Fun with Similar Triangles

What is the difference between congruence and similarity?

• Similarity is same shape and size and congruence is same shape
• There is no difference
• Similarity is same shape and congruence is same shape and size
• Similarity is same color and congruence is the same color and size

True or False: Two triangles are not similar when two corresponding angles are congruent

• True 
• False

If the triangles are similar, what is their scale factor?

• 1/8
• 1/7
• 2/7
• 3/5

Which of the three triangles are similar?

• ∆FGE ∼ ∆MNL
• ∆HJK ∼ ∆EGF
• All of them
• None of them

If the flagpole is 20 feet from point A and is 13 feet tall, and the stick is 5 feet away from point A, how tall is the stick?

• 3.25
• 3.33
• 3
• 3.26

• A
• B
• C
• D

Which of the following is NOT a Triangle Similarity Theorem?

• SSS
• ASA
• AA
• SAS

Tags

CCSS.HSG.SRT.A.3

Which types of triangles are always similar?

• Right
• Equilateral
• Scalene
• Isosceles

Tags

CCSS.HSG.SRT.A.2

CCSS.HSG.SRT.A.3

Which theorem explains why equilateral triangles are always similar?

• AA
• SSS
• SAS

Find X.

• 40.009
• 39.875
• 38.975
• 39.874