Scale Drawings and SImilar Figures

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13 questions
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What properties make two shapes similar?

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Quadrilateral ABCD is similar to quadrilateral EFGH. Select all of the true statements.

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Suppose Rectangle A ~ Rectangle B. Rectangle A measures 9 inches by 3 inches. Select all of the measurement pairs that could be the dimensions of Rectangle B.

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A scale drawing of a rectangular park is 5 inches wide and 7 inches long. The actual park is 280 yards long. What is the area of the actual park, in square yards?

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Here is a polygon. Draw a similar polyon using a scale factor of 1/2.

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The scale of a map says that 4 cm represents 5 km. What distance on the map (in centimeters) represents an actual distance of 4 kilometers?

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The scale of a map says that 4 cm represents 5 km. What is the actual number of kilometers that is represented by 5 centimeters on the map?

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Tyler has two different maps of Ohio. The scale on the first map is 1 cm to 10 km. The distance from Cleveland to Cincinnati is 40 cm. The scale on the second map is 1 cm to 50 km. What is the distance from Cleveland to Cincinnati on the second map? Explain your reasoning.

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Elena wants to make a scale drawing of her bedroom. Her bedroom is a rectangle with length 5 m and width 3 m. She decides on a scale of 1 to 50.
Draw and label the dimensions of a scale drawing of Elena’s bedroom, using a scale of 1 to 50.

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Elena wants to make a scale drawing of her bedroom. Her bedroom is a rectangle with length 5 m and width 3 m. She decides on a scale of 1 to 50.
Elena’s bedroom door is 0.8 m wide. How wide should the door be on the scale drawing? Explain how you know.

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Elena wants to make a scale drawing of her bedroom. Her bedroom is a rectangle with length 5 m and width 3 m. She decides on a scale of 1 to 50.
Elena’s bed measures 4 cm by 3 cm on the scale drawing. What are the actual measurements of her bed?

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Suppose hexagon LMNPQ were to reflect across the x-axis. What would be the new coordinates of points L', P' and Q'?

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Suppose hexagon LMNPQ were to translate
. What would be the new coordinates of points L', P' and Q'?