Quiz about Similar Figure Proportions

Question 1

The blueprint(drawing) of this house has a length of 6 inches. The actual house has a length of 18 feet. What is the scale used?

Accepted Answer

1 inch: 3 feet

Answer

1 inch: 6 feet

Answer

3 inches: 6 feet

Answer

3 inches: 12 feet

Question 2

What is the measure of the side that corresponds with FE?

Accepted Answer

8

Answer

10

Answer

6

Answer

15

Question 3

Are these figures similar? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

No, their corresponding sides are not proportional.

Answer

Yes, their shapes are the same

Answer

No, their corresponding sides are not equal.

Answer

Yes, their corresponding sides are proportional

Question 4

Question 4.

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

A

Answer

C

Answer

D

Question 5

Which of the following proportions are implied by the figure?

(Select all that apply.)

Accepted Answer

Accepted Answer

Accepted Answer

Question 6

Question 6.

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

A

Answer

C

Answer

D

Question 7

A drawing of a flagpole uses the scale 1 in = 4 ft. If the pole measures 12 inches in drawing, how tall is the actual pole?

Accepted Answer

48 feet

Answer

16 feet

Answer

3 feet

Answer

9 feet

Question 8

Find missing side

Accepted Answer

7

Answer

5

Answer

9

Answer

11

Question 9

A room has an actual width of 20 feet and length of 25 feet. How should the scale drawing look like if the scale used is 1 unit: 5 feet?

Accepted Answer

D

Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

C

Question 10

An adult elephant that is 8 ft tall casts a shadow that is 4 ft long. Find the height of a statue that casts a 9 ft shadow.

Accepted Answer

18 ft

Answer

36 ft

Answer

2 ft

Answer

16 ft

Question 11

What is x?

Accepted Answer

143

Answer

91

Answer

7

Answer

18.9

Question 12

A tree is 12 feet tall and casts a shadow 9 feet long. A building nearby casts a shadow that measures 24 feet. How tall is the building? (Draw a picture, set up a proportion)

Accepted Answer

32 feet

Answer

24 feet

Answer

21 feet

Answer

27 feet

Question 13

Find x.

Accepted Answer

3.6

Answer

6

Answer

7.5

Answer

22.5

Question 14

What is true about the sides of similar figures?

Accepted Answer

Corresponding sides are proportional.

Answer

Corresponding sides are congruent.

Answer

Opposite sides are proportional.

Answer

Opposite sides are congruent.

Question 15

Which proportion would allow you to solve for the missing side, x?

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

A

Answer

C

Answer

D

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

x = 63

Answer

x = 9

Answer

x = 28

Answer

x = 7

Question 17

For the pair of similar figures, find the length of each side marked with a variable.

Accepted Answer

8 in

Answer

1 in

Answer

9.8 in

Answer

9.3 in

Question 18

CHALLENGE! Solve for x. (You will need to set up the proportion, and solve using the distributive property).

Accepted Answer

x = 4

Answer

x = 135

Answer

x = 1/4

Answer

x = 2

Question 19

Solve for x

Accepted Answer

x = 28

Answer

x = 6

Answer

x = 25

Answer

x = 17

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