1.

Name: ............................
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Date:

Similar Figures
1. Rectangles ABCD and EFGH are similar.
A
7.5
B
o
12
p
15
x
D

18

6
150 o

F
4.8

a. Find the value of x.

b. Find the value of y.
c. p o = ..
d.

Perimeter of ABCD
.............

Perimeter of EFGH
..............

2. Dimas made a wooden frame. The

outer edge was 120 cm long and
80 cm wide, and the width of the
frame was 10 cm, as shown in the
right figure.

The length of the inner part of the frame is cm

The width of the inner part of the frame is cm
Length of the outer part
..........

.................
Length of the inner part
..........
Width of the outer part
...........

..........
Width of the inner part
...........

Are the outer part and the inner part of the frame similar?

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3. Are two rectangles always similar? To answer this question, do the

following activities:
a. Draw two rectangles that are not similar. Write their dimensions .

b. Draw two similar rectangles. Write their dimensions.

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Name: ............................
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Date:

Mathematical Modeling
Using a ruler and a protractor,
draw DEF with D = 35, F = 80, and DF = 4cm
draw TRS with T = 35, S = 80, and ST = 7cm
measure the lengths of EF, ED, RS, and RT
determine the proportions of

FD EF
ED
,
and
.
ST
RS
RT

Write down the results that you have obtained in the following table.
Side lengths of
DEF
EF

ED

Side lengths of
RST
RS

RT

Ratio Value
FD
ST

EF
RS

ED
RT

Are DEF and TRS similar?

Do the results above demonstrate this: if in two triangles the corresponding
angles are the same size, then their corresponding sides are proportional?
What does this mean?

Use a ruler and a protractor.

Draw triangle ABC with AB = 8 cm, BC = 6 cm, and AC = 7 cm.
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 Draw triangle PQR with PQ = 4 cm, QR = 3 cm, and PR = 3.5 cm.

Measure A, B, C, P, Q, R.
Is A = P, B = Q, C = R?
Are ABC and PQR similar?
Do the results above demonstrate this: if in two triangles the corresponding
sides are proportional, their corresponding angles are the same size?
What does this mean?

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Name: ............................
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Date:

Similar Triangles
1. a.

R
C

10

10

4
A

ABC and PQR are similar because

.
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...................
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...................
b.

Z
80

80

30
V

70 o

XYZ and UVW are similar because .

................................................................................
...................
................................................................................
...................
2. a. ABC and PQR are similar because
A = R
B = Q
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C = P
Therefore, the proportion of the corresponding sides is
........
.......
........

........
........
.........

b. XYZ and UVW are similar because

VW UV UW

.
XY
XZ
YZ

Therefore, the angles of the same size are

=
=
=

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Name: ............................
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Date:

Congruent Triangles
1.Look at the following figures.

Figure 1

a. Copy ABC on a piece of cardboard.

b. Cut out the new triangle, and label each angle as shown in Figure 1.
c. Set the new ABC to find which triangle is congruent to it.
d. Which triangle is congruent to the new ABC?
e. Follow steps a to d for PQR to determine which triangle is congruent to
PQR.

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2. Look at the following figure.

Figure 2

a. If AHI is reflected to line HI, then it exactly coincides with

Therefore, AHI
b. If GHI is reflected to line GI, then the triangle coincides with
Therefore, GHI
c. Fill in the blank spaces:
AHI
d. If GFI is moved along and in the direction of FU, then GFI
coincides with
Therefore, GFI ..
e. Based on the results in c and d above, we get:
AHI
Using Figure 2, answer problems 3 and 4 below:
3. Mention the transformation (which can be a combination) to make:
a. CID coincide with CZD
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b. CID coincide with CZD
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c. DZE coincide with YZE
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....................
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d. GFP coincide with EYR
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e. CDZ coincide with EDI
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f. BCI coincide with DEI
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g. FEP coincide with QRE
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...................
h. GFP coincide with XWP
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i. IFE coincide with ZMN
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j. OPX coincide with YNR

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4. Mention three triangles which are congruent with:
a. FEP : 1) ...........
2)
3) ...............
b. ACI : 1) ...........
2) .............

.............
3) ...............

c. GEP : 1) ...........

2) .............

3) ...............

d. ACG : 1) ...........

2) .............

3) ...............

e. ALX : 1) ...........

2) .............

3) ...............

5. Continue the tiling below to complete the grid paper.

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Name: ............................
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Date:

Properties and Conditions

of Two Congruent Triangles
1. Look at the following figures.

ABC PQR.

Figure 1

a. Copy ABC on a piece of cardboard.

b. Cut out the triangle, and then label the angles as shown in Figure 1.
c. Set the new ABC so that point A coincides with P, and point B
coincides with Q. Then fill in the following blank spaces:
(i). Point A coincides with point , B with , and C with
(ii). Line segment AB coincides with PQ, so that AB = PQ
(iii). Line segment AC coincides with , so that AC =
(iv). Line segment BC coincides with , so that BC =
d. The sides that coincide with each other are called corresponding
sides.
AB and are corresponding sides.
AC and are corresponding sides.
BC and are corresponding sides.
e. The angles that coincide with each other are called corresponding
angles.

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CAB and are corresponding angles.

ABC and are corresponding angles.
ACB and are corresponding angles.
f. Your answers to e) and f) above show that
the length of the corresponding sides are . and
the size of the corresponding angles are ..
2. In Figure 2 below, the sides of ABC correspond to those of PQR, so

that AB = PQ, AC = PR and BC = QR.

P
A

R Q
Q
C

B
Figure 2

a. Copy ABC on a cardboard.

b. Cut out the triangle on the cardboard, and label the angles as shown
in Figure 2.
c. Can you set the new ABC so that it coincides with PQR?
d. What is your conclusion?
Therefore, if the three sides of ABC are the same as those of PQR,
then ABC PQR.
3. Look at the following pairs of congruent triangles. By measuring them,
find the corresponding sides of the same length and the corresponding
angles of the same size.
a.

H
I

R
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b.
K

L
E
D
M

4.

Is STR NMP? If so, determine the values of a, b and c.

S
N
O

67 O

wO

63 O T

P
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Name: ............................
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Date:

Application of Congruence
1 . Look at Figure 1.
B

Figure 1
Given ABD = CBD, show that AB = CB.
Fill in the following blank spaces:
Statement
a. BAD = BCD

a . Given (in Figure 1)

b. ABD = CBD

b. .............

c. BAD + ABD = BCD + c. ..............

....
d. BAD+ ABD+ ADB =
BCD+ CBD+ . .. = 180 0

d. The sum of the

three angles in a
triangle is 180 .

e. ADB = . . .

e. clear

f. BD = BD

f. ...

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According to the requirement (. . . , . . . , . . . ), ABD . . .

AB

and ... are corresponding sides, so that AB = . . .

2. Look at Figure 2.
ABC is an isosceles triangle. B is the vertex of ABC.

ABD = CBD. BD is the angle bisector of B.

Show that:
a. AD = DC
b. BD is perpendicular to AC.
To solve the two problems above, fill in the following blank spaces.
B

C
D

Figure 2
a) Look at ABD and CBD.
1). AB = CB
2). ABD = . . .
3). BD = BD
4). According to the requirement ( . . . , . . . , . . . ), ABD
.. .
5). AD and ... are corresponding sides, so that AD = . . .
b) Based on the result in (a), it can be concluded that AD = ...
It means that BD is the segment bisector of ABC.
Since BD is the segment bisector of ABC, then BD
AC .

. . . . .

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