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Math 8 LG 4 Practice Quiz #5



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

Which of these numbers is a square number: 14, 49, 98, or 56?
a.
14
b.
49
c.
98
d.
56
 

 2. 

What is the side length of a square with area 25 cm2?
a.
5 cm
b.
12.5 cm
c.
6.25 cm
d.
20 cm
 

 3. 

Which 2 consecutive square numbers is 54 between?
a.
53 and 55
b.
28 and 32
c.
49 and 64
d.
12 and 16
 

 4. 

What is the area of a square with side length 10 units?
a.
200 square units
c.
20 square units
b.
40 square units
d.
100 square units
 

 5. 

The areas of 4 squares are given: 127 cm2, 116 cm2, 121 cm2, and 131 cm2.
Which area is a perfect square?
a.
mc005-1.jpg cm2
b.
mc005-2.jpg cm2
c.
mc005-3.jpg cm2
d.
mc005-4.jpg cm2
 

 6. 

Suzanne wants to put a fence around her square garden.
If the garden covers an area of 169 m2, how many metres of fencing does she need?
a.
13 m
b.
52 m
c.
26 m
d.
676 m
 

 7. 

Find a square root of 64.
a.
32
b.
8
c.
16
d.
32
 

 8. 

Find mc008-1.jpg.
a.
12
b.
72
c.
36
d.
48
 

 9. 

Find mc009-1.jpg.
a.
105
b.
500
c.
15
d.
10
 

 10. 

Copy each line segment on grid paper.
Without measuring, determine which line segment is shortest.
mc010-1.jpg
a.
Line A
b.
Line C
c.
Line B
d.
Line D
 

 11. 

Between which 2 consecutive whole numbers is mc011-1.jpg?
a.
27 and 28
b.
110 and 112
c.
100 and 121
d.
10 and 11
 

 12. 

Find the area of the indicated square.
mc012-1.jpg
a.
50 square units
c.
400 square units
b.
30 square units
d.
7.1 square units
 

 13. 

Find the area of the indicated square.
mc013-1.jpg
a.
20 square units 
c.
3.7 square units 
b.
66 square units 
d.
14 square units 
 

 14. 

Find the length of the diagonal, d, in the square. Give your answer to 1 decimal place.
mc014-1.jpg
a.
9 m
b.
162 m
c.
18 m
d.
12.7 m
 

 15. 

This diagram shows 2 flag poles that are 4.5 m tall. The distance from the top of the left pole to the base of the right pole is 7.5 m. What is the distance between the 2 flag poles?
mc015-1.jpg
a.
5.0 m
b.
6.0 m
c.
3.0 m
d.
4.5 m
 

Short Answer
 

 16. 

Which of these numbers are square numbers: 48, 64, 57, 81?
 

 17. 

What is the area of this square?
sa017-1.jpg
 

 18. 

Find the area of a square with side length 14 units.
 

 19. 

List the factors of 70 in ascending order.
 

 20. 

Find 92 + 52.
 

 21. 

The side length of a square is sa021-1.jpg cm. Find its area.
 

 22. 

Find sa022-1.jpg.
 

 23. 

A square plot of land has area 140 m2.
Find the approximate side length of the plot of land.
Give the answer to 2 decimal places.
 

 24. 

Which of the following square roots does not lie between 15 and 16?
sa024-1.jpg, sa024-2.jpg, sa024-3.jpg, sa024-4.jpg
 

 25. 

Square A has area 10 cm2.
Square B has area double that of square A.
What is the side length of square B? Give your answer to the nearest centimetre.
 

 26. 

The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 13 cm.
The length of one of the legs is 7 cm.
Find the length of the other leg.
 

 27. 

Which has the longer diagonal, the rectangle or the square?
sa027-1.jpg
 

 28. 

A square has area 169 cm2. Determine the length of the sides and the length of the diagonal.
 

 29. 

The area, in square centimetres, of the square on each side of a triangle is given.
Is the triangle a right triangle? How do you know?
sa029-1.jpg
 

 30. 

ABCD is a parallelogram with sa030-1.jpg. Find the length of BD.
Give the length to the nearest millimetre.
sa030-2.jpg
 

Problem
 

 31. 

The numbers 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 13 are written on separate cards.
Which pairs of numbers give a sum that is a perfect square?
Find all possible solutions.
 

 32. 

A square gymnasium floor has area 169 m2.
Find the perimeter of the gymnasium floor.
 

 33. 

Use a table like this.
Number = 144
Factor Pairs
1
144
2
 
  

List the factor pairs of these numbers: 4, 9, 25, and 49.
What can you say about these numbers?
 

 34. 

A rectangle and a square have the same area.
The rectangle measures 13 cm by 9 cm.
a)      Find the area of the square.
b)      Write the side length of the square.
 

 35. 

Which whole number is pr035-1.jpg closer to?
 

 36. 

The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is pr036-1.jpg cm.
Give 3 possible lengths of the legs of the triangle.
 

 37. 

The 2 diagonals of rhombus PQRS measure 10 cm and 14 cm. The diagonals intersect at T.
Find the side length of the rhombus. Justify your answer.
pr037-1.jpg
 

 38. 

Determine the sum of the lengths of the diagonals.
pr038-1.jpg
 

 39. 

A rectangular carpet measures 7.2 m by 5.5 m.
Calculate the length of the diagonal. Give your answer to the nearest tenth.
 

 40. 

Find the length of BC to the nearest tenth. Show your work.
pr040-1.jpg
 



 
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