ISEE Middle Level Math : ISEE Middle Level (grades 7-8) Mathematics Achievement

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Example Questions

Example Question #24 : Triangles

Find the perimeter of an equilateral triangle with a base of length 34in.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the perimeter of a triangle, we will use the following formula:

where a, b, and c are the lengths of the sides of the triangle.

 

Now, we know the base of the triangle is 34in.  Because it is an equilateral triangle, all sides are equal.  Therefore, all sides are 34in.

Knowing this, we can substitute into the formula.  We get

Example Question #21 : Triangles

Find the perimeter of a triangle that has a base of 16in.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the perimeter of a triangle, we will use the following formula:

where a, b, and c are the lengths of the sides of the triangle.

 

Now, we know the base of the triangle is 16in.  Because it is an equilateral triangle, all sides are equal.  Therefore, all sides are 16in.

Knowing this, we will substitute into the formula.  We get

Example Question #26 : Triangles

Use the following triangle to answer the question:

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Find the perimeter.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the perimeter of a triangle, we will use the following formula:

where a, b, and c are the lengths of the sides of the triangle.

 

Now, given the triangle,

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we can see it has sides with length 8cm, 4cm, and 6cm.  Knowing this, we can substitute into the formula.  We get

Example Question #21 : Geometry

The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is 39cm.  Find the length of one side.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the perimeter of an equilateral triangle, we use this formula

where a is the length of one side.  An equilateral triangle has 3 equal sides.  That is why we multiply the length of one side by 3.  To find the length of one side, we will solve for a.

 

Now, we know the perimeter of the equilateral triangle is 39cm.  So, we can substitute.  We get

 

 

 

 

 

Therefore, the length of one side of the equilateral triangle is 13cm.

Example Question #28 : Triangles

Find the perimeter of an equilateral triangle with a base of 14in.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the perimeter of a triangle, we will use the following formula:

where a, b, and c are the lengths of the sides of the triangle.

 

Now, we know the base of the triangle is 14in.  Because it is an equilateral triangle, all sides are equal.  Therefore, all sides are 14in.  So, we can substitute.

Example Question #31 : Plane Geometry

Find the perimeter of an equilateral triangle with a side of length 7in.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the perimeter of a triangle, we will use the following formula:

where a, b, and c are the lengths of the sides of the triangle.

 

Now, we know the equilateral triangle has one side of length 7in.  Because it is an equilateral triangle, all sides are equal.  Therefore, all sides are 7in.  So, we can substitute.  We get

Example Question #32 : Plane Geometry

Find the perimeter of an equilateral triangle with a base of 13in.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the perimeter of a triangle, we will use the following formula:

where a, b, and c are the lengths of the sides of the triangle.

 

Now, we know the base of the triangle is 13in.  Because it is an equilateral triangle, all sides are equal.  Therefore, all sides are 13in.  So, we get

Example Question #33 : Plane Geometry

Find the perimeter of an equilateral triangle with a base of length 9in.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the perimeter of a triangle, we will use the following formula:

where a, b, and c are the lengths of the sides of the triangle.

Now, we know the base of the triangle has a length of 9in. Because it is an equilateral triangle, all lengths are the same. Therefore, all lengths are 9in.

Knowing this, we can substitute into the formula.  We get

Example Question #1221 : Concepts

A triangle has a base of and an area of . What is the height?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The area of a triangle is found by multiplying the base by the height and dividing by two:

In this problem we are given the base, which is , and the area, which is .  First we write an equation using  as our variable.

To solve this equation, first multply both sides by , becuase multiplication is the opposite of division and therefore allows us to eliminate the .

The left-hand side simplifies to:

The right-hand side simplifies to:

So our equation is now:

Next we divide both sides by , because division is the opposite of multiplication, so it allows us to isolate the variable by eliminating .

So the height of the triangle is .

 

 

 

Example Question #1851 : Isee Middle Level (Grades 7 8) Mathematics Achievement

Triangle

Note: Figure NOT drawn to scale.

The above triangle has area 36 square inches. If , then what is  ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The area of a triangle is one half the product of its base and its height - in the above diagram, that means

.

Substitute , and solve for .

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