Quad and Tri words

What is a three sided figure

• tricycle

• trilateral

• biped

• triangle

• quadrangle

Did you hear about the paleontologist who found an ancient triceratops?  How many horns were on the dinosaur?

• five
• four
• three
• two

Richard is quadrilingual. What can Richard do?

• ride a four-wheeler bike
• speak two languages
• speak four languages
• cut something into four pieces

Shanelle tried to trisect her doughnut. She found it much harder than if she had quadrisected the doughnut. Which was harder?

• cutting it into two sections
• cutting it into four sections
• cutting it into three sections
• cutting it into five sections

By running every morning for three months, she was able to quadruple the number of laps she could run around the park in 15 minutes.  What did she do?

• ran around the park four times
• ran four times as many laps
• ran around the park three times
• ran three times as many laps

How many activities did the people in the triathlon have to do?

• two
• three
• four
• five

What does the prefix quad- mean?

• one
• two
• three
• four

What do you think the part sect means in the words bisect, trisect, and quadrisect?

• equal
• shape
• cut
• angles

What do you think the part sect means in the words bisect, trisect, and quadrisect?

• equal
• shape
• cut
• angles

What do you think the part lateral means in the words bilateral and trilateral?

• books
• sides
• languages
• years