Similar Figures Corresponding Angles and Sides

In similar Polygons, corresponding sides are ___ and corresponding angles are ___. (Fill in the blanks)

• congruent, proportional 

• proportional, congruent 

• congruent, congruent

• proportional, proportional

Sides in similar figures must be proportional.  

• True

• False 

When you multiply by a scale factor greater than 1, it will result in ...

• a reduction.

• the same size.

• an enlargement.

• a different shape.

Corresponding angles in similar figures are congruent.

• True

• False

Matching sides are called

• Corresponding Sides

• Corresponding Angles

• The Same

• Congruent Sides

What is true about the shape and size of similar figures?

• Same shape and same size

• Same shape and not the same size

• Different shape and same size

• Different shape and not the same size

The pair of figures are similar.
Find the missing side.

• x = 1

• x = 3

• x = 9

• x = 5

Which scale factor is an example of a reduction?

• k = 1/2

• k = 1

• k = 3/2

• k = 2.5

A figure that has been dilated has corresponding sides that are

• propotional

• congruent

Which transformation creates similar, but not congruent, figures?

• Rotations

• Dilations

• Reflections

• Translation