Properties of Similar Figures

Find the ratio (red to blue) of the perimeter.

• 11/6

• 6/11

• 121/36

• 36/121

Find the ratio (red to blue) of the perimeter.

• 9/14

• 14/9

• 196/81

• 81/196

Find the ratio (red to blue) of the area.

• 9/14

• 14/9

• 196/81

• 81/196

Find the ratio (blue to red) of the perimeter.

• 4/7

• 7/4

• 49/16

• 16/49

Which statement is true about similar figures?

• the corresponding angles are congruent and the corresponding sides are proportional

• the corresponding angles are congruent and the corresponding sides are congruent

• the corresponding angles are proportional and the corresponding sides are proportional

• the corresponding angles are proportional and the corresponding sides are congruent

All angles in similar figures are congruent.  

• True

• False

Quadrilateral KLMN is similar to quadrilateral WXYZ. Which statement about these quadrilaterals must be true?

• Angle NKL is congruent to angle ZWX

• Angle NKL is congruent to angle XYZ

When two figures are similar their ​ (a)   sides should be ​ (b)   .

(This means the ​ (c)   should be ​ (d)   )

• Corresponding

• proportional

• ratios

• equal

All corresponding angles in similar figures are congruent.  

• True

• False

If two figures are similar, the corresponding sides are (a)   .

• equal

• congruent

• proportional

• none of these