Mississippi MA 2006

Geometry Written Test

1.Lines land m are parallel.

Find the measure of the larger angle.

  1. 20
  2. 30
  3. 80
  4. 100
  5. 130

2.Find the measure of .

  1. 30
  2. 45
  3. 60
  4. 70
  5. 90

3.

bisects P. R. S.

Find

A. 16 .

B. 48 Q T

  1. 64
  2. 96

E. None of the Above

4. Find the value of x.

  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. 6
  4. 10
  5. 15

5. is similar to . If the ratio of is 2:3:4. What is the perimeter of if ?

  1. 9
  2. 13
  3. 18
  4. 21
  5. 27

6. If x and y are midpoints of their respective sides, B

AC = 4a + 5 and XY = a + 40, find XY.

A. 37.5 B. 44.3 X Y

C. 77.5

D. 75

E. None of the Above

A C

7. Triangle ABC has fixed lengths AB and AC. BC may be any value between 5 and 19 (exclusive). What values of AB and AC are not possible for sides of this triangle?

  1. 9 and 11
  2. 5 and 19
  3. 5 and 10
  4. 6 and 11
  5. 7 and 12

8. Find the value of x.

  1. 4
  2. 6
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 12

9. What is the measure of one interior angle of a regular dodecagon?

  1. 108
  2. 122
  3. 144
  4. 150
  5. 160

10. A box has sides of 10 cm, 8 cm, and 4 cm. What is the box’s volume?

  1. 304 cm3
  2. 320 cm3
  3. 344 cm3
  4. 360 cm3
  5. 380 cm3

11. The polygon with vertices at (1,7), (5,3), (-7,1) and (-7,6) would BEST be classified as

  1. a square
  2. a rectangle
  3. a rhombus
  4. a parallelogram
  5. a trapezoid

12. Each side of an equilateral triangle is 12 units long. How long is an altitude of the triangle?

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

B

13. are tangent to circle P.

If BC. . A

P

C

A. 12

B.

C. 6

D. 12

E. None of the Above

14. The radius of a circle is 2 ft. The radius of a larger concentric circle is 5 ft. What is the area of the larger circle NOT included in the smaller circle?

  1. 4 ft2
  2. 17 ft2
  3. 21 ft2
  4. 25 ft2
  5. 29 ft2

15. An angle’s complement is equal to twice the angle. Find the measure of the angle’s supplement?

  1. 15˚
  2. 30˚
  3. 60˚
  4. 120˚
  5. 150˚

16. What is the area of the rectangle?

  1. 3
  2. 6
  3. 18
  4. 36
  5. 65

17. Four points spaced equally from one another could be the vertices of a

  1. Square
  2. Rhombus
  3. Square Pyramid
  4. Triangular Pyramid
  5. Cube

18. and intersect at point E. .

Find the length of .

  1. 4
  2. 6
  3. 8
  4. 12
  5. 16

19. A, B, and C are points on the circle with center P. The radius of the circle is 4, and =120. passes through point P. Find the total area of the shaded regions.

  1. 8-8
  2. 8-4
  3. 8-32
  4. 6
  5. 4

20.The parallelogram shown has sides of 10 and 18 and height 8. Find in reduced terms.

  1. 4/3
  2. 4/5
  3. 3/5
  4. 9/5
  5. 4/9