Congruent 2-Dimensional Figures

• Layton shaded 144 square units, which is 1/2 of the area

• Layton shaded 72 square units, which is 1/2 of the area

• Layton shaded 36 square units, which is 1/4 of the area

• Layton shaded 72 square units, which is 1/4 of the area

• 10 square centimeters

• 8 square centimeters

• 4 square centimeters

• 16 square centimeters

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• Figure 1 and Figure 2

• Figure 2 and Figure 3

• Figure 3 and Figure 4

• Figure 1 and Figure 3

• Circle X only

• Circles X and Y

• Circles Y only

• Neither Circle X or Y

• Mrs. Heights

• Mrs. Tough

• Both Teachers

• Neither Teacher

• The shaded parts of the two squares are not the same shape.

• The shaded part of the first square covers a greater area than the shaded part of the second square.

• The shaded areas of the two squares are equal.

• Each shaded area represents the fraction one fourth.

• Each person shaded 1/8 of the area of their parallelogram.

• America's figure does not show 1/8 shaded, but Leland's does

• Leland's figure does not show 1/8 shaded, but America's does.

• Each section in America's figure is smaller than each section in Leland's figure.

These two triangles are congruent. Each triangle has been divided into 3 smaller shapes or equal areas.

What fraction of the whole triangle is represented by the shaded area of each triangle?

• 1/2

• 1/4

• 1/3

• 1/6

• Neither, the shaded pentagon nor the shaded trapezoid

• Only the shaded pentagon

• Both the shaded trapezoid and the shaded pentagon

• Only the shaded trapezoid