Geometry Terms
Ratios and Proportions
Similarity
RANDOM
Random and GEO
100
a closed figure with 3 or more sides
What is a polygon?
100
n - 8  =  n

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   5         8

What is 21.33?
100
If triangle ABC is similar to triangle DEF, list corresponding angles.....
angle A and D

angle B and E

angle C and F

100
Mrs. B's favorite football team
What are the New England #1 Patriots?
100
When Austin was confronted by the police he was....
What is riding his new moped?
200
a quadrilateral with 2 pair of parallel lines
What is a parallelogram?
200
What 2 numbers are the means in this ratio?


2:3 = 4:6

What is 3 and 4?
200
If polygon JKLM is similar to TUVW, list the corresponding sides
JK and TU

KL and UV

LM and VW

WT and MJ

200
Where Dan works....
What is Charlie's pizza?
200
the ratio of the first measurement to the second measurement


diameter of a salad plate: 8 in 

diameter of a dinner plate: 1 ft

What is 2:3?
300
a 2 dimensional pattern that you can fold into a 3 dimensional object
What is a net?
300
identify the extremes


2:3 = 4:6

What is 2 and 6?
300
the 2 things are needed to prove two figures are similar
What are congruent angles and proportional sides?
300
what Kiley did at the talent show that made Mrs. B cry?
What is sing a song with a girl that was scared to sing alone?
300
the lengths of the sides of a triangle are in the extended ratio  3:5:6. The perimeter of the triangle is 98 in. What is the length of the longest side?
x = 7  so the longest side is 42 in.
400
a comparison of 2 quantities by division
What is a ratio?
400
Kiley is raising money for her next concert tickets. She is buying pots of tulips and daffodils to sell at school. She plans to buy 120 pots of flowers. She will need to buy 2 tulip pots for  every 3 daffodil pots. How many pots of each flower should she buy?
What is 48 tulip pots and 72 daffodil pots?
400
a polgon with 6 sides will have this many congruent angles and sides in a "parts chart"
What is 6?
400
What Alexis and Matt just purchased that made them both lose lots of sleep?
What is 2 puppies?
400
The length of the sides of a triangle in an extended ratio is 4:7:9. The perimeter is 60 cm. What are the side lengths?
What is 12 cm, 21 cm, 27 cm
500
this type of ratio compares three or more numbers
What is an extended ratio?
500
What is the scale factor of:


12:15, 16:20 and 8:10

What is 4:5?
500
when may you actually use ratios, proportions and similarity in real life
What are: answers will vary?
500
The team Rory loves that probably will not win very many games this year...
What are the NY GIANTS?
500
A baseball team played 154 regular season games. The ratio of games they won to the number of games they lost was 5:2. How many games did they win? lose?
What is  won 110 and lost 44
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