FINDING MISSING MEASURES OF SIMILAR TRIANGLES WORKSHEET

Problem 1 :

Lance and Alien is 5 feet tall. His shadow is 8 feet long.

At the same time of day, a tree's shadow is 32 feet long. What is the height of the tree ?

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Problem 2 :

Pentagon JKLMN is similar to pentagon VWXYZ, what is the measurement of angle X ?

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Problem 3 :

Triangle PQR is similar to triangle DEF as shown.

which describes the relationship between the corresponding sides of the two triangles ?

a)  PQ/DE = 4/6        b)  PQ/DE = 6/4

c)  PQ/EF = 4/9        d)  PR/DE = 6/6

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Problem 4 :

A six foot tall person is standing next to flag pole. The person is casting a shadow 1 1/2 feet in length while a flagpole is casting a shadow 5 feet in length. How tall is the flagpole ?

a)  30 ft     b) 25 ft    c)  20 ft     d)  15 ft

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Problem 5 :

The angle of the roof on Kaya's doll house is 56°. She built a scale model of the doll house with a scale ratio of 1 : 4, what is the measure of the angle of the roof of the model ?

a) 14°     b) 34°    c) 56°    d)  224°

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Problem 6 :

In triangle PQR is similar to XYZ.

What is the perimeter of XYZ ?

a) 21 cm     b) 63 cm    c) 105 cm    d)  126 cm

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Problem 7 :

If the triangles ADE and ABC shown in the figure below are similar, what is the value of x ?

a) 4     b) 5    c) 6    d)  8     e)  10

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Problem 8 :

In the figure given below, the two triangles are similar. What is the value of x ?

a) 12.4     b) 13.2    c) 14    d)  18.6     e)  22.1

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Problem 9 :

Mr. Smith is having some photos enlarged for studio. He wants to enlarge a photo that is 5 inches by 7 inches so the dimensions are 3 times larger than the original. How many times larger than the original photo will the area of the new photo be ?

a) 3     b) 6    c) 9    d)  30

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