7th Grade Vocab Similar Figures

angles in the same relative position in polygons with an equal number of sides

• linear angles

• right angles

• corresponding angles

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.5

matching sides of two or more polygons

• opposite sides

• corresponding sides

• similar sides

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.2

CCSS.HSG.CO.B.6

the technique of using similar figures and proportions to find a measure

• scale factor

• indirect measurement

• proportion

an equation that states that two ratios are equivalent

• unit rate

• similar

• proportion

Tags

CCSS.7.RP.A.2A

the ratio between two sets of measurements

• indirect measurement

• proportion

• scale

a drawing that uses a scale to make an object smaller than or larger than the real object

• scale model

• scale drawing

• scale factor

the ratio used to enlarge or reduce similar figures

• scale factor

• scale model

• scale drawing

a proportional model of a three-dimensional object

• scale drawing

• scale factor

• scale model

figures with the same shape but not necessarily the same size

• similar

• linear

• circular

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.2

CCSS.HSG.CO.B.6