EXERCISE

SIMILAR
SHAPES
SIMILAR SHAPES: AREA AND VOLUME
• Two shapes are SIMILAR if one is an enlargement of the other.
In this case,
- all their matching pairs of angles are equal
- all their matching pairs of sides will be in the same ratio.

• The ratio of the AREAS of similar shapes is the SQUARE of the ratio of their lengths.

• The ratio of the VOLUMES of similar shapes is the CUBE of the ratio of their lengths.
Example
A photograph has a height of 6 cm, and an area of 27 cm2. Find the
area of enlargement of the photo with a height of 9 cm.
Example
Model houses come in small and large sizes. The height of a small
model is 8 cm, and of a large model is 10 cm. If the volume of a large
model is 1500 cm3, what is the volume of a small model?
Example
A paddling pool has an area of 32 m2 and a width of 5 m. What is the
width of a similar paddling pool with an area of 18 m2?
Example
Two balls have volume of 10 cm3 and 80 cm3. The surface area of the
larger one is 32 cm2. What is the surface area of the smaller one?

We cannot convert the rario

directly from volume to area – we
need to go via ratio of length
Scale on maps
The scale of a map tells us how many times bigger a
distance is on the ground compared to the map.
Example (Scale on maps)
A map has scale of 1: 25 000. On the map, it is 16 cm from A to B.
How many kilometers is it from A to B on the ground?
Example (Scale on maps)
A map has scale of 1: 200 000. From Oxford to London is 85 km. How
many can will this be on the map?