the page.
@ A rectangular storage box is 12 in. @ A teacher made a pair of foam dice

wide, 15 in. long, and 9 in. high. How to use in math games. Each cube
many square inches of colored paper measured 10 in. on a side. How
are needed to cover the surface of many square inches of fabric were
the box? needed to cover the two cubes?
@ 73 rn2 Answers @ 8,560 in.2

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What Is Cold And Comes In Cans?
Find the surface area of each figure. Cross out the box containing each correct
answer. When you finish, write the letters from the remaining boxes in the
spaces at the bottom of the page.
1 in.
7 in.
4 in. ,
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340 m2 224 in.2 3,120 mm2 148 cm2 80 in.2 3,300 mm* 118 in.2
IB AR CL EA CA NS KE
81.5 cm2 22.6 m2 60.45 cm2 312 m2 145.92 cm2 25.8 m2 406 in.2

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Why Did Humpty Dumpty Have a Great Fall? -
Do each exercise and find your answer in the answer column. Write the letter of the
answer in each box containing the number of the exercise. Use 3.14 for K.
Find the lateral area and the total surface area of each cylinder.
'5 crn 412.18 ft2
12 cm 803.84 in?
792.1 6 m*
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251.2 ft2
@ lateral area: @ lateral area: 904.32 ft2

86l.6 cm*
@ total area: @ total area:
367.38 m2
376.8 cm*
244.92 cm2
815.1 8 ft2
@ lateral area: a lateral area: 11,304 cm*

942 cm2
@ total area: @ total area:
351.68 f t 2
II. Find the total surface area of each cylinder. 775.14 in.2
@ r = 8 in. 533.8 cm2

h = 10cm h = 8 in. 271.296 m2
III. Solve.
@ A can of tomato juice is a cylinder with a radius of
7.5 cm and a height of 20 cm. What is the area of
the label around the can?
@ A steel oil tank is a cylinder with a diameter of 12 ft
and a height of 18 ft. How many square feet of steel
were needed to make the tank?

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Mystery: What happened when a 6-year old, a 5-year old,
a 4-year old, a 3-year old, and a 2-year old joined to form a basketball team?
r
Find the volume of each prism in cubic units. Write the letter of the exercise in the
box containing the answer.

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What Movie Is about a Kid Who Ran
Away from Home with His Bicycle?
Find each answer in the answer columns and notice the two letters next to it. Write
I. Find the volume of each rectangular prism.
@ A classroom.is 26 ft wide, 32 ft long, @ A swimming pool is 20.6 rn long, 8.5 m

and 9 ft high. What is the volume of the wide, and has an average water depth
room in cubic feet? of 1.7 m. Find the volume of water
needed to fill the pool.
If all the gold that has been produced in
the last 500 years could be melted to @ A refrigerator is 3 ft wide, 2.5 ft deep,
form a single cube, each side would and 6 ft high. The walls and other parts
meas-ureabout 16 m. How many cubic of the refrigerator take up 20 ft3. How
meters of gold is this? many cubic feet are left for food?
@ Krispy Kritters Cereal used to come in a @ An aquarium weighs 22.5 lb when
box with a volume of 2,850 cm3. empty. The aquarium is 30 in. long,
However, The Krispy Kritters Co. 14 in. wide, and is filled with water to
designed a new larger box 22.5 cm a depth of 18 in. Water weighs 0.036
wide, 6.2 cm deep, and 30 cm high. pound per cubic inch. How much
How many more cubic centimeters will does the aquarium weigh when it is
the new box hold than the old box? full of water?

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What Is Big, Gray, and Lives
in California?
I Find the volume of each prism. Write the letter of the exercise in the box above the
answer at the bottom of the page.
25 in.
' 6 = 52 m2 ' 6 = 19.7 cm2 6 in.

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+ TRIVIA TEST *
1. What Is the Best Way
to Paint a Rabbit?
2. What Candy Do Kids Eat
on the Playground?
Do each exercise and find your answer in the answer column. Answers
Write the letter of the answer above the exercise number @ 814.13 cm3
each time it appears in the code. Use 3.14 for n.
@ 565.2 m3
I. Find the volume of each cylinder.
@ 381.36 mL
@ 141.3 cm3
@ 14.8 m3
a 602.88 in.3
@ 675 cm3
@ 7,490 rn3
@ 1,177.5 mm3
(('r I
6 in. @ 452.16 mL
@ 2,260.8 in.3
@ 382.8 cm3
20 in.
a 15.4 m3
@ 846.23 cm3
@ 717.8 in.3
crn @ 376.8 cm3
@ 1,224.5 mm3
@ 7,850 m3
@ r = 8 in.
@ 614.2 m3
h = 3 in.
II. Solve.
@ Shawn is making a candle using a @ A mug in the shape of a cylinder has a
cylindrical mold with a radius of 2 cm base with a radius of 4 cm. How many
and a height of 30 cm. How many milliliters of liquid does it hold if filled to
cubic centimeters of wax are needed a height of 9 cm?
for the candle? (Hint: 1 cm3 holds 1 mL.)
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W h y Did the Elephant Paint
His Toenails Red,Green, *
Yellow, Blue, and Purple?

Find each answer in the appropriate set of boxes at the bottom of the page.
Write the letter of the exercise in the box containing the answer.
I. Find the length of one side (s) of each square.
S=
Area
25 m2
m
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Why Did the Teacher Assign
Extra Homework When She
Taught Adolescents?
a
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Find which two consecutivewhole numbers the square root is between. writethe
1 letter of the exercise on the number line between these two numbers.
Use the top number line for the first set of exercises, and the bottom number line
for the rest. .

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Why Do Adults Complain So Much? - - - -
Find the length of the hypotenuse of each right triangle below.

Find your answer in the answer column. Write the letter of the
answer in the box containing the number of the exercise.
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How Would You Describe a Dead Skunk?
Round each answer to the nearest tenth (if necessary). Find each answer at the
bottom of the page and cross out the letter above it. When you finish, the answer to
the title question will remain.
@ Find the length of the hypotenuse of each right triangle.

12 in.
12 in.
@ A rectangle is 6 m @ Kristin and her family lefttheir campsite

wide and 11 m long. for a hike. They hiked 5 mi west andthen
How long is the 6m 2 mi north. How far were they from the
diagonal of the campsite?
rectangle? I1 m
@ The window of a
@ A television screen may be described burning building is 40
in terms of the diagonal measure of feet above the ground.
its screen. If a TV screen is 20 in. wide The base of a ladder is
and 15 in. high, what is the length of placed 9 feet from the
its diagonal? building. How long
must the ladder be to
@ A quarterback at reach the window? 4 gl
point A throws B
the football to @ The bases on a baseball diamond are 90
a receiver who feet apart. How far is it from home plate
catches it at
point B. How
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A/ r
25 yd to second base?
long was the pass? 14yd - @ The lawn in front of Pythagoras Jr. High
is in the shape of a rectangle 24 m long
@ A rope is stretched from the top of a and 10 m wide. How many meters
7-foot tent pole to a point on the ground shorter is your walk if you walk
1 2 ft from the base of the pole. How long diagonally across the lawn rather than
is the rope? along two sides of it?
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Cryptic Quiz
1. What is the opposite of a professional eater?
2. How would you describe a job in the Acme Mitten Co. shipping department?
3. What can be right but never wrong?
For each exercise, find the missing length. (Refer to the

diagram at the right.) Round your answer to the nearest tenth
(if necessary) and find it in the code. Each time the answer
appears, write the letter of the exercise above it. Ab a
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O Creative Publications D-75 Finding the Length of a Side of a Right Triangle
What Relation Is a Doorstep to a Doormat?
Round each answer to the nearest tenth (if necessary). Cross out the box containing
8 each answer. When you finish, write the letters from the remaining boxes in the -
f spaces at the bottom of the page. F 5
a For each right triangle, find the length of the side that is not given.
@ Yuki just bought a big- @ The mast of a sailing ship is 20 ft tall. A

screen TV set. The rope is stretched 26 ft from the top of the
screen has a diagonal mast to a cleat on the deck of the ship.
measure of 40 in. If the How far is the cleat from the base of -the
screen is 32 in. wide, mast?
A
how high is it? 32" @ Each side of an
@ A 25-foot ladder is leaned against a wall. If equilateral triangle
the base of the ladder is 7 ft from the wall, measures 12 cm.
how high up the wall will the ladder reach? Find the height, h,
of the triangle. 6 6
@ across
As Greganswam
80-meter @ Two jets left an airport at the same time.
river, the current One traveled east at 300 miles per hour.
carried him 30 m 30 m The other traveled south at 400 miles per
downstream. How far hour. How far apart were the jets at the
did he swim? end of an hour?
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Finding the Lengtli of a Side of a Right Triangle D-76 O Creative Publications
What Does a BONE SPECIALIST
Need to Get His Practice Started?
Evaluate each formula below for the given values of the variables.
Find each answer at the left and cross out the letter next to it.
where d is the distance traveled by an object moving

at speed r in time t. Find d if
r = 32 mlsec, t = 8 sec. m
where E is the voltage in an electric circuit with current
Iand resistance R. Find E if
1= 2.5 amperes, R = 60 ohms. v
@ v = 9.8 t where v is the speed in meters per second of a free-

falling object after t seconds. Find v if
t = 5 sec. mlsec
@ S = (n - 2)180 where S is the sum of the measures of the angles of a

polygon with n sides. Find S if
where A is the surface area of a cube with edge e.

Find A if
e = 12 cm. cm2
where V is the volume of a prism with a square base

of side w and with height h. Find V if
where L is the approximate length of a skid in feet for

a car traveling at s miles per hour. Find L if
@ F= 1.8C+ 32 where F is the Fahrenheit temperature equivalent to

Celsius temperature C. Find F if
@ = 4(220 - yl where B is the recommended maximum heart rate

5 during exercise for a person y years old. Find 8 if

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+ + + Test of Genius +++
@ Identical cubes are stacked in the @ Steven has 9 gold coins that are
corner of a room as shown. How many identical in appearance. However, one
cubes are there altogether? coin is counterfeit and weighs slightly
less than the others. Using a balance
scale, how can he find the counterfeit
coin in just two weighings?
@ Make this equation correct by changing @ In the following addition problem, the
letters A, B, and C stand for three
the position of only one digit.
different digits. What digit should
replace each letter?
ABC
@ Ms. Smucker went to a store, spent half + ACB
of her money and then $10 more. She
went to a second store, spent half of CBA
her remaining money and then $10
more. But she then had no money left. @ The teacher noticed there were fewer
How much money did she have to than I00 students on the playground.
begin with? When she counted them by 2s, there
was 1 student left over. In fact, when
@ If 8 widgets equal 4 curlicues and 2 she counted them by 3s, 4s, 5s, or 6s,
curlicues equal 3 goofups, then 16 there was always 1 student left over.
widgets equal how many goofups? How many students were on the
playground?
@ Draw the figure below without lifting
your pencil from the page or tracing @ In the Hope family there are seven
over a line previously drawn. sisters, .and each sister has one
brother. Including Mr. and Mrs. Hope,
how many are in the family?

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How Can You Find a Double-Decker Bus?
For each exercise, circle the letter of the more reasonable measure. Write this letter
in the box containing the number of the exercise.
The chart gives an approximate size for each of the most
commonly used metric units of length.
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G 24cm @ 24 km @3cm S3Ocm
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Why Are Scales Like Roadmaps?

Do each exercise and find your answer in the set of answers to the right, Write the letter of the
answer in the box containing the number of the exercise. If the answer has a
box instead of writing a letter in it.
e,
shade in the
Answers 1 - 3:
@ How many cm are in 1 m? 100
@ How many m are in 1 km? 1.000
II. Complete+ach statement. You are changing eadrmeasure to a smaller unit
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27.5 km = 27,500 m
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What Did the Finger Say to the Thumb? What Do Salmon and Cod Use When They Go to War?
Choose the correct answer for each exercise. Write the letter of the answer in the box Choose the correct answer for each exercise. Find the letter of the answer in the
containing the number of the exercise. The table below may help you. string of letters near the bottom of the page and CROSS IT OUT each time il
appears. When you finish, write the remaining letters in the rectangle at the bottom of
the page. The table below may help you.
I. Choose the more reasonable estimate of capacity.

1 a pot for cooking I. Choose the more reasonable estimate of weight.
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Answers 7 14:
@ 0.4L = YO0 mL U 1.750 W 40.000 @ 0.eg = 600 mg 0490 00.133
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15 Ms Sparkle bought 12 cans of diet soda. Each can O doesabagof8orangesweigh? 2. 16 01.96 a 8 0 0
O contained350 mL. How many liters of soda did she buy? 4'2 4.2
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C and 250 mg of B Complex vitamins. How many
16 Chef Pierre made 6.4 L of creamed carrot soup. If it is
O served in 200-mL cups. how many cups can be filled? 32
L 32 N 5.4 800 @ 920 @ 2.16
milligrams of other ingredients are in the tablet?
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segments ~ i *RUM
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the Title?
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Do each exercise below. Find your
answer in the code and write the letter
of the exercise above it. (Each answer
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II. Complete each statement. Ill. Complete each statement.

You are changing each measure You are changingeach measure
t4 G to a smaller unit. to a larger'unit.
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@ 5ft=&in. @19in.= ft 7 in.
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t.( @ 8A4in.=Ein. 02 4 t t = X y d
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K @ 20yd 1 ft=&ff @l80in.=Lyd
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NOTE: Students are to estimate, not measure, these angles. You may want
to provide 4S0, 90°, and 135' angles for them to use as models.
Why Did the Brontosaurus Need Band-Aids?

Books Never Written
For each exercise, circle the letter of the best estimate. Write this letter in the box
Beginning Your ExerciseProgramby 6 E bf SouEA
57' 99' 119' 137' 173' 85' 99' 33'
containing the number of the exercise.
Checking Your Homeworkby R 1 t(
33' 76' 156" 33' 47' 125' 28' 14'
How to Leadthe Bandby M A R S A L 0 G

38" 62" 33' 90' 28' 62' 41' 173' 119' 125'
ABOVE ARE THE TITLES OF THREE "BOOKS NEVER WRITTEN." TO DECODE
THE NAMES OF THEIR AUTHORS:
@ m~Pisabout @ mLX is abo t Measure each angle below and find your answer in the code. Each time the answer
835' @70° 65' &O0 appears in the code, write the vertex letter of that angle above it.
@ mLGis about is about

L 55' a 5 0 O F30°
P 15' 173'
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U 65" 0 9 0 " V 40' a 5 0 L 25'
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G 100' @30° 7 5 G40°
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D-27 TOPIC 3.c: Esltmal~ngAngle Measurer
W h y I s a Party Like
Pouring Oil Into a Car?-
! Do each exercise and find your answer at the bottom of the page. Write the letter !
i of the exercise in the box above or below the answer.
:
I. Find the measure of the angle that is complementary to the angle having
the measure given.
@ 20' 7 0 ° @ 67' 23. @ 14' 76O @ 81' @45035~

II. Find the measure of the angle that is supplementary to the angle having
the measure given.
@ 1200 60° @ 560124'029' 151'@ 162' la0 @ 8 3 0 9 7 ~

Ill. Find the angle measure that is not given.
151' 76' 64' 56' 62-5' 124' 145" 17' 70' 133' 9
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1I (~151I~HICREII T I H I E J FJUNIFIEIL ISE~
43" 125' 97' 60' 36" 23' 37' 18' 30' 108* 113'
D-29 TOPIC 3-e: DrawingAngles With a Protractor TOPIC 3.1 Compiemsntary and SupplemenlawAngles Dm30

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Why Couldn't the Two Elephants Go Swimming Together?
Give the measure of each numbered angle. Find your answer in the Code Key and notice
the letter next to it. Write this letter in the box containingthe number of the angle.
(Assume that lines in each fgure that do not intersect are parallel.)
LEBC is a right angle.

LDCE is a right angle.
h Street is parallel to 6th Street.

LFCH is an acute angle.
h Street is petpendicuiarto Elm Avenue.
LECH is an obtuse angle.
m Avenue is parallel to Disk Drive.
LABE is an acute angle.
Perpendicularlines intersect to form right angles.
Parallel lines never intersect. Elm Avenue is perpendicular to Oak Avenue.
What Do You Get When You...
1. Cross two ducks with a match?
Answer: FLBL-G+L!=A..J$-G&+
37' 57' 99' 67" 104'76 59 113 42 53 67 99 18
2. Cross a stick of dynamite with a lemon pie?
~nswer: A-BQLLM-HEE~L~~EL
113°660 63' 34" 34' 54' 38' 54' 67' 99 57' 90' 36" 59" 67"
Find the angle measures indicated. Look for each answer in the code. Each time the
answer appears, write the letter of the exercise above it.
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@mLPOR=1(3° @ ) ~ L D A B = ~ O ~ @ ~ L x z Y = L ~ ~ ~
@mLPQT=67° @ ~ L D A c = ~ ~@ ~) m ~ Y = 5 9 0
@ mLM= 5 3 O @ mLE= 6 3 O @ mLBOC= 9 9 O

D-35 TOPIC 3-k. Revlew Related Angles TOPIC 3-k' Rev~ew.
Aelatsd Angles D-36
NOTE: Students are to assume that sides that appear parallel are parallel,
and sides that appear to be perpendicular are perpendicular. Encourage
students to write the name of each figure under it.
Why Was Cinderella Kicked Offthe Baseball Team?
Can a Polar Bear GO On a Safari? For each exercise, circle the letter of each figure that belongs in the category named.
name of the category.
(You may assume the following: sides that appear parallel are parallel: sides that
appear perpendicularare perpendicular;sides that appear congruent are congruent.)
@ rectangle 1 quadrilaterals: _S)-tE
@ trapezoid
@ square
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@
@ parallelogram
rectangle
@ trapezoid
nl y T
@ parallelogram
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@ rectangle @ rhombuses: F
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1 2 3 4 5 8 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
N O T S A F A R I S 1 % H O W
TOPIC 3.1 Quadrtlaterals D-38
D-37 TOPIC 3-1: Quadnlalerals

Why Didn't the Snobbish Potatoes Want Their Why Do Ants Visit the Zoo on Cold Days?
Daughter to Marry a News Broadcaster? Write the word missing from each statement in the boxes next to the statement.
Notice which letters are in numbered boxes. Write each of these letters in the
Under each figure, circle the number-lener combinationnext to each word that matchingnumbered box at the bonom of the page.
correctly names the figure. Write the letter in the matching numbered box at the
O
bottom of the page.
1 A triangle is a
with three sides
O and three angles. Po L Y ~ o &
5- parallelogram
13-1 rectangle
4-D rhombus
2 A polygon with four sides and
fourangeisa . IQ~U]AD~#I L & ~ E ~ A L
3 A polygon with five sides and
O five angles is a . P E N ~ A A O ~
@ A rgygon with six sides and six angles
A E % A ~ & ~ J
; ; : :@
; :A is a polygon with eight sides
@ A r!gon with ten sides and ten angles
@ In ;t~: set of figures above. Figure A

d!i E X A C O ~
@ Figure 0 is an .
~ c - f ~ a o ~
@ Figure C is a .
21 -E parallelogram
IPEN~AGON
@) Figure D is a .
D€CX,corJ
11 The point of intersectionof two sides of
O a polygon is called a .
aquadrilateral
12 A line segment (not a side) connecting two
O vertices of a polygon is called a
13 A polygon with all sides the same length
. ID I A & 0 fi A L
12-0 parallelogram
24-N trapezoid 3-8 square
O and all angles the same measure is
called a polygon.
R ~ C U L A &
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
GET NEAR THE ANT HEATE~z
D-39 TOPIC 3.1 Ouadr~laterals TOPIC 3-m: Pn~ygons 0-40
NOTE: Part II of this puzzle introduces students to the concept of NOTE: This puzzle deals only with the congruence of angles in similar
corresponding parts of congruent triangles. triangles. The proportionality of sides in similar figures is the topic of page E-12.
Why Couldn't Orgo Buy a Round Trip Ticket?

Follow the directions for each section. Each exercise will give you a number-lener
pair. Write the lener in the matching numberedbox at the bottom of the page.
I. Find each pair of congruent figures. Use the number from one figure and the letter from
the other. AABC - ADEF AJKL - ARST
II. Complete each statement, then find your answer in the answer column. Use the number of AXYZ - AHPV AOGW - ANMU
the exercise and the letter of the answer.
AABC s AEDF Answers 6 - 11:

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D-41 TOPIC 3.n. CongruentPolygons TOPIC 3.0 S~m~lar

Tr~englss D-42

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What Did the Waitress Mean V' What Did the Secretary Say 0
When She Yelled to the Cook: to Her Boy Friend? Q 'v*
"1 + I"? For each exercise, circle the letter of each figure that is divided by a line of symmetry.
A Arrange these letters to form a word. Then write this word on the line next to the
Fill in each blank with one of the answers at the bottom of the exercise number.
page. Then write the letter of the exercise above its correct
answer.
The figure at the right is a circle with center at 0.
@ The points on a circle are all the same distance from the m.
@ A line segment from the center to any point on the circle is a &
@ A line segment with both endpoints on the circle is a
a A chord that passes through the center of a circle is a d a f n ~ t ? ~
@ A diameter of the circle in the drawing above is the segment .
@ Which of the following is not a radius: m,m,or B m KC .
@ Which of the followingis not a chord: z,m,or TA .
I
@ Part of a circle, such as bedeen points 8 and C. is an A CC. . t
@ An angle whose vertex is at the center of a circle is a CPn+ra I angle
@ Which of the followingis not a central angle: LAOD. LCOD, or LBCA? UCA.
@ Points A, B, C, and Dare all the same-from point 0.
@ If the length of x i s 20 cm, then the length of =is .-
@ If the length of m i s 20 cm, then the length of m i s 7ncm .
@ If the length of m is 20 cm, then the length of is a em .
@ The length of a radius is ha lf the length of a diameter.
@ The set of points in a plane at a fixed distance from a given point is a m.
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NOTE: Encourage students to write the name of each figure under it. You
may. want to have students make a table giving the number of faces, vertices,
and edges of each polyhedron. Why Did the River Guide Carry a Rifle?
$ Find the PERIMETER of each figure. Cross out the box containing each correct
.:'.: answer. When you finish, write the letters from the remaining boxes in the
tn
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2.9 km 0.9 m
1.8 m
24 in. 24 in.
2.5 km.
40 cm
200 Ckr 3s ft
@ Find the perimeter of a sheet of 14 How many feet of border are needed
typing paper 8 3 in, wide and 11 in. O to go around a square bulletin board
that is 4.5 ft on each side?
long.
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TO snoot T n t RAPIDS
TOPC 4-a: Perimeter D-46
D-45 TOPIC 3-r. Spaca F~gurer

NOTE: You might want to have students draw and label a diagram for each
exercise.
Why Did the Piano Player Bang Her
What IS Head Against the Keyboard?
the Title? Find the circumference (C)of each circle, given the diameter (d)or radius (r).Use
3.14 for n. Draw a straight line connecting the square by the exercise to the square
by its answer. The line will cross a number and a letter. Write the letter in the
PICTURE:
Do each exercise below and find your
@ d=3cm C = 125.6 in.
answer in the code. Each time the @ d=8in. C-31.4cm
answer appears, write the letter of the
exercise above it. @ d=7cm C = 94.2 in.
@ d=4Oin. C = 9.42 cm
CODED TITLE:
@ d=9.2cm C = 72.22 in.
521 6.3
A 15.75
l 42L 16.6Q70 R E L . S H L ~ ~ -
215 15 15.75 21 16.5 15.75 96 65.6 19 @ d = 1.5in. C = 301.44 in.
@ d=600m C = 25.12 in.
I. Find the perimeter of each figure. @) d = 23 in. C = 15.7 in.
0 Triangle with sides of 8.2 cm. B Rectangle with sides of 22 in. @ d=lOcm C = 28.888 cm
O 3.9 cm. and 4.5 cm ik&m and 28 in. M i n .
@ r=lm C = 13.816cm
@ Square with sides of 16.4 m 6 5 L 6 m I Equilateral triangle with sides
E Parallelogram with sides of
O of 5.25, I53J51 @ r=6cm C = 15.7cm
40 cm and 75 cm m c m H Regular hexagon with sides @ r=l5in. C-21.98cm
@
htw
?i;$":;; sides
of 2.75 in. 16.5in.
@ r=2.2cm
...............................................................
km @ Rhombus with sides of 50 ft 200 ft
@ r = 48 ~ n .
C 5 6.28 in.
C=314m
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II. Solve.
L The width of a large American flag is 8 ft. N The width of a rectangular poster is 16 In. @ r=3.9cm C = 4.71 in.
Its h g t h is 5 it more than its width. Find
its perimeter. L)l ft
O Its length is Mice its width. Find its
perimeter. in. @ r=2.51n C = 37.68 cm
M The perimeter of a square window is F The perimeter of a triangle is 38 ft. One @ r=2.5cm C = 24.492 cm
O 360 cm. Find the length of one side.
cm
O s~deis 14 ft long Another side is 9 ft h g .
How long is the third side? fl @ r=50m C = 1.884m
R A pennant is shaped like an isosceles S The longest side of a triangular sail is 9 m
O triangk The short side is 14 in. long and
is half the length of each longer side. Find
O long. The second side is 1.5 m shorter
than the longest side. The third side is half 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
the perimeter of the pennant. the length of the longest side. What is the S H E W A S P L A Y r N G B E~ A R
a in. perimeter? -Urn SHE W A S ?LAVINE* 6 V @PILL
TOPIC 4.b C~rcvmlerence D-48
D-47 TOPIC 4-a Penmeter
What Does a Tuba Call Its Father?

Give the number of square units in each figure. Find your answer and cross out the
letters above it. When you finish, the answer to the title question will remain.
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NOTE: Students need metric rulers for this puzzle.
hat Did the Baseball Coach Look For in Space? Why Do Elephants Have Ivory Tusks?
Measure the length and width of each rectangle to the nearest cm. Do each exercise and find your answer in the answer columns. Write the letter of the
Then compute both the PERIMETER and AREA. Find both answers in answer in each box containing the number of the exercise.
V)
the rocket and cross out the letter next to each. (For answers that
'Q appear more than once in the rocket, it doesn't matter which one you I. Find the area of each figure.
‘P cross out.)
LT When you finish, the answer to the title question will remain.
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20 em
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2 5 ~ 22 e ~m
28 cmf.
~
8 in.
II. Find the area of the shaded region in each figure.
16 cm
\
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Q
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x
b
V)
Ill. Solve.
10 A bedroom is 15 R long and 12 Rwide. 11 A rose garden in the city park is
-I
O HOW much will it cost to carpet the room
if carpeting costs $22 per square yard?
O rectangular and is 9 m wide. If the area
of the rectangle is 144 mz, what is the
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length of the garden?
16 m
@ 219 ft2 @ 68 in.2 @ 251 ft2 @ 124 cm2 @ 21 m2 @ $440
4
@ 20 m2 @ $520 @ 108 in.2 @ 24 m2 @ 88 112 @ 19 m
'r
m 30 cm2 a 135cm2 @ 171 ft2 @ 1 6 m @ 165112 @ 119in.2 @ 1 8 m 2
a
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D-51 TOPIC 4.c: Area ol Rectangles

TOPIC 4.c Area at Renangles D-52
How Was the Wooden Marionette What Happened to Mr. Meter When Mrs.
Related to the Wooden Diving Board? Meter's Mother Flew in for a Visit?
Use a calculator to solve each problem (rounddecimal answers to the nearest tenth). Cross out the box containing each correct answer. When you finish, write
Find your answer in the answer column and notice the two letters next to it. Write the letters from the remainingboxes in the spaces at the bottom of the page.
I. Find the PERIMETER and the AREA of each parallelogram.
WORLD RECORD: The largest jigsaw puzzle ever made was 85 by
55 Rand had 15,520 pieces. It was constructedby the United Way in
Answers
Keene. New Hampshire. @ 1.7
1 What was the area of the puzzle in *?
4:
67s R2 @ gg7,228.6
2. What was the area of the puzzle in in.?? 673; 200 in.2
3. What was the averagesize of each piece? 4304 in.2 @ 465
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- @ 7.130 12 rn
WORLD RECORD: The world's largest quilt, designed by A. Platteau.
measures 69.6 by 99.5 R. It was made from 16.140 equal-sized @ 673.200
squares sewn together. @ 15.344
4. What is the area of the quilt in R2? 6,925.2- ~2
5. what is aarea of the quilt in i n n 99T42 2 8 q 8 i n . 2 @ 27'099'4
6. What is the area of each square? 6 J ,8 in,2 @ 2.1
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- @ 4.675
I
WORLD RECORD: The world's longest buffet.taMewas 3.304.8 ft long

and 8.2 Rwide. On June 19, 1.982, approximatery 4.000 people, @ 86.310 0.7 m
II. Solve.
including HM The King of Sweden, were seated at the table. @ 917.106.6
7. What was the area of the table?
8. What was the perimeter of the table?
':*:
@'
I
6,925.2 O7 The base of a parallelogramis 10 in.
The height is 2 in. more than half the
base. Find the area. 7 0 ;0 .a
8 The height of a parallelogramis 4.5 cm.
O The base is twice the height. What is
the area? yo.S e m a
9. If 4,000 people were equally spaced
@ 6,626
9 The area of a parallelogram is 60 sq R. 10 The area of a parallelogramis 375 cm2.
around the perimeter of the table,
how far apan were they sitting? 1.7 n
@ 14.904 O The height is 5 R. How long is the
12#+
O The base is 25 cm. Find the height.
I S C ~
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ 61.8 base?
WORLD RECORD: The largest American flag ever made was first @ 4.835
displayed on March 22, 1960, and measures 411 by 210 R.
10. What is the area of the flag in R2? $ 6 , 31 0 n2 @ 9.590
11. What is the area of the flag in yd2? q,Sqo yd2 @ 43.4
12. The fabric used for the flag weighs
about 1.6 Ib per ydz. About how much
(@ 83.820
does the flag weigh? 153't3 lb 028,186.4
T I*IEI~ IHIAIO ITH (€IS 14 IMIEIF AIMI I I L Y ~ IUEIE

3 1 7 1 9 1 1 5 1 1 0 1 4 1 8 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 6
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D-53 TOPIC 4.6. usmg a Calculator Pertmeter and Area TOPIC 4-w Area o( Parallelograms D-54

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What Happens When the Smog

Lifts in Los Angeles, California?
E d
Find the AREA and the PERIMETER of each triangle below. Look for both
@A
answers in the rectangle. Shade in each area containing a correct answer.
28 -0c m
2 m
wrna8 7m 30 cm 8.2 cm
6mi 25 cm
I7cm
p 10 m
j 22 cm
12.4 cm
14mI
15 m
,, -13 so n
a ;to,Bcm 17cnt @ b.6m r.35ma@
1 4 cm I 1.5 m
3m
D-55 3 TOPIC 4.1 Area 01 Tr~angles

TOPIC 4.1 Area01 Trlangles D56
NOTE: Units of measurement were omitted in the answer columns. Students

are asked to fill in the correct unit for each answer chosen. In this way, they
should become more aware of the units involved.
What G a m e Did Tarzan Like to Play?
Do each exercise below. F~ndyour answer in the answer columns and notice
the letter next to it. Look for this lener in the string of letters near the bottom
of the page and CROSS IT OUT each time it appears. When you finish,
o write the remaining letters in the rectangle at the bonom of the page.
I. Find the area of each trapezoid. I,*- ma 20 m
140 m
6 in.
10 cm 16 in.
l.5m
3.2 cm 7 It 2.8 m
@ 2:::::
h = 5.0 m
09 b, = 70 cm
,=3,cm
h =25cm
I , 2 50cm a
II. An artist designed a base for one of his sculptures with the dimensions shown.
The top and bottom are rectangles. The sides are isoscele~.trapezoids.
@ Find the area of the front face
@ Find the area of the side lace (12 cm base).
@Findtheareaoftheto bOems :6 cm
r %oc& 20 cm
@ 1.400 m2 @ 95 cm2 @ 77 ft2 @) 1,250 cm2 @ 4.5 m2

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TOPIC 4.h Area 01 Tfapez~lds D-58

TOPlC 4.9 Renew Penmeter and Area ol
D-57 Rectangles Parallelograms and Trnangles

ula c.5 000 0063 "i
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TOPIC 4.1 Rev~ew.
D-59 TOPIC 4.1 Area of C~rcles Cucumterenceam Area 01 C~rdes D-60
NOTE: Units of measurement were omitted in the answer columns. Students

are asked to fill in the correct unit for each answer chosen. In this way, they
should become more aware of the units involved. How D o You G e t a One-Armed Monkey
Down From a Coconut Tree?
Why 1s a ~ a t h e r n a t k i a nLike an Airline?
Solve each problem. Use 3.14 for n. Find your answer and
Round each answer to the nearest hundredth (if necessary) and find it in the cross out the letter next to it. When you finish, the answer
appropriate answer column. Use 3.14 for n. Fill in the correct unit of measure for to the title question will remain.
each answer you choose. Write the letter of the exercise in the box containing
the number of the answer. I . Find the diameter of a circle if the circumference is 8 cm. Round to
the nearest tenth. 2, 5 q m
1. A circle has a radius of 12 in. Find:
@ The diameter of the circle. 24 in . Answers 1 3: - Answers 4 - 5: 2 Find the diameter of a circle if the circumferenceis 24.5 m. Round to
the nearest tenth. 7 0
@The circumferenceof the circle 7 5 - 3 6in, @27,63co @ 3. The largest living thing on earth is a California sequoia tree named
aThe area of the circle. l+52. )6 in. t @ 61.43 @) 706.5-h'
the "General Sherman." The circumference of its trunk is about 82 it.
Find the diameter of the trunk to the nearest whole number. uft-
2. A circle has a radius of 4.4 cm. Find @ 3 0 m 05,174 4. A revolving water sprtnkler sprays water in all directions to a distance
@) The diameter of the circle. 8.8 @ 75.36 ;tl. @ 24.930 of 25 it. What area does it cover? Round to the nearest 10 it2. 1,960 $ti
@ The circumferenceof the circle. 27. 6 3 ~ ~ 5. Pizza Mind Pizza sells a large pizza with a diameter of 14 in. and a
@ The area of the circle.
@ 461.36 @ 2.54 km medium pizza with a diameter of 11 in. Find the following to the
7 q -2. @8.8~m @ 0.79 ma nearest whole number:
3. A circle has a diameter of 60 m. Flnd: A. The area of the large pizza. IS+ in .*
(ijThe radius of the circle 30rn @ 172.4 @ 0.9 km B. The area of the medium pizza. q J i
C. How much larger is the large pizza?
@ The circumferenceof the circle. I 88. Gm @ 24 in. @ g42ft
59 in.2
6. Nlck Claus plans to have a model train running in a circle around his
@ The area of the c~rcle.2 ,026mL @ 60.79""" @ 690.5 holiday tree. How many feet of track will he need if the diameter of We'
4. A circle has a diameter of 1 8 km. Find. clrcle IS 9.5 it? Round to the nearest whole number. 30 +t
@ The radius of the circle.0.q km
@ 2.826 ma @ 2.91
7. A record has a radius of 15 cm. The label
@ he circumferenceof me circle. 5.65 @4521 @5.024*i has a radius of 6 cm. Find the following
to the nearest tenth:
@ The area of the ctrcle. 2 Sq hm @ 25.51 @ 5.65 km A. The area of the record 706.5 c m
(including the label).
5. Solve. @ 188.4 1*1 @ 0.87 B. The area of the label. 1 13.0 ma
OB Jack's COW is tled to a beanstalk with a piece

of rope that IS 15 lt long. What is the area of the
@ 2'516 @ C. The area of the record that is
not covered by the label. Sq 3.
circle in which the cow can graze? 7 06.S e a 8. The diameter of a basketballhoop is 18 in. The circumference of a
T A round game table has a diameter of 1 m. How much plastic basketball is 30 in.
O kmtnate is needed to cover the top of this fable? 0.79ma A. Find the diameter of the basketball. 9 . 6 in
[]
S The diameter of the earth at the equator is about 8.000 mi Round to the nearest tenth.
O Based on this figure, how far is it around the earth?35, i B. How much less is the diameter of the basketball than the
diameter of We hoop? 8 , 4in,
@ Radio station KROQ broadcasts in all directions lo a distance
of 40 mi. How many square mfles are In the statio 9. A circle is cut out of a p~eceof (6.
plywood that is 10 in. square.
L WORLD RECORD: The world's largest Ferris Wh
O London in 1897 The wheel had a radius of I50 i t
you travel in one tum of th~swheel? q 42 ft
The scraps are thrown a w a y . 7 $ , ~
A. Find the area of the circle.
10 in.
8. How many square inches of i n- y,'' '.. .i.
plywood are thrown away?
21.5 insa
TOPIC 4-k. ProblemSolang: Mu& Appllcsnons 0-62
Dm61 TOPlC 4.1 Rev~ewC!rcumterenceand Area ol Chrcles

What Happened to Zelda After She Swallowed
Two Nickels,Three Dimes, and a Quarter?
Give the SURFACE AREA of each prism. Find your answer in the answer columns
and notice the two letters next to it. Write these letters in the spaces over the exercise
number at the bottom of the page.
@qSrm= @ 104-m a @ q , 6 M , in.%
b OD m = $
3
2.2 m
5.6 m
3.1 m @@
2 5 e 92 e n ?
1.8cm lJcm
2.7 cm : @@
9.4 m
O 7 A rectangular storage box is 12 in.

wide. 15 in. iong. and 9 i n high. How
many square inches of colored paper
are needed to cover the surface of
* 8 A teacher made a pair of foam dice
to use in math games. Each cube
measured 10 in. on a side. How
many square inches of fabric were
the bow? G L ) in
~ 2 needed to cover the two cubes?
1,200 in.%
@ 73 m2 Answers I @8.560 in..
@23.12cm2 @94cm2 @ 318.26 m2 @ 25.92 cm2

(@846 in.2 a 86 m2 @) 9,600 in.? @ 1,050 im2
@ 104 m2 @1,200 in.2 @ 300.56 m2 @ 85 cm2
T I ~ - ~ E I R E I W A I SN ~ O
4 2 7 1
CIH AIN
3
GIE
6
ID 5 8
TnEPf WAS N O CHANGE
D-63 TOPIC 4-1:-ern Solving: Chwrinp a Fwnula TOPIC 5-a. Surta~4ren
of Rectangular Prisms D-64
What IS Cold And Comes In Cans? Why Did Humpty Dumpty Have a Great Fall?
Do each exercise and find your answer in the answer column. Write the letter of the
Find the surface area of each figure. Cmss out the box containing each coned
answer. Wben you finish, wrlte the letters from the remainingboxes in the answer in each box containingthe number of the exercise. Use 3.14 for r.
I. Find the lateral area and the total surface area of each cylinder.
22.6 ma
@ 146 ema
2.0 m 12 cm
5 cm
c----
10 ft
4 cm
6 cm
70 cm
4.3 cm II. Find the total surface area of each cylinder.

10 m @ r=3cm @ r=8in.
h = 8 in.
@ d=10.8m
-
h 2.6 m
12 A can of tomato juice is a cylinder with a radius of

O 7.5 cm and a height of 20 cm. What is the area of
the label around the can? 9 42em 'L
13 A steel oil tank is a cylinder with a diameter of 12 ft
O and a height of 18 ft. How many square feet of steel
were needed to make the tank? qo4.92 &a
3 8 1311 6 4 2 9 5 8 10 11 1 2 1 1 1 7 2 1313 4 10
T o M A L E u P F o R A B A D ~ u M M E R
C H 4 ~ 1BEANS y o M AUE U P POCL A B A D SuHMiiO
D-65 TOPIC 5-b: Surlaw Arsa ol Pnmsand Pyramids TOPIC sc:Surtaca AM of Cylindem D-66

Mystery: What happened when a 6-year old. a 5-year old, What Movie Is about a Kid Who Ran
a Cyear old, a 3-year old, and a 2-year old joined to form a basketball team?
Away from H o m e with His Bicycle?
Find the volume of each prism in cubic units. Write the letter of the exercise in the
box containing the answer. Find each answer in the answer columns and notice the two letters next to it. Write
I. Tind the volume of each rectangular prism.
2.7 cm
5.2 cm
3.8 cm
11. Solve.
@ A classroom is 26 ft wide, 32 ft long. 5 A swimming pool is 20.6 m long, 8.5 m
and 9 ft high. What is the volume of the
room in cubic feet? 7, r)80 f+ 3
O wide. and has an average water depth
6 all the gold that has been producedin

If
needed 'I' lhe *".
of 1.7 m. Find the volume of water
*
O the last years could be melted to
500
form a single cube. each side would
A refrigerator is ft wide
O ofand 7 ft deep
ft high. he walls 14other
6
3 25
measure about m. How many cubic

16 the refrigerator take up ft3 H 20 OW
meters of gold is this? 3, OQ6 m 3 many cubic feet are left for foodi 25 $+3
8 Krispy Kritters Cereal used to come in a 9 An aquarium weighs 22.5 lb when
O box with a volume of 2,850 cm3.
However. The Krispy Kritters Co.
O empty. The aquarium is 30 in. long.
14 in. wide. and is filled with water to
designed a new larger box 22.5 cm a depth of 18 in. Water weighs 0.036
wide. 6.2 cm deep, and 30 cm high. pound per cubic inch. How much
How many more cubic centimeters will does the aquarium weigh when it is
the new box hold than the old box?
\, 335 em3
.
full of water? =q r) 66 \b
.....................................................ANSWERS -...-........-. -.............................

@ 985 cm3 @ 6.118 ft3 @ 4.096 m3 @ 314.56 Ib @ 864 in.3
@ 297.67 m3 @ 53.352 cm3 @ 23.5 ft3 @ 1.335 cm3 (@ 311.27 ma
@ t - 3 ~ 7 ; h - 2 @ I-;;3;h=6 @ t=;y5;h=3 @ 294.66 1b @ 25 ft3 @ 9.8 m3 @ 3.986 m3 @ 7.488 ft3
40 24 36 16 32 72 64 12 48 80 45 28 75 42 30 60 18 G~O~NIE W I TIH ~ l t €18
t CIH w1.1 N ~ N
T H E Y W E R E O d E L E S S 8 ! 2 6 1 4 7 3 9 5
wbTY T W E SCHWI N
6 0 ~ E N
D-67 TOPIC 5-d: Volume of Racmngular prisms TOPIC 5-e. Problem ~oivanp Appl~caaons D-68
NOTE: You might want to compare the first 2 figures on the second line. The
triangular prism is half the rectangular prism.
4 TRIVIA TEST 4
What Is Big, Gray, and Lives 1. What Is the Best Way
in California? to Paint a Rabbit? zI1a'-!!& Pc-2!??%A
Y-
4 7 2 8 8 3 1 1 5 1 0 1 f l 3 6
Find the volume of each prism. Write the letter of the exercise in the box above the
' 2. What Candy Do Kids Eat
answer at the bottom of the page. on the Playground? ------------
RECess0plEcES
11 5 9 5 1 0 1 0 1 7 5 9 5 1 0
1
Do each exercise and find your answer in the answer column. Answers
Write the letter of the answer above the exercisenumber @ 814.13cm3
each time it appears in the code. Use 3.14 for K.
@ 565.2 m3
5.8 cm 8 rn
6.4 cm IS. 4-rn3
346 -3
I
1 7.5 m 4.3 cm
- ,I --- s in.
*. 8.5 in. @ 1,224.5 mm3
@ 7.850 m3
6 in. @ r=8in.
@ r=2.5mm @ d=10m
@ 614.2 m3
B=52m2 h = 60 mm
11.$h@
olve. 1,117.smm3 k2gzm3
10 Shawn IS making a candle using a 11 A mug in the shape of a cylinder has a
O cylindriLalmold with a radius of 2 cm
and a height of 30 cm. How many
O base with a radius of 4 cm. How many
milliliters of liquid does it hold if filled to
cubic centimeters of wax are needed a height of 9 cm?
for the candle? (Hint: 1 cm3 holds 1 mL.1 Y 52. I 6 m L
37b.8cmb
TOPIC 5-g: Vou
l me 01 Cylinders D-70
D-69 TOPIC 5.1 Volume ol Pr~sms

Why Did the Elephant Paint
His Toenails Red,Green, Why Did the Teacher Assign
Yellow, Blue, and Purple? Extra Homework When She
Taught Adolescents?
Find each answer in the appropriate set of boxes at the bottom of the page.
Write the letter of the exercise in the box containing the answer.
Find which two consecutive whole numbers the square root is between. Write the
letter of the exercise on the number line between these two numbers.
I. Find the length of one side (s) of each square.
Use the top number line for the first set of exercises, and the bonom number line
for the rest.
25 m2 64 cm2 0
130 S,b on 1,2 6,7
m s=-.JLcm s = a f t @a 2,3 @dB 4,s o
J10 10,tI
2
11. Find the square root.
am7 om4 0 @mq am I I , l 2 am 9,10 @Jll 3,4
0 - 6 2 (TJdTiZ12 @dT I S,q oJ0.5 0 , I @J59 7,8
@dsooM @03D50 @ W S O
100 * = Y
= S = ti= € : * H= A= 5=. 7 =- R = =I =I\( =Q *
Ill. Simplify. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2
(3 152 225 @ 112 I21 @ 252 (125
@J225 I5
@Jis+& 7
@1(121 11
@dX+Ja4IJf
(iJJ625 25
(EJGS-fiZ
@J75 8,9 @/20 4,s ad3 1,z
@J16+9 5 @a 2 , 3 7,s 9,lO

@m-TlxiO QJ25-94
@Jo.sl0.9 @ r n O . I m 0 I om 1 1 , 1 2 am 3,4
@/o.l 0 , I @J33 5,b QJ40 697
7 O'A D D-A-l- E S S 0 f.l
C
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2
TOPIC 6.e. Squares and Squaw Roots D-72

D-71 TOPIC 6-a: Squaresand Square Roots
NOTE: Students will need calculators with a square root key or a table of
square roots for this puzzle and the 2 that follow.
Why Do Adults Complain So M
How Would You Describe a Dead Skunk?
Find the length of the hypotenuse of each right triangle below.
Find your answer in the answer column. Write the letter of the Round each answer to the nearest tenth (If necessary). Find each answer at the
answer in the box containing the number of the exercise. bottom of the page and cross out the lener above It. When you finish, the answer to
the title question will remain.
@ Find the length of the hypotenuseof each right triangle.
3 9 10
@ J85 = 9.2
J562 23.7 - 10 cm 15.3-
O 2 A rectangle is 6 m
6 m FOj 6 Kristin and her family left their campsite
iF
wideandllmbng. for a hike. They hiked 5 mi west andlhen
@ Ji3O = 11.4 How long is the 2 mi north. How far were they from the
9 campsite? 5. ;
@J289=17
diagonal of the
rectangle? I2 S m . 11
7 The window of a
nq
O 3 A television screen may be described

in terms of the diagonal measure of
O burning building is 40
feet a b v e the ground.
its screen. If a TV screen is 20 in. wide The base of a ladder is
18.6 20
its diagonal? n .
and 15 in. high what is the iengtk of
&;
pla+ 9 feet from the
building. How long
@ J580 = 24.1 must the ladder be to
16K
4 A quarterback at reach tlle wiwlw# + 4 +
O O @~2,500=50 O pint throws
the
a receiver
footballwho
to
@ The
feet bases
apart. How
on a far
baseball
is it from
diamond
home are
plate
90
Q5 @-=18.6
@ LOB = 9.4
catches it at
point 8. H w
to mend base? I 27.3 f+
long w t pas 14 yd 9 The lawn In front of PythagorasJr. High
4 @ d275 = 16.6 28 .Y Yd? O is in the s h p of a rectangle 24 m long
5 A rope is stretched from the top of a and 10 m wide. How many meters
@ J65= 8.1 O &foot tent pole to a point on the ground
12 ft from the base of the le. How long
shorter is your walk if you walk
diagonally across the lawn rather than
@ \12DO = 14.1
@ J269 = 16.4
istherope? 13.9 ff along two sides of it? e/
THEY &RE R
OA
D-73
" PS TOPIC 6-b: T b Rub 01 PpIh@ciras.
Findingthe Langthol the Hypotenuw
1 1 1 J
TOPIC 8-b: Tk Ruk ol Pylh.pmr.

1
EATlNCr
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ~
Fi~thaL.nonolUwHpImw. D-74
b
MIDDLE SCHOOL IVIA'TH WITH PIZZAZZ! BOOK D
Cryptic Quiz
I. What is the opposite of a professional eater? What Relation IS a Doorstep to a Doormat?
Round each answer to the nearest tenth (if necessary).Cross out the box containing
8.8 19.6 18.5 8.8 10.9 8.8 3.3 9.8 70.7 1.4 70.7 14.5 each answer. When you finish, write the letters from the remainingboxes in the
2. How would you describe a job in the Acme Mitten Co. shipping department?
a For each right triangle, find the length of the side that is not given.
-B O
22.4 16.1
X
19.2
-
5
I N
19.6 6
G -
68
G L -
6
O V E S
8 16.1 9.2 70.7 6.3 C
Q a 7 in.
3. What can be right but never wrong?

A N A A &6 L
8.8 19.6 7.4 8.8 19.6 8
E
70.7
6 cm I7. em
12c m 2s.S i n .
For each exercise, find the missing length. (Refer to the

diagram at the right.) Round your answer to the nearest tenth
(if necessary) and find it in the code. Each time the answer
appears, write the letter of the e;ercise above it.
5The mast of a sailing ship is tall.

20 f l A
@ a = 9, b = 4 , c = 9.6 @ a=50,b=50,c= 70.7 O mast
rope is stretched 26 Dfrom the top of the
to a cleat on the deck of the ship.
@ a=8,b=14,cc 16.1 @ a= 22.4 ,b=20,c=30
@ a = b-3 ,b=3,c=7 @ a=6,b= 9,2 , c= 11 '
@ a= 10.9 , b = 5 , c = 12 @ a= I ,b= 1, c = 1.4

@ a= 6 ,b=a,c=10 @ a= Iq.2 ,b=16,c=25
@ a = 5 , b = x , c = 6 @ a=2,b= 8.8 ,c=9
@a=4,b= 14.5 ,c=15 @ a= 8 ,b315,c=17
0 a = 12. b - 5 . c = 13 @ a-10. b= lq4b . c.22
TOPIC 6-c:me Rule of Pyihagons: TOPIC 6.c The Rule 01 Pythagoras

D-75 Findlw the Length of a Sie of a Right T r l ~ l e ~?nd!ng
the Length 01 a Stde ot a RIQMTuanple D-76
h
What Does a BONE SPECIALIST
Need to Get His Practice Started? * * * Test of Genius +++
i o u
Evaluate each formula below for the given values of the variables. S Z C ~
Find each answer at the left and cross out the letter next to it
@ Identical cubes are stacked in the
corner of a room as shown. How many
6
O Steven has 9 gold coins that are
identical in appearance. However, one t 8 2I t2
a dart where dis the distance traveled by an object moving
at speed r in time 1. Find d i f
r 32 rntsec, t 8 sec. =m
@ E=lR where E is the voltage in an electric circuit with current
l a n d resistance R.Find E if
1= 2.5 amperes, R = 60 ohms. x.3~
@ v = 9.8 t where v is the speed in meters per second of a free-
falling object after t seconds. Find v if
t 5 sec. 4q m/sec
-
101-102-1
@ S= (n- 2)180 where S is the sum of the measures of the angles of a 101-10 =I
polygon with n sides. Find S if 3 Ms. Smucker went to a store, spent half
n-8. 1,-0 O of her money and then $10 more. She
went to a second store, spent half of
@ A = 6& 8 The teacher noticed there w e n fewer f u
where A is the surface area of a cube with edge e. her remaining money and then $10
Find A if more, But she then had money left,
How much money did she have to O than 100 students on the playground - f;
@ V m hw2
e = l2cm. cm2
where V is the volume of a prism with a square base
of side wand wilh height h. Find Vif O
begin with? $60
4 If 8 widgets equal 4 curlicues and 2
curlicues equal 3 goofups, then 16
widgets equal w many goofups?
When she counted them by 2s. there
was 1 student left over. In fact when
M e counted them by 3s. 4s. i s , or 6s.
there was always 1 student left over.
How many students were on the +
+
Y 8 Ss
'
--8 .*'L f I.
h=lOcrn, w = 7 c m . cm3 1% playground? 6 I
where L is the approximatelength of a skid in feet for
a car traveling at smiles per hour. Find L if
O5 Draw the figure below without lifting
p u r pncil from the page or tracing
s w 60 milh. Mn
@ F = 1.8C+ 32 where Fis-theFahrenheit temperature equivalent to
Celsius temperature C. Find Fif
C 1209
@ q228 v ) - where B is the recommendedmaximum heart rate

during exercise for a person y years old. Find B if
y = 15. beaWsec
TOPIC 7-b: Test ot Genius D-78

D-77 ,-a: Fotmula.


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Steve Marcy and Janis Marcy

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified

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For Jennifer, Matt, Andy, and Jazz

Cover by Nimbus Design

0 1989, 1996 Wright Group/McGraw-Hill

2. MEASUREMENT: CUSTOMARY UNITS

5. SURFACE AREA AND VOLUME

6. SQUARE ROOTS AND RIGHT TRIANGLES

Other books by Steve and Janis Marcy

Pre-Algebra With Pizzazz! in a Binder

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The chart gives an approximate size for each of the most

Unit Approximate Size

@ length of an ant @ length of a new pencil

MIDDLE SCHOOL IVIA-TH WITH PIZZAZZ! BOOK D

3 @ length of AC = cm @ length of = cm @ length of GH = cm

I. Answer each question.

MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH WITH PIZZAZZ! BOOK D

Unit Approximate Size

I. Choose the more reasonable estimate of capacity.

@ a swimming pool @ a drinking glass @ a water cooler jug

II. Complete each statement. Answers 7 - 14:

Ill. Solve. Answers 15 - 16:

MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH WITH PIZZAZZ! BOOK D

Unit Approximate Size

I. Choose the more reasonable estimate of weight.

@ a lemon @ a 12-year-old child @ a postcard

II. Complete each statement.

MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH WITH PIZZAZZ! BOOK D

MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH WITH PIZZAZZ! BOOK D

@ 4h= min @ 7 min = sec

@ 2 h 30 min = min @ 5 min l O s e c = sec

@ 540 sec = min

@ 80 min = h min @ 135sec= min sec

@ 3d= h @ 3d= min

II. Add or subtract. Simplify if possible.

@ 8min10s @ 12h25min @ 32 min 50 s

MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH WITH PIZZAZZ! BOOK D

@AG in. @AH in. in. @BG in. @BH in.

@DG in. @DH in. @ E in. 0" in. @HT in.

- 1. Copy rectangle1ABCD on another sheet of paper. The rectangle is 7

2. Place your ruler on m. 1

- 7. Point J is on 7 in. from A. Connect points Hand J.

-18. Point U is on q 6 in. from K Draw

MIDDLE SCHOOL MKrH WITH PIZZAZZ! BOOK D

I. Answer each question.

II. Complete each statement. Ill. Complete each statement.

@ 2ft= in. @ 48 in. = ft

MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH WITH PIZZAZZ! BOOK D

I. Complete each statement.

@ 7ft= ~n. @ 4 f t 10 in. = in. @ l0ft3in.= in.

60 in. = ft @ 40 in. = ft in. @ 72 in. = yd

@ A baseball diamond is a square with 90 feet between bases. About

11. Add or subtract. Simplify if possible.

@ 9ft11in. @ 7ft4in. @ loft 8 in.

MIDDLE SCHOOL MKrH WITH PIZZAZZ! BOOK D

I. Complete each statement. II. Complete each statement.

@4pt1 C = c 9 Pt = -qt -Pt

Answers for Column I

Answers for Column II

MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH WITH PIZZAZZ! BOOK D

@ 20 qt = gal @Vpt= qt @ 16floz= c