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Sure, here are 10 multiple-choice questions on the topic of enlargement and reduction of plane figures:

1. What happens to the dimensions of a figure during an enlargement?

a. They stay the same

b. They decrease

c. They increase

d. They rotate

2. When reducing a plane figure, what happens to its area?

a. It stays the same

b. It increases

c. It decreases

d. It depends on the shape

3. In an enlargement, if the scale factor is greater than 1, what can you conclude about the image?

a. It is larger than the original

b. It is smaller than the original

c. It is the same size as the original

d. It is rotated

4. What is the relationship between corresponding angles in an enlarged or reduced figure?

a. They are always equal

b. They are always supplementary

c. They are proportional

d. There is no specific relationship


5. When enlarging a triangle, how are the corresponding sides related?

a. They are always equal

b. They are proportional

c. They are perpendicular

d. They are parallel

6. Which term refers to the ratio of the length of a side in the image to the length of the corresponding
side in the original figure?

a. Perimeter

b. Scale factor

c. Area ratio

d. Similarity ratio

7. If the scale factor of an enlargement is 2, what happens to the area of the figure?

a. It doubles

b. It halves

c. It stays the same

d. It quadruples

8. In a reduction, what can be said about the scale factor?

a. It is always greater than 1

b. It is always less than 1

c. It is always equal to 1

d. It varies depending on the figure


9. What transformation is applied when a figure is reduced or enlarged without changing its shape?

a. Translation

b. Reflection

c. Rotation

d. Dilation

10. If the original figure is a square, what will the shape of the image be in an enlargement with a scale
factor of 3?

a. Rectangle

b. Square

c. Circle

d. Triangleuction of plane figures:

11. In an enlargement, if the scale factor is 1, what can you say about the image?

a. It is larger than the original

b. It is smaller than the original

c. It is the same size as the original

d. It is undefined

12. When enlarging or reducing a figure, which property remains unchanged?

a. Area

b. Perimeter

c. Diagonals

d. Angles

13. What geometric transformation is involved in an enlargement?


a. Translation

b. Rotation

c. Reflection

d. Dilation

14. If the scale factor of an enlargement is 0.5, what happens to the dimensions of the original figure?

a. They double

b. They halve

c. They stay the same

d. They become zero

15. When reducing a rectangle, what is true about the corresponding sides?

a. They are always equal

b. They are parallel

c. They are perpendicular

d. They form a right angle

16. In an enlargement, if the scale factor is 1.5, what happens to the area of the figure?

a. It increases by 50%

b. It decreases by 50%

c. It doubles

d. It stays the same

17. What is the name for a transformation that preserves angles but not necessarily distances?

a. Similarity transformation
b. Congruence transformation

c. Isometric transformation

d. Symmetry transformation

18. If two figures are similar, what can you say about their corresponding angles?

a. They are always equal

b. They are always supplementary

c. They are proportional

d. They are congruent

19. When reducing a circle, what happens to the radius?

a. It decreases

b. It increases

c. It stays the same

d. It becomes zero

20. In an enlargement, what effect does the scale factor have on the distance between points?

a. It increases the distance

b. It decreases the distance

c. It has no effect on the distance

d. It depends on the shape of the figure

Certainly! Here are 10 more multiple-choice questions on the topic of enlargement and reduction of
plane figures:

21. When reducing a parallelogram, what happens to the measures of its interior angles?

a. They increase
b. They decrease

c. They stay the same

d. They become right angles

22. What is the term for the point about which an enlargement or reduction is centered?

a. Origin

b. Vertex

c. Center of dilation

d. Axis

23. In an enlargement, if the scale factor is less than 1, what can you conclude about the image?

a. It is larger than the original

b. It is smaller than the original

c. It is the same size as the original

d. It is rotated

24. What is the relationship between corresponding sides in similar figures?

a. They are always equal

b. They are always proportional

c. They are perpendicular

d. They are parallel

25. If the scale factor of an enlargement is 0.8, what is the effect on the area of the figure?

a. It decreases by 80%

b. It increases by 80%
c. It doubles

d. It stays the same

26. When reducing a triangle, what happens to the measures of its angles?

a. They increase

b. They decrease

c. They stay the same

d. They become right angles

27. In a reduction, what is the relationship between corresponding angles?

a. They are always equal

b. They are always supplementary

c. They are proportional

d. There is no specific relationship

28. If the scale factor of an enlargement is 2, what happens to the perimeter of the figure?

a. It doubles

b. It halves

c. It stays the same

d. It quadruples

29. When reducing a square, what is true about the corresponding sides?

a. They are always equal

b. They are parallel

c. They are perpendicular


d. They form a right angle

30. In an enlargement, if the scale factor is negative, what happens to the orientation of the figure?

a. It remains the same

b. It is reflected

c. It is rotated

d. It becomes undefined

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