Area, Similar Figures, & Scale Quiz-ACC

1. A flagpole 3 meters tall casts a shadow 5 meters long at the same time that a building nearby casts a shadow that is 60 meters long.  How tall is the building?

• 21 meters

• 36 meters

• 100 meters

• 300 meters

 Ryker is driving to Stone Mountain. On his map, he is a distance of 4½ inches away. The scale of the map is 

2 inches = 30 miles. How far must Ryker travel to reach his destination?

• 67.5 miles

• 60 miles

• 0.3 miles

• 270 miles

1. The following parallelograms are similar.  Find the value of a.

• 0.64 inches

• 7.6 inches

• 25 inches

• 4 inches

1. Triangle ADE is similar to triangle ABC.  What is the length of EC?

• 4 cm

• 2.5 cm

• 2 cm

• 10 cm

1. A rectangle with a length of 12 meters has an area of 216 square meters.  What is the perimeter of a similar rectangle with an area of 54 square meters?

• 15 meters

• 4 meters

• 3 meters

• 4.5 meters

The sizes of rectangular screens are given in the table. Which screens are mathematically similar in size?

• Cell phone and Computer

• TV and Movie

• Computer and TV

• Cell Phone and Movie

Gloria’s grandmother gave her a quilt made up of pieces that have the following dimensions. Find the area of the quilt piece. 

• 21 in²

• 12 in²

• 30 in²

• 39 in²

Write the equation to solve for the Area of a Triangle. Then use it to find the missing dimension. 

• 3 inches

• 9 inches

• 4 inches

• 5 inches

What is the area of this trapezoid?

• 91 ft²

• 77 ft²

• 78 ft²

• 105 ft²

What is the area in square units of the large shaded piece? 

• 30 cm²

• 60 cm²

• 72 cm²

• 84 cm²