Proportions and Scale Factors in Similar Triangles

Proportions and Scale Factors in Similar Triangles

8th Grade

10 Qs

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Proportions and Scale Factors in Similar Triangles

Proportions and Scale Factors in Similar Triangles

Assessment

Quiz

English, Mathematics

8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Anthony Clark

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A 5-foot tall person casts a shadow of 3 feet. If a tree casts a shadow of 12 feet, how tall is the tree?

10 feet

15 feet

25 feet

20 feet

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Two similar triangles have a scale factor of 2. If the shorter triangle has a base of 4 cm, what is the base of the larger triangle?

12 cm

10 cm

8 cm

6 cm

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A model of a building is 1/100th the size of the actual building. If the model is 2 meters tall, how tall is the actual building?

50 meters

150 meters

200 meters

100 meters

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A 6-foot tall flagpole casts a shadow of 8 feet. If a nearby building casts a shadow of 32 feet, how tall is the building?

16 feet

30 feet

24 feet

20 feet

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In a triangle, if the lengths of two sides are 3 cm and 4 cm, and the scale factor to a similar triangle is 3, what are the lengths of the corresponding sides in the larger triangle?

12 cm and 15 cm

6 cm and 8 cm

9 cm and 12 cm

7 cm and 10 cm

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A photograph of a person is 10 inches tall and the actual person is 5 feet tall. What is the scale factor of the photograph to the actual person?

1/8

1/4

1/6

1/5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Two similar triangles have corresponding sides of lengths 8 cm and 12 cm. If the shorter triangle has a height of 5 cm, what is the height of the larger triangle?

8 cm

7.5 cm

10 cm

6 cm

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