Mensuration

Question 1

What is perimeter of a polygon?

Answer 1

The perimeter is the total distance around the outside, which can be found by adding together the length of each side.

Question 2

What is area of plane shape?

Answer 2

Area is the size of a surface

Question 3

What is the area of a traingle?

Answer 3

Area = ½ × b × h
b = base
h = vertical height

Question 4

What is the area of a rectangle?

Answer 4

Area = w × h
w = width
h = height

Question 5

What is the area of a square?

Answer 5

Area = a<sup>2</sup>
a = length of side

Question 6

What is the area of a Parallelogram?

Answer 6

Area = b × h
b = base
h = vertical height

Question 7

What is the area of Trapezoid (US)?

Answer 7

Area = ½(a+b) × h
h = vertical height