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Field Trip: Congruent and Similar Figures in the Real World

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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

In what state is the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory located?

Kentucky

New York

Texas

Louisiana

What are they making at the Louisville Slugger Factory?

Baseball Bats

Baseball Mitts

Baseballs

Slugs

How long does it take the Computer Numeric Control to make a bat?

30 seconds

90 seconds

45 seconds

60 seconds

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"

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

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

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

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

What type of triangle is used again and again in the exterior design of Federation Square?

Right-Angled

Equilateral

Scalene

Isosceles

The longer leg of each triangle is made up of how many of the shorter legs?

2

4

1

3

What is the length of the longest side (hypotenuse) of each of the triangles in the design?

2

√5

1

5

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

What feature of the triangles do they compare to determine that they are similar triangles?

angles

overall appearance

sides

side and angles

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

What is the official name of the mascot at Dover International Speedway?

Lefty Turner

Miles the Monster

Lug Nut

Monkey Wrench

What is the height of the top half of Dover International Speedway's towering mascot?

45 feet

47 feet

46 feet

44 feet

In what year was the construction of this massive mascot at Dover International Speedway completed?

1969

2008

2035

2000

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

What is the Dover International Speedway mascot holding?

a lug nut

a monkey wrench

a real racecar

a matchbox car