Vocabulary
Corresponding Sides
Scale Factor
Application/Modeling
Riddles
100

How do you solve to determine if 2 ratios are equivalent?

cross multiply or simplify the ratios

100

Triangle ABC is similar to triangle GHI.  Which side corresponds to side BC?

side HI

100

You have a triangle with sides of 2 in, 4 in, and 3 in. What would the new sides be with a scale factor of 2?

6 in, 8 in, 10 in

100

A map uses the scale 1 inch: 7 miles.  The distance on the map is 5 inches. What is the actual distance represented by the map?

You must use the correct units!

35 miles

100

What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?

A promise

200

What do two shapes have to be to be similar?

same shape, proportional

200

Rectangle DEFG is similar to Rectangle MNOP.  Which side corresponds to side DE?

side MN

200

Are these proportional?

rectangle with lengths 5 in and 10 in, and rectangle with lengths 4 in and 9 in

NO

200

A scale drawing of your house uses the scale 1 cm: 3 feet.  If the actual measure of the porch is 39 feet, what will the measurement be on the scale drawing?

You must use the correct units!

13 cm

200

The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

Darkness

300

What is true about the angles of similar figures?

corresponding angles are equal

300

Parallelogram TUVW is similar to parallelogram CDEF.  Which side corresponds to side CF?

side TW

300

You have a new triangle of A'B'C' with side lengths of 7.5, 8, and 10. What would the original side lengths be if the scale factor was 1/2?

15, 16, 20

300

A scale model of a boat uses a scale of 1inch: 2 feet. What is the actual size of the boat if the model boat is 20 inches long?

You must use the correct units!

40 feet

300

Where does today come before yesterday?

The dictionary

400

What is an equivalent fraction to 4/7?

8/14, 12/21, 40/70

400

Pentagon CDEFG is similar to pentagon PQRST.  Which side corresponds to side EF?

side RS

400

Triangle ABC has side lengths of 15, 30, and 45.  Your new triangle A'B'C' has side lengths of 5, 10, and 15. What scale factor was used to get the new triangle?

1/3

400

You take a photograph of Mount Monadnock (a mountain in NH).  Monadnock is about 3000 feet high. If the photo scale is 1 mm: 200 feet, what is the height of the mountain in the photo?

15 mm

400

What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?

Noon

500

What is true about the sides of similar figures?

corresponding sides are proportional

500

Rectangles BDEF and PSTR are similar.  Name a pair of corresponding sides.

BD and PS, DE and ST, EF and TR, or BF and RP

500

You have a triangle with sides 6, 8, 10. What are the new side lengths if you use a scale factor of 3.6?

21.6, 28.8, 36?

500

Daily Double! ΔPQR is similar to ΔSTU  What side corresponds to side UT? 

ΔRQ


500

What can fill a room but takes up no space?

Light

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