Scale and Scale Drawings

It is a ratio that compares two measures, for example, 2 inches to 5 miles.

• radius

• length

• scale

• percent

It is a positive rational number that is multiplied to a dimension or measure to produce a reduced or enlarged measure. For example, the width of rectangle is 8 cm. The width is multiplied by 3 to enlarge it to 24 cm. What do we call the multiplier 3?

• divisor

• l

• prime number

• scale factor

Figures whose corresponding angles are congruent and corresponding sides are proportional are called . . .

• polygons

• similar figures

• circles

• adjacent

A triangle in which all three sides have the same length is called a/an

The distance around a polygon is called . . .

In similar triangles ABC and A'B'C', angle A and angle A' are corresponding angles. What does the term corresponding mean?

• matching

• unequal

• intersecting

• parallel