SIMILARITY REVIEW!

Dilations only enlarge figures.

• True
• False

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

A dilation creates a similar figure.

• True
• False

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

If a line segment has a length of 12 units and after a dilation the image length is 4 units, what was the scale factor?

• 3
• 1/3
• 8

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

The "image" is the shape before the dilation.

• True
• False

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

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

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

In a dilation what mathematical operation is used with the scale factor?

• addition 
• subtraction 
• multiplication 
• division 

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

If a dilation produces a congruent figure, then the scale factor was equal to _____.

• 1/2
• 2
• 10
• 1

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

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

• True
• False

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

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

• True
• False

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

Dilate the figure by a scale factor of 3 with the origin as the center of dilation. What are the coordinates of the image?
A(3,3) B(6,6) C(9,3)

• A'(9,9) B'(18,18) C'(27,9)
• A'(6,6) B'(9,9) C'(12,6)
• A'(0,0) B'(3,3) C'(6,0)
• A'(1,1) B'(2,2) C'(3,1)

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CCSS.8.G.A.3