Ratio & Proportion
Application
Showing Triangles are Similar: AA
Showing Triangles are Similar: SSS & SAS
Proportions & Similar Triangles
Misc.
100
This is the value of d in the equation:
4/13 = 16/d.
What is 52?
100
In 1997 the ratio of the population of South Carolina to Wyoming was 47:6. If the population of South Carolina was 3,760,000 what was the population of Wyoming?
480,000 people
100
This is a correct similarity statement for these two triangles.
What is
triangleJGH ~ triangleLKM?
100
This similarity theorem allows us to conclude that the two triangles are similar.
What is SSS?
100
This is the value of b.
What is 9?
100
Who does MVGB play on Thursday?
RAHS (Double Header!)
200
This is the value of x and y.
What is 12 and 10?
200
You are trying to estimate the height of a tree but you do not have measuring tape that long. So you are going to indirectly measure it. You are 5.5 feet tall and right now have a 4 foot shadow. The tree currently has a shadow of 6 feet. How tall is the tree?
What is 8 1/4 ft or 8 ft 3 in or 8.25
200
This is the value of x.
What is 6?
200
This is the similarity theorem that allows us to conclude that the triangles are similar.
What is SAS?
200
In triangles ABC X is between A and B, Y is between A and C, and Z is between B and C. AX = 7 , AY =4 and YC = 10. what is AB?
What is 24.5?
200
What was the first Pixar movie?
Toy Story
300
This is the value of z in the equation:
3/(2z+1)=2/5
What is 3.25?
300
A person has a shadow that is 2 ft long. A nearby football goal post is 30 ft tall and has a shadow that is 8 ft 9 in long. How tall is the person? (leave your answer in inches and round to the nearest tenth)
82.3 inches
300
This is a correct similarity statement for these two triangles.
What is
triangleNMJ ~ triangleKLJ?
300
This is the scale factor of triangle B to triangle A if they are similar.
What is 3:2 or 3/2?
300
This is the value of q.
What is 8?
300
What condiment does Mrs. Foster prefer with her French Fries?
Ranch Dressing
400
This is the perimeter of triangle JKL when triangle JKL is similar to triangle STU, the ratio of ST to JK is 5:2, and the perimeter of triangle STU is 35 feet.
What is 14 feet?
400
A person in 5 ft 2 in tall and has 7 ft 9 in shadow. A nearby flagpole has a shadow that is 15 ft 6 in long. How tall in the flag pole? (leave answer in inches)
124 inches
400
This is the value of p.
What is 20?
400
This is the scale factor of
triangleRST
to
triangleQNP
if they are similar.
What is they are not similar?
400
What is 24.5?
400
This band told us that We are the champions. And apparently we are also friends.
Queen
500
This is the length and the width of a rectangle with a perimeter of 128 feet and a ratio of the length to the width of 5:3.
What is 40 feet and 24 feet?
500
How tall is the flagpole? You want to know the height of a flagpole by measuring with a mirror. If you place the mirror 10 feet from the flagpole and then you go and stand another 5 feet from the mirror. You are 6 feet tall.
12 feet.
500
This triangle is congruent with
triangleABE.
What is
triangleCDE?
500
This is the triangle that is similar to
triangleABC.
What is
triangleXYZ?
500
This is the value of z.
What is 15?
500
Which NFL Player Has The Most Sacks In A Season?
Michael Strahan