Measure each line segment to the nearest centimeter and
to the nearest millimeter.
Draw each quadrilateral described. Then draw and measure its diagonals.
- square ABCDwith 5. rhombus EFGHwith
AB5 cm EF25 mm - regular quadrilateral MNOP 7. concave quadrilateral QRST
with MN44 mm with QR2.5 cm, RS3.5 cm - For which quadrilaterals in exercises 4–7 are
the diagonals congruent? Explain your answer.
Rename each unit of measure. Use the tables on page 448 to help you.
- 6 cm mm 10. 7 m cm 11. 9.7 km m
- 11 mm cm 13. 453 dm km 14. 34 dm m
Compare. Use ,, , or ..
- 0.45 m? 45 cm 16. 4.8 cm? 0.48 mm 17. 257 cm? 25.7 dm
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Multiply or divide as indicated.
- 11 1000 23. 7.6 100 24. 120 100 25. 5.8 100
- 0.48 10 27. 5.732 100 28.0.06 10 29. 15.2 1000
19. Last year City X reported 1.65 m of
rain. City Y reported 131.5 cm of rain.
Which city had more rain? Explain.
21. A strip of metal is 420 cm long. How
many 1.4 cm strips can be cut from it?
How many 14 mm strips can be cut
from it? Explain how you found your
answers. - One piece of electrical wire is 35 mm
long. A second piece is 34.9 cm long.
Which piece is longer? Explain. - The jogging track is 4.8 km long.
Laura knows that her jogging stride is
about 1 m in length. How many of her
strides would cover the distance
around the track once?
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