Trophy Week Day 1

A dilation produces a congruent figure

• True

• False

When a dilation has a scale factor greater than one, the dilation is an enlargement.

• True
• False

When the scale factor of a dilation is less than one, the dilation is a reduction.

• True
• False

The __________ is the ratio of a length of the new figure to the corresponding length on the original figure.

• reduction
• enlargement
• scale factor
• center of dilation

Similar figures have the same ______ but different ______. 

• measure; shapes
• sizes; shapes
• value; measures
• shape; sizes

State the coordinate of the image of the given point B (4,9) under a dilation with center at the origin with the given scale factor of 2.

• B' (2 , 4.5)

• B' (-8 ,-18)

• B' (8 ,18)

• B' (9 ,4)

The point (8, 12) was dilated to become point (2, 3). What was the scale factor?

• ½
• ¼
• 4
• 2

A dilation always produces a congruent figure.

• True
• False

What scale factor was used to produce the image?

• 2
• -2
• ¹/₂
• 1

Identify the transformation from ABC to A'B'C'.

• 90^o clockwise rotation
• 90^o counter clockwise rotation
• Reflection across the y-axis
• Reflection across the x-axis