Day 9 STAAR® Blitz Assignment

The trapezoids shown are similar. What is the value of x?

Triangle ABC is similar to triangle AEF. What is the value of x?

The two parallelograms below are similar. What is the length of BC?

Sara is making a scale drawing of a clock tower. She knows the clock tower is 99 feet tall. If every 2 centimeters on her drawing equals 12 feet, what is the height of the clock tower in her drawing in centimeters?

The distance between Ferndale and Millstown on a map is 7.5 centimeters. The map uses a scale in which 1 centimeter represents 10 kilometers. What is the actual distance between Ferndale and Millstown?

Sam is creating a scale drawing of his house using a scale in which 3.5 inches represents 7 feet. If his house is 18 feet high, what is the height in inches of the house in his scale drawing?

Gabrielle bought a scale model of the Statue of Liberty when she visited New York last summer. She knows that the Statue of Liberty is 300 feet high. Her model is 2.5 inches tall.

What is the scale of inches to feet that was used to create the Statue of Liberty model?

Determine the correct answer for each box. Not all answers will be used.

​ (a)   ​ (b)   =​ (c)   ​ (d)   ​

• 1
• inch
• 120
• feet
• 250
• 750

A square and a circle were used to form the figure below. What is the approximate area of the shaded region in square feet?

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Giovanni made the design below for an art project. What is the area of the drawing?

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Piper cut the corner off a piece of wood to use for a project. What is the area, in square feet, of the piece of wood that is left?

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