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Math: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Shapes 4 (Questions)

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Shapes with equal angles at teach of their corners, like squares or pentagons, are called regular shapes. But what do we call a shape with different angles, like a kite, a rhombus or a parallelogram? We call it an irregular shape. Irregular shapes have some odd names, like trapezium or even diamond!Cubes and pyramids are 3D shapes. Making three-dimensional shapes with card can be great fun and will give you an idea of how many faces a certain shape has.

Do you know the difference between a rhombus and a parallelogram? Test your knowledge of trapeziums, dodecahedrons and some other shapes in this quiz.

1. What is the name given to the distance around the edge of circle?
[ ] Diameter
[ ] Radius
[ ] Tangent
[ ] Circumference
2. What do two concentric circles share?
[ ] Center point
[ ] Equal circumference
[ ] Equal radius
[ ] Equal diameter
3. What is the name of a part of the circumference of a circle?
[ ] Radius
[ ] Arc
[ ] Center
[ ] Diameter
4. How many faces does a dodecahedron have?
[ ] 8
[ ] 10
[ ] 12
[ ] 14
5. What is the name of a 12 sided flat shape?
[ ] Dodecagon
[ ] Nonagon
[ ] Heptagon
[ ] Decagon
6. What is the name of two lines that are always the same distance apart?
[ ] Parallel
[ ] Perpendicular
[ ] Adjacent
[ ] Convergent
7. What are perpendicular lines?
[ ] Perpendicular lines are lines that are getting closer and closer to each other
[ ] Perpendicular lines are lines that are always the same distance apart
[ ] Perpendicular lines are lines that are at right angles to each other
[ ] Perpendicular lines are lines that are short
8. Which quadrilateral has no parallel sides?
[ ] Square
[ ] Kite
[ ] Rhombus
[ ] Rectangle
9. Which of these shapes is not a parallelogram?
[ ] Square
[ ] Rectangle
[ ] Rhombus
[ ] Trapezium
10. A rhombus looks like which other shape?
[ ] A kite
[ ] A square
[ ] A triangle
[ ] A diamond
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Math: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Shapes 4 (Answers)
1. What is the name given to the distance around the edge of circle?
[ ] Diameter
[ ] Radius
[ ] Tangent
[x] Circumference
'Circum' means going around and is related to the word 'circle'
2. What do two concentric circles share?
[x] Center point
[ ] Equal circumference
[ ] Equal radius
[ ] Equal diameter
Ripples on the surface of a pond are concentric circles
3. What is the name of a part of the circumference of a circle?
[ ] Radius
[x] Arc
[ ] Center
[ ] Diameter
Rainbows are arcs
4. How many faces does a dodecahedron have?
[ ] 8
[ ] 10
[x] 12
[ ] 14
A regular dodecahedron has pentagon shaped faces
5. What is the name of a 12 sided flat shape?
[x] Dodecagon
[ ] Nonagon
[ ] Heptagon
[ ] Decagon
'Do' means 2 and 'deca' means 10 so 'dodeca' means 12
6. What is the name of two lines that are always the same distance apart?
[x] Parallel
[ ] Perpendicular
[ ] Adjacent
[ ] Convergent
They never cross each other
7. What are perpendicular lines?
[ ] Perpendicular lines are lines that are getting closer and closer to each other
[ ] Perpendicular lines are lines that are always the same distance apart
[x] Perpendicular lines are lines that are at right angles to each other
[ ] Perpendicular lines are lines that are short
The corners of rectangles are formed by perpendicular lines
8. Which quadrilateral has no parallel sides?
[ ] Square
[x] Kite
[ ] Rhombus
[ ] Rectangle
A kite has 2 pairs of equal length sides but none of them are parallel to another
9. Which of these shapes is not a parallelogram?
[ ] Square
[ ] Rectangle
[ ] Rhombus
[x] Trapezium
A parallelogram has all opposite sides parallel and equal in length
10. A rhombus looks like which other shape?
[ ] A kite
[ ] A square
[ ] A triangle
[x] A diamond
A rhombus is a quadrilateral with 4 equal length sides, like a square that has been squashed!