Triangle Similarity Quiz

Which of the following statements is true about similar triangles?

• Similar triangles have congruent corresponding angles and equal corresponding sides.

• The corresponding angles of similar triangles are proportional, and the corresponding sides are equal.

• Similar triangles have equal corresponding angles and proportional corresponding sides.

• Similar triangles have congruent corresponding angles and proportional corresponding sides.

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CCSS.8.G.A.2

CCSS.HSG.CO.B.6

What does AA similarity stand for?

• Acute-Angle similarity

• Angle-Angle congruence

• Angle-Angle similarity

• Adjacent-Angle similarity

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.A.2

Which similarity criterion states that if two angles of one triangle are congruent to two angles of another triangle, then the triangles are similar?

• Angle-Angle (AA) similarity criterion

• Angle-Side-Angle (ASA) similarity criterion

• Side-Angle-Side (SAS) similarity criterion

• Side-Side-Side (SSS) similarity criterion

Tags

CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.5

Which similarity criterion states that if two sides of one triangle are proportional to two sides of another triangle, and the included angles are congruent, then the triangles are similar?

• Angle-Side-Angle (ASA)

• Side-Side-Side (SSS)

• Angle-Angle (AA)

• Side-Angle-Side (SAS)

Tags

CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.5

Which similarity criterion states that if all of the corresponding sides of two triangles are proportional, then the triangles are similar?

• Side-Side-Side (SSS)

• Angle-Angle-Angle (AAA)

• Side-Side-Angle (SSA)

• Side-Angle-Side (SAS)

Tags

CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.5

If two triangles are similar, what can be said about their corresponding angles?

• Their corresponding angles are perpendicular.

• Their corresponding angles are congruent.

• Their corresponding angles are parallel.

• Their corresponding angles are not congruent.

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.2

CCSS.HSG.CO.B.6

If two triangles are similar, what can be said about their corresponding sides?

• Their corresponding sides are equal.

• Their corresponding sides are perpendicular.

• Their corresponding sides are parallel.

• Their corresponding sides are proportional.

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CCSS.8.G.A.2

CCSS.HSG.CO.B.6

If the lengths of the corresponding sides of two similar triangles are in the ratio 2:7, what is the ratio of their perimeters?

• 1:2

• 5:6

• 2:7

• 3:4

The triangles at left are similar. Which proportion is correct for finding the value of v? There may be more than one correct proportion.

• v = 8

  22 u

• 22 = 10

  v 4.2

• v = 8

  10 22

• v = 4.2

  22 10

Tags

CCSS.HSG.SRT.A.2

Use your proportion from the previous problem to solve for v.

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.A.2