GeometryGeometric Measurement and Dimension60 target questions
Give an informal argument for the formulas for the circumference of a circle area of a circle volume of a cylinder pyramid and cone. Use dissection arguments Cavalieri's principle and informal limit arguments.
Sample Practice Questions (3)
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A cube can be dissected into three congruent pyramids that meet at a single vertex. If the side length of the cube is s, what is the volume of one of these pyramids?
A circle with radius r is divided into many equal sectors. These sectors are rearranged to form a shape that approximates a parallelogram. If the height of this parallelogram is approximately r, what is the approximate length of its base in terms of r?
A cube can be dissected into three identical pyramids that meet at a common vertex (a corner of the cube). If the side length of the cube is s, which expression represents the volume of one of these pyramids?