CALAMBA DOCTORS’ COLLEGE

Km. 49 National Highway, Brgy. Parian, Calamba City

Laguna, Philippines 4027

PLAIN and SOLID GEOMETRY

Prelim Examination

I. State whether the following is true or false:

1. A rhombus is a parallelogram
2. Opposite sides of a rhombus are equal.
3. Adjacent sides of a rectangle are equal.
4. Opposite sides of a rectangle are equal
5. Every rhombus is a parallelogram.
6. The diagonals of a rhombus are perpendicular.
7. Opposite angles of a trapezoid are equal.
8. Opposite angles of a rhombus are equal.
9. A parallelogram with right angle is a square.
10. A square is a rhombus.
II. Identify each of the following:
1. A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides
2. A trapezoid having equal non parallel sides
3. A rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles
4. A special kind of rectangle, as well as a special kind of rhombus
5. A quadrilateral having two pairs of parallel sides.
III. In the parallelogram VBNM, find the value of x or y.

V B

M N

1. VM = 5x and BN = 3x + 12
2. VB = 2x + 5 and MN = 47 – 4x
3. VT = x + 3 and NV = 22
4. m∠VMN = 6y – 20 and m ∠NBV = 2y + 80
5. m∠MVB = 80 – y and m ∠BNM = y + 40
IV. Find the measures of the angles represented by the variables.
 1. 𝑚∠𝑎
2. 𝑚∠𝑏
3. 𝑚∠𝑐
4. 𝑚∠𝑑
5. 𝑚∠𝑒
6. 𝑚∠𝑓
7. 𝑚∠𝑔
8. 𝑚∠ℎ
9. 𝑚∠𝑖
10. 𝑚∠𝑗

V. Tell whether a triangle can be formed from each of the following lengths. (POSSIBLE or
IMPOSSIBLE)
1. 7, 7, 15
2. 17, 8, 10
3. 12.5, 12.5, 12.5
4. 3, 10, 10
5. 9, 18, 8
6. 5, 2, 9
7. 48, 86, 32
8. 8.32, 9.67, 1.44
9. √5, √5, 2√5

VI. In the right triangle below, find the length of the missing part when:

1. a = 12, c = 20
2. b = 15, c = 17
3. a = √5, c = 2√2
VII. In the figure:

If 𝑚∠𝐾𝑌𝑇 = 52°, find:

1. 𝑚∠𝐾𝑌𝑆
2. 𝑚∠𝐾 + 𝑚∠𝑇
3. 𝑚∠𝐾 + 𝑚∠𝑇 + 𝑚∠𝐾𝑌𝑇

VIII. Solve the following problems.

1. The two angles of a triangle have measures 57° and 56°. What is the measure of the
third angle?
2. Find the sum of the measures of the interior angles of a/an:
a. Octagon
b. Nonagon
c. Decagon
d. Trapezoid
e. 22-gon
3. The sum of the interior angles of a polygon is 2700°. How many sides does the polygon
have?
4. The distance between (-3, -1) and (3, y) is √45. Find y.
5. The distance between (-3, -2) and (x, -1) is √45. Find x.
6. Show that the triangle with vertices (-1, 2), (-4, -1) and (3, -2) is a right triangle and find
its area.
7. An altitude of a triangle is a line segment from a vertex perpendicular to the opposite
side. Find the lengths of the altitudes of the triangle with vertices (3, -2), (-4, 1), and
(2, -5)
8. The line segment joining (3, 5) and (-3, -5) is divided into two segments, one of which is
two-thirds as long as the other. Find the point of division.
9. The segment joining (-3, 2) and (4, -3) is extended each way at a distance equal to one-
fourth its own length. Find the coordinates of the t erminal points.