TEKS 7.5 Attributes of Similarity

Figure JKLM is similar to figure PQRS. Which proportion must be true for these figures?

Which best describes the pair of figures?

• similar

• not similar

Quadrilateral KLMN is similar to quadrilateral WXYZ. Which statement about these quadrilaterals must be true?

• Angle NKL is congruent to angle ZWX

• Angle NKL is congruent to angle XYZ

Mr. Ortiz used similar triangles to make a design. Which statement about the triangles in the design must be true?

• The are the same size and shape.

• They are the same size but different shapes.

• They have corresponding angles that are congruent.

• They have corresponding sides that are congruent.

Triangle ABC is similar to triangle DEF. Which pairs of angles are congruent?

• None of the angles are congruent

Figure ABCD is similar to figure EFGH. Which of the following statements is true?

Similar polygons have corresponding sides that are proportional and corresponding angles that are

• congruent

• parallel

• similar

• proportional

Trapezoid EFGH is similar to trapezoid WXYZ. Which of the following statements is true about the trapezoids?

Which of the following best describes two figures that are similar?

• A square with sides of 4 inches and a rectangle with a length of 4 inches and a width of 8 inches

• Two parallelograms with corresponding angles that have a ratio of 1 to 2

• Two rectangles with a length to width ratio of 1 to 4