Unit 2: Practice Problem Sets

Rectangle $A$ has length 12 and width 8. Rectangle $B$ has length 15 and width 10. Rectangle $C$ has length 30 and width 15.

1. Is Rectangle $A$ a scaled copy of Rectangle $B$? If so, what is the scale factor?
2. Is Rectangle $B$ a scaled copy of Rectangle $A$? If so, what is the scale factor?

3. Explain how you know that Rectangle $C$ is not a scaled copy of Rectangle $B$.

4. Is Rectangle $A$ a scaled copy of Rectangle $C$? If so, what is the scale factor?

Here are three polygons.

1. Draw a scaled copy of Polygon A with scale factor $\frac 1 2$.

2. Draw a scaled copy of Polygon B with scale factor 2.

3. Draw a scaled copy of Polygon C with scale factor $\frac 1 4$.

In the picture lines $AB$ and $CD$ are parallel. Find the measures of the following angles. Explain your reasoning.

1. $\angle BCD$
2. $\angle ECF$
3. $\angle DCF$

Here are Circles $c$ and $d$. Point $O$ is the center of dilation, and the dilation takes Circle $c$ to Circle $d$.

1. Plot a point on Circle $c$. Label the point $P$. Plot where $P$ goes when the dilation is applied.
2. Plot a point on Circle $d$. Label the point $Q$. Plot a point that the dilation takes to $Q$.

Here is triangle $ABC$.

1. Dilate each vertex of triangle $ABC$ using $P$ as the center of dilation and a scale factor of 2. Draw the triangle connecting the three new points.
2. Dilate each vertex of triangle $ABC$ using $P$ as the center of dilation and a scale factor of $\frac 1 2$. Draw the triangle connecting the three new points.

3. Measure the longest side of each of the three triangles. What do you notice?

4. Measure the angles of each triangle. What do you notice?

The line has been partitioned into three angles.

Is there a triangle with these three angle measures? Explain.

Segment $AB$ measures 3 cm. Point $O$ is the center of dilation. How long is the image of $AB$ after a dilation with . . .

1. Scale factor 5?
2. Scale factor 3.7?
3. Scale factor $\frac 1 5$?
4. Scale factor $s$?

Here are points $A$ and $B$. Plot the points for each dilation described.

1. $C$ is the image of $B$ using $A$ as the center of dilation and a scale factor of 2.
2. $D$ is the image of $A$ using $B$ as the center of dilation and a scale factor of 2.
3. $E$ is the image of $B$ using $A$ as the center of dilation and a scale factor of $\frac 1 2$.
4. $F$ is the image of $A$ using $B$ as the center of dilation and a scale factor of $\frac 1 2$.

Triangle $ABC$ is a scaled copy of triangle $DEF$. Side $AB$ measures 12 cm and is the longest side of $ABC$. Side $DE$ measures 8 cm and is the longest side of $DEF$.

1. Triangle $ABC$ is a scaled copy of triangle $DEF$ with what scale factor?
2. Triangle $DEF$ is a scaled copy of triangle $ABC$ with what scale factor?

The diagram shows two intersecting lines.

1. Show that the two triangles are congruent.
2. Find the side lengths of $DEF$ and the angle measures of $ABC$.

Triangle $ABC$ is dilated using $D$ as the center of dilation with scale factor 2.

On graph paper, sketch the image of quadrilateral PQRS under the following dilations:

The diagram shows three lines with some marked angle measures.

Find the missing angle measures marked with question marks.

Describe a sequence of translations, rotations, and reflections that takes Polygon P to Polygon Q.

Point $B$ has coordinates $(\text-2,\text-5)$. After a translation 4 units down, a reflection across the $y$-axis, and a translation 6 units up, what are the coordinates of the image?

Quadrilateral $ABCD$ is dilated with center $(0,0)$, taking $B$ to $B'$. Draw $A'B'C'D'$.

Triangles $B$ and $C$ have been built by dilating Triangle $A$.

1. Find the center of dilation.
2. Triangle $B$ is a dilation of $A$ with approximately what scale factor?
3. Triangle $A$ is a dilation of $B$ with approximately what scale factor?
4. Triangle $B$ is a dilation of $C$ with approximately what scale factor?

Here is a triangle.

Triangle $ABC$ is a right triangle, and the measure of angle $A$ is $28^\circ$. What are the measures of the other two angles? 

Each diagram has a pair of figures, one larger than the other. For each pair, show that the two figures are similar by identifying a sequence of translations, rotations, reflections, and dilations that takes the smaller figure to the larger one.

 

Here are two similar polygons.

Measure the side lengths and angles of each polygon. What do you notice?

Each figure shows a pair of similar triangles, one contained in the other. For each pair, describe a point and a scale factor to use for a dilation moving the larger triangle to the smaller one. Use a measurement tool to find the scale factor.

Draw two polygons that are similar but could be mistaken for not being similar. Explain why they are similar.

Draw two polygons that are not similar but could be mistaken for being similar. Explain why they are not similar.

These two triangles are similar. Find side lengths $a$ and $b$. Note: the two figures are not drawn to scale.

Jada claims that $B’C’D’$ is a dilation of $BCD$ using $A$ as the center of dilation.

1. Draw a horizontal line segment $AB$.
2. Rotate segment $AB$ $90^\circ$ counterclockwise around point $A$. Label any new points.
3. Rotate segment $AB$ $90^\circ$ clockwise around point $B$. Label any new points.
4. Describe a transformation on segment $AB$ you could use to finish building a square.

In each pair, some of the angles of two triangles in degrees are given. Use the information to decide if the triangles are similar or not. Explain how you know.

• Triangle A: 53, 71, ___; Triangle B: 53, 71, ___

• Triangle C: 90, 37, ___; Triangle D: 90, 53, ___

• Triangle E: 63, 45, ____; Triangle F: 14, 71, ____

• Triangle G: 121, ___, ___; Triangle H: 70, ___, ___

1. Draw two equilateral triangles that are not congruent.

2. Measure the side lengths and angles of your triangles. Are the two triangles similar?

3. Do you think two equilateral triangles will be similar always, sometimes, or never? Explain your reasoning.

In the figure, line $BC$ is parallel to line $DE$.

Explain why $\triangle ABC$ is similar to $\triangle ADE$.

Describe a sequence of transformations for which Quadrilateral P is the image of Quadrilateral Q.

These two triangles are similar.

What are $a$ and $b$? Note: the two figures are not drawn to scale.

1. Draw what triangle $XYZ$ might look like.

2. How do the angle measures of triangle $XYZ$ compare to triangle $ABC$? Explain how you know.

3. What are the side lengths of triangle $XYZ$?
4. For triangle $XYZ$, calculate (long side) $\div$ (medium side), and compare to triangle $ABC$.

The two triangles shown are similar. Find the value of $\frac d c$.

The diagram shows two nested triangles that share a vertex. Find a center and a scale factor for a dilation that would move the larger triangle to the smaller triangle.

Of the three lines in the graph, one has slope 1, one has slope 2, and one has slope $\frac{1}{5}.$ Label each line with its slope.

Draw three lines with slope 2, and three lines with slope $\frac 1 3$. What do you notice?

The figure shows two right triangles, each with its longest side on the same line.

1. Explain how you know the two triangles are similar.
2. How long is $XY$?
3. For each triangle, calculate (vertical side) $\div$ (horizontal side).
4. What is the slope of the line? Explain how you know.

Triangle $A$ has side lengths 3, 4, and 5. Triangle $B$ has side lengths 6, 7, and 8.

1. Explain how you know that Triangle $B$ is not similar to Triangle $A$.

2. Give possible side lengths for Triangle $B$ so that it is similar to Triangle $A$.

For each pair of points, find the slope of the line that passes through both points. If you get stuck, try plotting the points on graph paper and drawing the line through them with a ruler.

1. $(1,1)$ and $(7,5)$
2. $(1,1)$ and $(5,7)$
3. $(2,5)$ and $(\text-1,2)$
4. $(2,5)$ and $(\text-7,\text-4)$

Line $\ell$ is shown in the coordinate plane.

1. What are the coordinates of $B$ and $D$?
2. Is the point $(16,20)$ on line $\ell$? Explain how you know.
3. Is the point $(20,24)$ on line $\ell$? Explain how you know.
4. Is the point $(80,100)$ on line $\ell$? Explain how you know.
5. Write a rule that would allow you to test whether $(x,y)$ is on line $\ell$.

Consider the graphed line.

All three points displayed are on the line. Find an equation relating $x$ and $y$.

Here is triangle $ABC$.

1. Draw the dilation of triangle $ABC$ with center $(2,0)$ and scale factor 2.
2. Draw the dilation of triangle $ABC$ with center $(2,0)$ and scale factor 3.
3. Draw the dilation of triangle $ABC$ with center $(2,0)$ and scale factor $\frac 1 2$.
4. What are the coordinates of the image of point $C$ when triangle $ABC$ is dilated with center $(2,0)$ and scale factor $s$?
5. Write an equation for the line containing all possible images of point $C$.

Here are some line segments.

1. Which segment is a dilation of $\overline{BC}$ using $A$ as the center of dilation and a scale factor of $\frac23$?
2. Which segment is a dilation of $\overline{BC}$ using $A$ as the center of dilation and a scale factor of $\frac32$?
3. Which segment is not a dilation of $\overline{BC}$, and how do you know?