Name:____________________________ Date: ___________________ Period: ____

Similar Figures and Dilations Practice

1) Figure ABCD is similar to figure FGHI.

B H I

C G F
D

Which proportion must be true for these figures?

Hint use color to match sides. http://tinyurl.com/simfigcolor1

BC FG GF AB
A.  C. 
AD GH GH BC

GF HG GF AD
B.  D. 
BC CD BA FG

2) Parallelogram ABCD is similar to parallelogram EFGH.

E
B 4 cm 1.5 cm
C
2 cm F
A
D
H
G
Which proportion must be true for these figures?

BC FG GF AB
A.  C. 
AD GH GH BC

GF HG GF AD
B.  D. 
BC CD BA FG
3) Quadrilateral QUAD is similar is quadrilateral PIGS.

Which proportion must be true for these figures?

12 x 3 21
A.  C. 
21 22.75 x 22.75

3 21 12 7
B.  D. 
x 5.25 x 5.25

4)

5)
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_____6. Quadrilateral WXYZ was dilated with the origin as the center of dilation to
create quadrilateral W’X’Y’Z’.

Which rule best represents the dilation that was applied to quadrilateral WXYZ to
create quadrilateral W’X’Y’Z’?

A. (x, y )  (2 x, 2y ) C. (x, y )  (0.5x, 0.5y )

B. (x, y )  (x  3, y  4) D. (x, y )  (x  4, y  3)

_____7. Quadrilateral WXYZ was dilated with the origin as the center of dilation to
create quadrilateral W’X’Y’Z’.

Which rule best represents the dilation that was applied to quadrilateral WXYZ to
create quadrilateral W’X’Y’Z’?

A. (x, y )  (x  2, y  3) C. (x, y )  (x  2, y  1)
2 2  3 3 
B. ( x , y )   x, y  D. ( x , y )   x, y 
3 3  2 2 
_____8. Quadrilateral WXYZ was dilated with the origin as the center of dilation to
create quadrilateral W’X’Y’Z’.

Which rule best represents the dilation that was applied to quadrilateral WXYZ to
create quadrilateral W’X’Y’Z’?

A. (x, y )  (0.25x, 0.25y ) C. (x, y )  (0.5x, 0.5y )

B. (x, y )  (4 x, 4y ) D. (x, y )  (x  4, y  6)

_____9. Quadrilateral WXYZ was dilated with the origin as the center of dilation to
create quadrilateral W’X’Y’Z’.

Which rule best represents the dilation that was applied to quadrilateral WXYZ to
create quadrilateral W’X’Y’Z’?

A. (x, y )  (0.3x, 0.3y ) C. (x, y )  (3x, 3y )

1 1 
B. (x, y )   x, y  D. (x, y )  (x  6, y  2)
3 3 
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_____10. Quadrilateral QUAD is similar is quadrilateral PIGS.

Which proportion must be true for these figures?

12 x 3 21
A.  C. 
21 22.75 x 22.75

3 21 12 7
B.  D. 
x 5.25 x 5.25

_____11. Figure ABCD is similar to figure WXYZ.

A B
Z
W

Y
X

D C

Which proportion must be true for these figures?

XY AB XY WZ
A.  B. 
XW CD BC AD

XY YZ XY WX
C.  D. 
BC AB DA CD