Proportions & Similar Figures

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

• x = 10
• x = 4
• x = 2
• x = 5

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.A.2

Triangle PQR is similar to triangle XYZ.
What is the length of line segment XZ?

• 11 in.
• 13.5 in.
• 9 in.
• 20.25 in.

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.A.2

To find the height of a very tall pine tree, you place a mirror on the ground and stand where you can see the top of the pine tree.  How tall is the tree?

• 144 feet
• 72 feet
• 36 feet

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.5

Lance the alien is 5 feet tall.  His shadow is 8 feet long.  At the same time of day, a tree's shadow is 32 feet long.  What is the height of the tree?

• 20 feet
• 24 feet
• 29 feet
• 51 feet

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.5

A cake recipe calls for 1 cups of milk and 3 cups of flour. Seth made a mistake and used 5 cups of flour. How many cups of milk should he use to keep the proportions correct?

• 1.5 cups milk
• 1.75 cups milk
• 2 cups flour
• 2.25 cups milk

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2A

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

• 7.5
• 13.5
• 1.5
• 1.7

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

On Carlos’s map, Greenville and North Valley are 4.5 inches apart. The scale on his map is 1 inch = 20 miles. How far is Greenville from North Valley?

• 900
• 9
• 90
• 4

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

There were 5 ice cream cones for every 3 brownies sold at the ice cream shop. If there were 24 brownies sold, how many ice cream cones were sold?

• 8
• 15
• 40
• 29

Solve for k

• 165
• 17
• 1/17
• 1/165

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CCSS.8.EE.C.7B

Xander noticed that the waiting time to ride a roller coaster is 20 minutes when 150 people are in line. How long is the waiting time when 240 people are in line?

• 35 Min.

• 32 Min.

• 12.5 Min.

• 29 Min.

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CCSS.7.RP.A.3