Assessment

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Section 1.  Solve the following problems relating to geometric figures.   You will scored on your use of the five-step problem solving method, so make sure that you:
        1) State what you are trying to find
        2) Draw a picture, even if one is provided
        3) Put numbers into picture
        4) Show your calculations
        5) State your answer using the correct units.

1.  Your parents are building a rectangular-shaped garden shed.  They want the floor to be 12 feet long and have a total floor area 96 square feet.  How wide is the garden shed?

2.  A retirement home provides a garden area for the members to exercise.  A circular garden and walkway have a diameter of 25 feet.  How far would one walk if they were to walk around the garden five times?

For problems 3 & 4, find the areas of the two red sections of this house.

3.  The upper roof is 24 feet across and 6 feet high.

4.  The lower roof's bottom edge is 15 feet across and upper edge is 9 feet across, and is 6 feet high.

5.  Jan wants to walk at least 1 mile.  She has to push her baby brother in his stroller while she walks, so instead of crossing the street, she is going to walk around the block until she has walked 1 mile.  If her block is a square, and Jan knows the sidewalk on each side is 330 feet long.  If she also knows that 1 mile is 5280 feet, how many times does she have to walk around the block to walk 1 mile?

6.  How many square inches of pizza sauce can cover a pizza with a 16 inch diameter if the pizza sauce is spread from edge to edge?

7.  A square checkerboard has a perimeter of 32 inches.  What is it's area?

Section 2.  Given the following situations, write a story problem for each.  Pick out parts of the following situations to design a story problem where there is something left to be solved for.  Make sure that a mathematical operation must be used to solve your problem.  Do not design a problem that the person who is solving it just has to pick out information from the problem as an answer.  After you are finished writing your problem, solve your problem as you did in section 1 of this test.

8.  Jessica walks her dog three miles every day after school.  She walks around blocks that are square.  She may cross the street. 

9.  Jim needs to paint the outside of his fort.  His fort is in the shape of a house, and has one door and no windows.  He also must paint the door, but does not have to paint the roof.  He knows that one gallon of paint covers 640 square feet.