Quiz about Similar Figures

Question 1

The pair of figures are similar. Find the missing side.

Accepted Answer

14

Answer

18

Answer

3

Answer

7

Question 2

Are the figures similar?

HINT: Are the sides proportional?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Answer

No

Question 3

Are these figures similar?

HINT: Are the sides proportional?

Accepted Answer

No

Answer

Yes

Question 4

The pair of figures are similar. Find the missing side.

Accepted Answer

9.75

Answer

3.75

Answer

10

Answer

12

Question 5

Find the perimeter of the large triangle.

HINT: Find the value of the missing side first -- but that is not the final answer!

Accepted Answer

36

Answer

12

Answer

15

Answer

24

Question 6

The pair of figures are similar. Find the missing side.

Accepted Answer

5

Answer

80

Answer

18.5

Answer

11

Question 7

If a 5 ft tall woman casts an 8 ft shadow, then how tall is a statue that casts a 16 ft shadow?

Accepted Answer

10 feet

Answer

2.5 feet

Answer

25.6 feet

Answer

13 feet

Question 8

If a 9 ft tall adult elephant casts a 3 ft long shadow, then how long is the shadow that a 6 ft tall cardboard box casts?

Accepted Answer

2 feet

Answer

4.5 feet

Answer

18 feet

Answer

1 foot

Question 9

A tree is 12 feet tall and casts a shadow 9 feet long. A building nearby casts a shadow that measures 24 feet. How tall is the building?

Accepted Answer

32 feet

Answer

24 feet

Answer

21 feet

Answer

27 feet

Question 10

Find the height of the person.

Accepted Answer

6.25 ft

Answer

4 ft

Answer

1.25 ft

Answer

5.75 ft

Question 11

A model house has a scale of 2 cm : 7 m. If the real house is 14 m wide, then how wide is the model house?

Accepted Answer

4 cm

Answer

49 cm

Answer

1 cm

Answer

9 cm

Question 12

Find the distance between Midway and Marion on a map with a scale of 2cm:18km if they are actually 90km apart.

Accepted Answer

10 cm

Answer

74 cm

Answer

2.5 cm

Answer

4 cm

Question 13

A family is drawing a blueprint of their backyard. The scale is 1in:7ft. The actual width of the backyard is 49 ft, how wide is it in the drawing?

Accepted Answer

7 in

Answer

14 in

Answer

42 in

Answer

56 in

Question 14

A blueprint was using a scale of 3cm=4.5m. Find the actual length if it is 5cm on the drawing.

Accepted Answer

7.5 m

Answer

13.5 m

Answer

1.5 m

Answer

1.7 m

Question 15

On a map, the distance between two towns in 2.6 cm. The scale of the map is 1 cm:50 km. What is the actual distance between the two towns?

Accepted Answer

130 km

Answer

100 km

Answer

70 km

Answer

150 km

Question 16

On a map, the distance between Louisville and Nashville is 1.75 inches. The scale of the map is 1 in:100 mi. What is the actual distance between the two cities?

Accepted Answer

175 miles

Answer

200 miles

Answer

100 miles

Answer

125 miles

Question 17

A scale on a hiking map shows that 3 inches represents 1.25 miles. What number of inches on the map represent 10 actual miles?

Accepted Answer

24 inches

Answer

12.5 inches

Answer

30 inches

Answer

3 inches

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