Unit 6 Vocab Similar Shapes

A figure formed by two rays with a common endpoint called the vertex.

• polygon

• similar shapes

• angle

• corresponding angle

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

• angle

• corresponding angles

• corresponding sides

• scale

Tags

CCSS.HSG.SRT.A.2

Matching sides of two or more polygons

• corresponding angles

• corresponding sides

• polygons

• angles

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.2

The technique of using similar figures and proportions to find a measure.

• scale drawing

• similar shapes

• indirect measurement

• scale

Tags

CCSS.7.G.A.1

A closed plane figure formed by three or more line segments that intersect only at their endpoints.

• polygon

• scale

• ratio

• scale drawing

Tags

CCSS.1.G.A.1

CCSS.2.G.A.1

A comparison of two quantities by division: can be written 3 different ways (fraction)

• scale

• ratio

• scale drawing

• angle

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

Ratio between two sets of measurements

• ratio

• scale

• scale drawing

• similar shapes

Tags

CCSS.7.G.A.1

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

• ratio

• scale

• scale drawing

• similar shapes

Figures with the same shape but not necessarily the same size.

Have the same angles but different side lengths.

• ratio

• scale

• scale drawing

• similar shapes

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.2

CCSS.HSG.CO.B.6