Cross Sections of Pyramids & Prisms

Select all figures that can be formed when a rectangular pyramid is cut by a plane at an angle.

• line segment

• parallelogram

• square

• trapezoid

• triangle

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CCSS.7.G.A.3

The figure below is a right-rectangular prism.

Which of the following two-dimensional figures result when the prism above is sliced by a plane that is

parallel to its base or by a plane that is not parallel to its base?

• square

• rectangle

• trapezoid

• parallelogram

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CCSS.7.G.A.3

This figure is a rectangular prism.

If the height and width are equal, and the length is double the width, select TWO figures that can be formed

by a slice directly down the middle.

• rectangle

• triangle

• square

• pentagon

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CCSS.7.G.A.3

What is the area of the triangle shown above?

• 96 square inches

• 384 square inches

• 480 square inches

• 768 square inches

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CCSS.6.G.A.1

What is the surface area of the rectangular solid shown below?

• 164

• 144

• 304

• 288

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CCSS.6.G.A.4

What is the area, in square units, of trapezoid AEDC shown below?

• 120

• 170

• 30

• 140

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CCSS.6.G.A.1

The Hernandez Family is planning to put an above ground swimming pool in their back yard. Their yard

is a 32 ft by 48 ft rectangle and the pool will be a circle with a diameter of 16 ft, as shown below. They

will fill the rest of their yard with grass. Approximately how many square feet of their yard will be grass?

• 2400

• 2000

• 1500

• 1000

A rectangular flag for a club has the following design on it.

• $75\ in^2$

• $90\ in^2$

• $141\ in^2$

• $216\ in^2$