This document contains 1000 multiple choice questions about topics related to the solar system, geometry, and calculating volumes. The questions cover areas like the order of planets, geometric shapes, finding perimeters and areas, and calculating volumes of common 3D shapes like cubes, cylinders, pyramids and spheres. The questions are labeled A100 through D1000 and each has a corresponding multiple choice answer.
2. A Planets 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 B Misc. 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 C Area 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 D Volume 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
3. A100 Answer: My Very Excellent Mother Just Sat Under Neptune (Please)! Question: What is the acronym that helps us remember the order of the planets?
14. B200 Answer: Pluto is not large enough to be made round by its own gravitational force Question: Why is Pluto no longer considered a planet?
15. B300 Answer: A regular octagon has eight congruent sides. Its perimeter would be 64 centimeters. Question: What is the perimeter of a regular octagon that has a side that measures 8 centimeters?
16. B400 Answer: Calculate the square root of the area to find the length of a side of the square. Multiply that length by four to find the perimeter! Question: Describe a method of finding the perimeter of a square if you know the area of the same square.
17. B500 Answer: The length of the rectangle is 24 feet and the width is 12 feet. (Check: 24 + 12 + 24 + 12 = 72) Question: If the length of a rectangle measures twice the width, and the perimeter is 72 feet, find the dimensions of the rectangle.
18. B600 Answer: Each side of the triangle measures 9 centimeters. Question: The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is 27 centimeters. Find the measure of each of its sides.
19. B700 Answer: The perimeter of the triangle is 6 + 12 + 12 or 30 inches. Question: The base of an isosceles triangle measures 6 inches. If the measure of each of the congruent sides is twice the measure of the base, find the perimeter of the triangle.
20. B800 Answer: The perimeter of the square is 4 times 6 or 24 inches. Question: The area of a square is 36 square inches. Find the perimeter of the square.
21. B900 Answer: The perimeter is 3 + 4 + 3 + 4 or 14 yards. Question: A rectangle measures 9 feet by 12 feet. How many yards are in the perimeter of the rectangle?
22. B1000 Answer: The perimeter of the trapezoid is 8+ 8 + 10 + 15 or 41 inches. Question: An isoceles trapezoid has bases that measure 10 inches and 15 inches. A side of the trapezoid measures 8 inches. Find the perimeter.
23. C100 Answer: The area is 32 square centimeters. Question: Calculate the area of an isosceles right triangle that has legs measuring 8 centimeters.
24. C200 Answer: The altitude measures 4 yards. Question: The area of a trapezoid is 24 square yards. The measures of the bases are 3 yards and 9 yards. Find the measure of the altitude.
25. C300 Answer: The area is 90 times 90 or 8100 square feet. Question: A baseball diamond is a square measuring 90 feet on each side. What is the area of the infield (inside the diamond)?
26. C400 Answer: 48 squares will fit into the rectangle. Question: How many 1” by 1” squares will fit into a rectangle that measures 4” by 12” ?
27. C500 Answer: (Notice that one of the bases is measured in meters!!!) The area of the trapezoid is 780 square centimeters. Question: What is the area of a trapezoid that has a height of 12 centimeters and bases of 2 meters and 30 centimeters?
28. C600 Answer: The kitchen floor is 15 square yards. It would cost $105 to cover the kitchen floor. Question: Linoleum costs $7 a square yard. Calculate the cost to cover a 9 foot by 15 foot kitchen floor.
29. C700 Answer: The other leg of the triangle measures 12 inches. Question: The area of a right triangle is 84 square inches. If one leg measures 14 inches, find the measure of the other leg.
30. C800 Answer: (The sides of the smaller square measure 7 meters.) The sides of the larger square must measure 14 meters! Question: The area of a small square is 49 square meters. A larger square has sides that are twice as long. What is the measure of one side of the larger square?
31. C900 Answer: The area of the rectangle is 2 times 15 or 30 square inches. Question: Find the area of a rectangle that has a perimeter of 34 inches and a base of 15 inches.
32. C1000 Answer: The rectangle has an area of 12 square yards. Question: The dimensions of a rectangle are 9 ft. by 12 ft. Find the number of sq. yds. in the area of the rectangle.
33. D100 Answer: The volume of the cube is 216 cubic centimeters. Question: Find the volume of a cube that measures 6 centimeters on a side.
34. D200 Answer: The volume is 54 times 8 which equals 432 cubic inches. Question: Find the volume of a rectangular prism that has a base area of 54 square inches and a height of 8 inches.
35. D300 Answer: The volume of the cylinder is 235.5 cubic inches. Question: Find the volume of a cylinder whose base has a radius of 5 inches, and whose height measures 3 inches. (Use = 3.14)
36. D400 Answer: The volume of the prism is 214.2 cubic centimeters. Question: Find the volume of a rectangular prism that has a lenth of 8.5 cm, a width of 4.2 cm, and a height of 6 cm.
37. D500 Answer: A cubic meter is equal to 1000 cubic centimeters. The liquid would weigh 2000 grams or 2 kilograms. Question: If one cubic centimeter of a liquid weighs 2 grams, how much does one cubic meter of the same liquid weigh?
38. D600 Answer: The volume is equal to 28 cubic inches. Question: Find the volume of a pyramid that is 4 inches high, and has a rectangular base that is 6 inches long and 3.5 inches wide.
39. D700 Answer: Cheop’s pyramid had a volume of 2,592,100 cubic meters. Question: The largest pyramid in the world was built around 2500 B.C. by Khufu, or Cheops, a king of ancient Egypt. The pyramid had a square base, 230 meters on each side, and a height of 147 meters. Find the volume of Cheop’s pyramid.
40. D800 Answer: The volume is equal to 4410 . Question: What is the exact volume of a cylinder that has a 21 inch radius and a height of 10 inches?
41. D900 Answer: The volume is equal to 98 . Question: A cone has a base that is 14 inches wide. The height of the cone is 6 inches. Find the exact volume of the cone.
42. D1000 Answer: The volume is equal to 36,000 . Question: Find the exact volume of a sphere that has a radius of 30 cm.