Unit 5 Test Review

Name:__________________________
Date:________________Pd:________

Ratios and Proportions:

Simplify the ratio
1. 14ft 10 in : 8 in

2. 2900 lb: 8 oz

Use the ratio to solve the problem.

3. There are 238 juniors at a high school. The ratio of girls to boys in the junior class is 3:4. How
many juniors are girls? How many are boys?

4. The measures of the angles of a triangle are in the extended ratio 6 : 1 : 5. What is the
measure of the largest angle?

Solve the proportion.

5.

3 x
=
5 25

6.

x 9
=
4 2

9.Write the three equivalent proportions:

7.

x2 3
=
8
4

8.

y y +8
=
3
8

x y
=
4 3

10. The ratio of the width to the height of a window is 2 : 7. The width of the window is 3 ft. Write
and solve a proportion to find the height.

List the congruent angles. Then write the statement of proportionality.

11.

Determine whether the polygons are similar.

12.

13.

Find the value of the variable.

In the diagram, NOP~WXY. Find the

following

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15.

a. Scale factor of
NOP to
b. m

XY. ____
X = _____

c. NP = ____
d. WX = ____

Determine whether the triangles are similar. If so, write a similarity statement and
name the postulate or theorem you used. If not, explain.
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17.

18.

Explain why the triangles are similar and then find x.

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20.

Write a similarity statement relating the three triangles.

21.

22.

Solve for x and y.

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24.

Solve for x.

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28.

Find the geometric mean.

29. 15 and 3

30. 45 and 9

State whether the scale factor is a reduction or enlargement.

31. k = 5

32. k = 0.5

33. k = 3.5

34. Is DEF similar to ABC? If so, state the scale factor.

A(-54, 108), B(45, 36), C(-27, -18) and D(-72, 144), E(60, 48), F(-96, -24)

35. Find the new coordinates of the image after the dilation.

Determine whether the dilation from figure A to figure B is a reduction or

enlargement. Then find its scale factor.
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