Dilations
Scale Factor & Similarity
Misc.
Triangles
Slope
100

What are the new coordinates of vertex J(1,-4) after a dilation with a scale factor of 2?

J'(2,-8)

100

What happens to a figure that is dilated with a scale factor greater than 1?

Enlargement/Bigger/Grows

100

What is the value of x?

x/4=15/12

5

100

The angle measures in a triangle have a sum of ______ degrees.

180

100

What is slope?

The steepness of a line.  Vertical change divided by horizontal change.

200

A dilation may change the size of a figure's side lengths, but never the ________________.

Angle measures

200

True or False: Dilations always make a figure smaller.

False

200

Simplify the ratio 24/42

4/7

200

Determine whether the pair of triangles are similar, not similar, or if there is not enough information.

Triangle J: 40 degrees, 85 degrees

Triangle K: 85 degrees, 55 degrees

Similar
200

What is the slope of line a?

3

300

<HIJ measures 30 degrees and is dilated by a scale factor of 3.  What is the measure of <H'I'J'?

30 degrees

300

A figure has a vertex of (-6,9) and dilates to a measurement of (-2,3).  What is the scale factor?

1/3

300

Name the 4 types of transformations.

Translation, rotation, reflection, dilation

300

Determine whether the pair of triangles are similar, not similar, or if there is not enough information.

Triangle M: 30 degrees, 70 degrees

Triangle N: 70 degrees, 55 degrees

Not Similar

300

What is the slope of line b?

2/3

400

Segment WX is dilated by a scale factor of 1/2.  Segment W'X' measures 23.  What is the measure of segment WX?

46

400

Similar figures have _________ angles and _________ corresponding sides.

Congruent, Proportional

400

The points (1,3), (4,4), and (1,5) were reflected over the y-axis and then translated 1 unit up and 4 units to the left.  What are the new coordinates?

(-5,4), (-8,5), (-5,6)

400

Triangle ABC is similar to Triangle A'B'C'.  Determine the length, in units, of segment A'B'.

AB = 6   A'B' = ?

AC = 8   A'C' = 2

BC = 10   B'C' = 2.5



3/2 or 1.5

400

What is the slope of line c?

1/2

500

Triangle DEF has vertices located at D(0,6), E(10,4), and F(6,8).  Triangle D'E'F' is the result of dilating Triangle DEF using the origin as the center of dilation and a scale factor of 1/2.  What are the coordinates of the image?  Find D', E', and F'

D'(0,3)

E'(5,2)

F'(3,4)

500

Determine the missing values.

FG = 22.5  E'G' = 6

500

You win 500 free points!

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500

Triangle XYZ is similar to Triangle X'Y'Z'.  Determine the length, in units, of segment YZ.

XY = 6     X'Y' = 15

XZ = 10   X'Z' = ?

YZ = ?   Y'Z' = 20

8

500

Whose slope triangle is correct?  Explain your thinking.

Both are correct.  Tyler's slope triangle is 2/4 and Elena's slope triangle is 1/2.  Both simplify to 1/2.

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