Vocabulary
Corresponding Sides
Scale Factor
Solving Proportions
Riddles
100
How do you solve to determine if 2 ratios are equivalent?
Use cross multiplication or look for the same scale factor
100
Which side corresponds with segment CD?
segment YZ
100
What would the new sides be with a scale factor of 2?
6 in, 8 in, 10 in
100
Question 1
MWAHAHAHHA (Worth 100 points)
100
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise
200
What does it mean to be similar figures?
same shape, different size
200
What is the angle measures of angle I?
80 degrees
200
Are these proportional?
Yes. Scale Factor is 3/2.
200
Question 2
MWAHAHAHAHH (Worth 200 points)
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 always the same (equal)
300
Parallelogram GHIJ is similar to parallelogram KLMN. Which side corresponds to side HI?
side LM
300
Find the scale factor of the triangles below.
Scale Factor = 3/2
300
Question 3
MWAHAHAHAHH (Worth 300 points)
300
Where does today come before yesterday?
The dictionary
400
What do we call the number that we multiply to the original values when dilating a shape?
scale factor
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
Question 4
MWAHAHAHAHH (Worth 400 points)
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 (same scale factor)
500
Polygon MNPQ is similar to polygon RSTU. Which segment corresponds to ST?
segment NP
500
You have a triangle with sides 6, 8, 10. What are the new side lengths if you use a scale factor of 4?
24, 32, 40
500
Daily Double! Miss Mitchell will create a bonus question
MWAHAHAHAHA
500
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light