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Field Trip: Congruent and Similar Figures in the Real World
By Janet Gantert
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Question 1
1.
What baseball player is on a streak as he approaches a record 60 home run season back in 1927?
Willie Mays
Lou Gehrig
Hank Aaron
Babe Ruth
Question 2
2.
In what state is the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory located?
Kentucky
New York
Texas
Louisiana
Question 3
3.
What are they making at the Louisville Slugger Factory?
Baseball Bats
Baseball Mitts
Baseballs
Slugs
Question 4
4.
How long does it take the Computer Numeric Control to make a bat?
30 seconds
90 seconds
45 seconds
60 seconds
Question 5
5.
What are the dimensions (length x width) of the wooden billets used to craft the bats from?
39" x 3"
37" x 3"
38" x 3"
36" x 3"
Question 6
6.
What unique element of the bat's design lets a player swing the bat with more force?
Aluminum casing around the bat
A steel rod inserted in the core of the bat
The hollow end
A shortened handle
Question 7
7.
How much does the giant sculpture of a baseball and mitt weigh that is located outside of the factory area?
34,000 pounds
340,000 pounds
3,400 pounds
30,400 pounds
Question 8
8.
What is the length of the world's largest bat, located just outside of the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory?
120 feet
200 feet
180 feet
150 feet
Question 9
9.
What is the weight of the world's largest bat, located just outside of the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory?
86,000 pounds
68,000 pounds
8,600 pounds
6,800 pounds
Question 10
10.
What type of triangle is used again and again in the exterior design of Federation Square?
Right-Angled
Equilateral
Scalene
Isosceles
Question 11
11.
The longer leg of each triangle is made up of how many of the shorter legs?
2
4
1
3
Question 12
12.
What is the length of the longest side (hypotenuse) of each of the triangles in the design?
2
√5
1
5
Question 13
13.
Putting together _____ of these triangles makes another bigger, similar triangle.
3
3 or 4 or 5
4 or 5
5
3 or 5
3 or 4
4
Question 14
14.
What feature of the triangles do they compare to determine that they are similar triangles?
angles
overall appearance
sides
side and angles
Question 15
15.
A pattern created from using the same simple process over and over to build a never ending pattern is known as a
fractal
fraction
fracture
fracking
Question 16
16.
What is the official name of the mascot at Dover International Speedway?
Lefty Turner
Miles the Monster
Lug Nut
Monkey Wrench
Question 17
17.
What is the height of the top half of Dover International Speedway's towering mascot?
45 feet
47 feet
46 feet
44 feet
Question 18
18.
In what year was the construction of this massive mascot at Dover International Speedway completed?
1969
2008
2035
2000
Question 19
19.
What physical feature might you notice from this mascot a half mile away on route 13?
giant monkey wrench
large fuzzy mohawk
illuminated lug nut
glowing red eyes
Question 20
20.
What is the Dover International Speedway mascot holding?
a lug nut
a monkey wrench
a real racecar
a matchbox car