MATH STE REVIEWER

1. Examine the figure below.

If the triangle is dilated by a scale factor of 2, what is the

perimeter of the new triangle?
1. 19
2. 32
3. 44
4. 76

2. Examine the figures below.

What scale factor was used to scale the rectangle?

1. ¼
2. 1
/3
3. 3
4. 4
3. Which of the following sets of angles CANNOT be used to
construct a triangle?
1. Three acute angles
2. Two acute angles and one right angle
3. Two acute angles and one obtuse angle
4. Two right angles and one acute angle

4. If the right rectangular prism shown below was horizontally

sliced, which of the following shapes would BEST describe the
resulting two-dimensional shape?

1. Parallelogram
2. Rectangle
3. Rhombus
4. Square

5. Kevin is planting vegetables in his garden. If the garden is in

the shape of a circle with a diameter of 10 feet, what is the area of
the garden?
1. 15.7 ft2
2. 31.4 ft2
3. 78.5 ft2
4. 314 ft2
6. Tory went to see a Monster Truck show at the local arena.
Before the show, Tory got to see the trucks up close. He noticed
that each monster truck tire had a radius of about 3 ft. Based on
that radius, what would be the distance around each tire?
1. 9.42 ft
2. 18.8 ft
3. 28.3 ft
4. 113 ft

7. Examine the figure below.

What is the value of x?

1. 4
2. 6
3. 15
4. 21

8. What is the measure of ?DBC?

1. 10°
2. 20°
3. 40°
4. 50°
9. Jason is building a desk for his bedroom. He wants the desk to
fit in the corner of his room and decides to go with a trapezoid
design. If Jason uses the dimensions shown in the picture below,
how many square feet of plywood will he need to build the desk
top?

1. 5 ft2
2. 6 ft2
3. 9 ft2
4. 12 ft2

10. Natalie recently bought a jewelry box, but she wants to re-
cover the box with a more colorful fabric. If the jewelry box is a
cube with sides 8 cm long, how much fabric will Natalie need in
order to cover all sides of the box?
1. 64 cm2
2. 192 cm2
3. 384 cm2
4. 512 cm2
Answers and Explanations

1. D: Since the original triangle is dilated by a scale factor of 2, the

length of each side will be multiplied by 2 to get the side lengths of
the new triangle. Therefore, 8×2=16, 12×2=24, and 18×2=36. Then,
16+24+36=76. Answer A results if each of the side lengths was
incorrectly divided by 2. Answer B results if 2 was incorrectly
subtracted from each of the side lengths. Answer C results if 2 was
incorrectly added to the length of each side.

2. A: To determine the scale factor, take the side lengths of the scaled
rectangle and divide them by the corresponding sides of the original
rectangle: 1/4=1/4 and 3/12=1/4. Therefore, the scale factor used to scale
the rectangle is 1/4. Answer B results if the scale factor was
incorrectly determined by dividing the sides within each rectangle in
the order of 4/12=1/3and 1/3=1/3. Answer C results if the scale factor was
incorrectly determined by dividing the sides within each rectangle in
the order of 12/4=3 and 3/1=3. Answer D results if the scale factor was
incorrectly set up to have the original side lengths divided by the
values of the scaled side lengths: 12/3=4 and 4/1=4.

3. D: In order to construct a triangle, the three angles must sum to

180°. In Answer D, the two right angles by themselves would sum
to180°, so adding an acute angle to that value would make the sum
greater than 180°. Therefore, a triangle cannot be constructed with
two right angles. Answers A, B, and C are all possible angle options
for constructing a triangle.
4. D: Horizontally slicing the right rectangular prism would create slices that
are parallel to the base of the prism. Since the base of the prism is a square
with sides of length 4, each of the horizontal slices would also be in the shape
of a square. Answers A and C are the shapes that the base appears to be if
one does not take into account the drawing of the 3-D image and that the
prism is a right rectangular prism. Answer B is the resulting two-dimensional
shape if the prism was vertically sliced.

5. C: The formula for the area of a circle is A=pr 2. Since the diameter of the
garden is 10 ft, the radius of the garden is 5 ft. Therefore, A=3.14(5 “ft”
)2=78.5″ft” 2. Answer A is the result if the radius was not squared, i.e. ?r.
Answer B is the result if the circumference of the garden was calculated.
Answer D is the result of using the diameter in the area formula.

6. B: The distance around each tire is the circumference of the circle:

C=2pr=2(3.14)(3 “ft” )=18.84 “ft” . Answer A is the result if the radius was
not doubled. Answer C is the area inside of the tire. Answer D is the result if
the diameter was used in the area formula.

7. C: The two angles shown in the figure are supplementary. In order to solve
for x, the following equation must be used: 10x-5+35=180. This equation
simplifies as: 10x+30=180. After subtracting 30 from both sides, the
equation becomes 10x=150. Finally, after dividing both sides by 10, the
solution is x=15. Answer A results from treating the angles as congruent
and setting up the equation as 10x-5=35. Answer B results from treating
the angles as complementary and setting up the equation as 10x-5+35=90.
Answer D results if the equation was correctly set up as 10x+30=180, but
then 30 was incorrectly added to both sides to get 10x=210.
8. C: Before we can find measure of ?DBC, we first need to solve for x. Since ?ABD
and ?DBC are complementary, we need to use the equation m ?ABD + m ?DBC =
90. Substituting for the values of m ?ABD and m ?DBC, the equation becomes
5x+4x=90. This equation simplifies as 9x=90. Finally, after dividing both sides of
the equation by 9, the result isx=10. To find the measure ?DBC, we substitute
x=10 into (4x)° to get (4(10))°=40°. Answer A is the value of x. Answer B is the
value of x if the angles were treated as supplementary and set up as 5x+4x=180.
Answer D is the measure of ?ABD.

9. B: The formula for the area of a trapezoid is A=1/2 h(b_1+b_2), where h is the
height, and b1 & b2 are lengths of the two bases. Therefore, A=1/2 (2 “ft” )(5 “ft”
+1 “ft” )=1/2 (2 “ft” )(6 “ft” )=6 ?”ft” ?^2. In Answer A, only the 5 ft base was used
in the calculation. In Answer C, the 3 ft value was used for the height. In Answer
D, the 1/2 was left out of the formula, so the area was incorrectly calculated as
A=h(b_1+b_2).

10. C: The amount of fabric needed to cover the jewelry box is equal to the
surface area of the box. The formula for the surface area of a cube is SA=62,
where s is the length of one side. Therefore, the surface area of the jewelry box is
SA=6(8 cm )2= 6(64cm)2 =384 cm 2. In Answer A, the area of only one side of the
box was calculated. In Answer B, the perimeter of one side of the box was
multiplied by 6. In Answer D, the volume of the box was calculated.