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Geometry – Area of 2D Shapes

Find the area of squares, rectangles, triangles, and circles (or find side length/radius from area).

SAT Suite Question Bank

Official SAT Area of 2D Shapes Items

Search each Question ID at satsuitequestionbank.collegeboard.org under Geometry and Trigonometry, skill Area and volume, for the full stem, choices, and rationale.

Question ID Difficulty Topic Focus
0e40dfb0 Easy Area of 2D shapes
165c30c4 Easy Area of 2D shapes
3453aafc Easy Area of 2D shapes
4420e500 Easy Area of 2D shapes
4efea6a3 Easy Area of 2D shapes
5252e606 Easy Area of 2D shapes
575f1e12 Easy Area of 2D shapes
59cb654c Easy Area of 2D shapes
689abc2a Easy Area of 2D shapes
93f48423 Easy Area of 2D shapes
9d2e7037 Easy Area of 2D shapes
a490003a Easy Area of 2D shapes
c88183f7 Easy Area of 2D shapes
d2047497 Easy Area of 2D shapes
f39f88b7 Easy Area of 2D shapes
f60bb551 Easy Area of 2D shapes
08b7a3f5 Medium Area of 2D shapes
096c7ef5 ⭐⭐⭐ Medium Find the diameter of a circle given three points on a graph.
468613c0 Medium Area of 2D shapes
5afbdc8e ⭐⭐⭐ Medium Find the side length of a square given the area. Need more help with this idea?
6ae1360d Medium Area of 2D shapes
96467fea Medium Area of 2D shapes
98c12e38 Medium Area of 2D shapes
9c0a0eca Medium Area of 2D shapes
a4ed5285 Medium Area of 2D shapes
aef4fd8a Medium Area of 2D shapes
c4e5e23c Medium Area of 2D shapes
e86f0651 Medium Area of 2D shapes
099526fc Hard Area of 2D shapes
306264ab Hard Area of 2D shapes
eb70d2d0 Hard Area of 2D shapes

Tip: Search these exact Question IDs in the College Board SAT Suite Question Bank, Geometry and Trigonometry, skill Area and volume for full questions and rationales.

Level 2

Medium

1

If a square has an area of 25π, what is the side length?

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The side of a square is the square root of the whole area.

s = √(25π) = √25 · √π = 5√π

Check: (5√π)² = 25π. The common wrong answer squares to 25π², not 25π.

Answer: 5√π

More practice: Find the Side Length of a Square from Area

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