Big Ideas Geometry

Solve for x.

• x = 5
• x = 3
• x = 14
• x = 1

Solve for x.

• x = 2
• x = -1
• x = 1
• x = 5

A gymnasium is 96 feet long and 75 feet wide.  On a blueprint, the gymnasium is 5.5 inches long.  To the nearest tenth of an inch, what is the width of the gymnasium on the blueprint?  

• 4.3
• 8.6
• 6.4

Find x

• 10.5
• 5
• 8.5
• 6

If ⊿ABC ∼⊿XYZ, then AB/XY = __/YZ.

• XY
• AB
• BC
• AC

What similarity theorem would prove that these triangles are similar?

• SAS∼
• SSS∼
• AA∼
• Not similar

What similarity theorem did you use to prove that these triangles were similar?

• SAS∼
• SSS∼
• AA∼
• Not similar

State the postulate that proves these triangles are similar.

• SSS~
• AA~
• SAS~
• Not similar

1) If two figures are similar their angles are______.

• proportional
• congruent
• supplementary
• complementary

2) If two figures are similar, the corresponding sides are ______________.

• equal
• congruent
• proportional
• none of these