Deck 22: Surface Measurement-Triangles

Question 1

A gable roof has a span of 30 feet 6 inches. The height of the ridge above the plate is 14 feet 3 inches. How many square feet of surface are there in one of the gable ends?

Answer 1

217.3125

Question 2

How many square feet of wall space are there in the two gable ends of a house if the ridge is 16 feet above the plate line and the building is 38 feet wide?

Answer 2

608

Question 3

The length could be considered as the base and the width considered as the altitude or height.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

How many square feet of gable are there in a triangular with the following dimensions: h = 12 feet & b = 26 feet.

Question 5

The procedure for finding the area of a rectangle is to multiply the length by the width.

Question 6

Find the area of a triangle with the following dimensions: h = 6 inches & b = 26 inches.

Question 7

A gable has a span of 50 feet and a rise of 6 feet. What is the area in square feet?

Question 8

A gable end has a 6-foot 6-inch rise and a span of 20 feet 6 inches. What is its area?

Question 9

What is the area of the hip roof if the length of one side is 26 feet and the common rafter length is 12 feet 6 inches?

Question 10

A gable roof has a span of 14 feet 6 inches and a rise of 8 feet 6 inches. What is the total area of the ends of the two gables?