Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the
statement or answers the question.
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A boy wants to swim from one dock of a pond to another dock. About how far
will he have to swim?
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A 15 foot ladder is leaning against a shed. The base of the ladder is 5
feet from the shed. About how high up the shed is the ladder? A | 14 ft. | B | 10 ft. | C | 20
ft. | D | 160 ft. |
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A sidewalk forms the diagonal of a square park. The sidewalk is 30 meters
long. To the nearest tenth of a meter, how long are the sides of the park? A | 15.0 m | B | 28.5 m | C | 75.0
m | D | 21.2 m |
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A support wire is needed to stabilize a 24 foot pole. If the wire is to be
anchored to the ground 10 feet from the base of the pole, how long will the wire have to be? A | 34 ft. | B | 26 ft. | C | 14
ft. | D | 146 ft. |
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On a baseball field, the distance from home plate to first is 90 feet. The
distance from home plate to the pitchers mound is 60.5 feet. If a hit is made to the pitchers
mound, how far must the pitcher throw the ball to make it to first? A | 66.6 ft. | B | 108.4 ft | C | 29.5
ft | D | 150.5 ft |
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We want to place the largest rod we can in a box. To figure this out we
will need to do the Pythagorean Theorem two times. If the box is 4 x 3 x 2, find the
longest rod that would fit in the box.
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In the diagram, AC = 10 and BC = 8, find the length of the radius AB.
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Which of the following lengths of sides would not make a right
triangle?
A | 9, 15, 12 | B | 4, 4 , 8 | C | 9, 40,
41 | D | 3 , 4 , 25 |
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The length of a rectangle is 6 cm. The length of a diagonal of the
rectangle is 12 cm. Find the width of the rectangle.
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In rhombus DEFG, EH = 3 and EF = 5. Find the length of DF.
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