Practice Test - Grade 9 Unit 7 Name :___________________________

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. In a photo, the length of a model car is 4.4 cm.

The photo is to be enlarged by a scale factor of 6.5.
Determine the length of the car in the enlargement.
a. 57.2 cm b. 10.9 cm c. 21.8 cm d. 28.6 cm

____ 2. A square frame is projected onto a screen using an overhead projector.

The original square frame has side length 8.5 cm.
The square frame is enlarged by a scale factor of 6.2.
Determine the side length of the square frame on the screen.
a. 14.7 cm b. 52.7 cm c. 105.4 cm d. 210.8 cm

____ 3. Determine the scale factor for this reduction.

Reduction
Original

a. 2 b. c. 1 d. 4
2

____ 4. A soccer pitch is about 110 m long. A model of the soccer pitch is made using a scale of 1:70. Determine the
length of the model to the nearest centimetre, if necessary.
a. 1571 cm b. 2 cm c. 16 cm d. 157 cm

____ 5. Identify similar quadrilaterals.

 Q

P
S
R

a. P and Q b. P and R c. R and S d. Q and S

____ 6. Identify similar rectangles with these dimensions:

a) 10 cm by 15 cm
b) 19 cm by 28 cm
c) 14 cm by 21 cm
d) 16 cm by 24 cm
a. a, c, and d b. b, c, and d c. b and d d. a and b

____ 7. Determine the length of EB in this pair of similar triangles.

5
B

7.5
C
20

a. 13.3 b. 10 c. 8 d. 5

____ 8. Which shapes have exactly one line of symmetry?

 P Q R S

a. Shapes P, Q, R, S c. Shapes Q, R
b. Shapes P, S d. Shapes P, Q, R

____ 9. What is the angle of rotation symmetry for a shape that has rotational symmetry of order 5?
a. 144° b. 36° c. 72° d. 75°

____ 10. What is the order of rotational symmetry and angle of rotation symmetry for this design?

O O

a. 8; 45° b. 6; 60° c. 2; 180° d. 4; 90°

Short Answer

11. A building is 210 m tall. A scale model is built using a scale factor of 0.005.
Determine the height of the model to the nearest centimetre, if necessary.

12. Quadrilateral PQRS is similar to quadrilateral ABCD.

If AB = 3 cm, BC = 4 cm, and QR = 8.96 cm, determine the length of PQ.
 13. Determine the lengths of CD and CE in these similar triangles.
B

D
8

14 7
C

12 E

14.This scale diagram shows the measurements a surveyor made to determine the height of a building. What is this
height?
 Building

33 m

24 m

56 m

15. Name two quadrilaterals that have more than 1 line of symmetry.
State the number of lines of symmetry in each quadrilateral