Name_____________________ Date_____________ Hour______

9.1 – Using Ratios and Proportions

A ____________________ is a comparison of two quantities.

The ratio of ​a​ to ​b​ can be expressed as or or

Examples​:
Write each ratio in simplest form-

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. six days to two weeks 6. 24 inches : 3 feet

7. 45 centimeters to 7 meters 8. 17 yards to 15 feet

9. 280 seconds : 6 minutes 10. 75 meters to 5 kilometers

A _______________________ is an equation that shows two equivalent fractions.

There are three methods to determine if a ratio forms a proportion.

Method 1 Method 2 Method 3

Simplify the fractions Determine the decimals Cross Multiply

So, the answer is “YES” since the fractions, the decimals, and the cross product are equal.
Examples​:
Determine whether the following are a proportion:

11. 12. ​

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In the proportion below there are two cross-products.

11 and x _____________

16 and 44 _________

You can use cross-multiplication to solve equations in proportion form…

Examples​:
Solve each proportion by using cross-products.

1. 2. 3.

4. 5.

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Geometry G Name ________________________
Ratios Worksheet 1

Express each ratio in lowest terms.

1. 8 to 16 ________ 2. 12 to 4 ________ 3. 15 : 75 ________

4. ________ 5. 150 to 15 ________ 6. ________

Write each ratio in lowest terms.

7. 15 milliliters to 24 liters ________ 8. 6 feet to 15 inches ________

9. 75 cm to 4 m ________ 10. 3 days to 9 hours_________

11. A soccer team played 25 games and won 17.

a. What is the ratio of the number of wins to the number of loses?

b. What is the ratio of the number of games played to the number of games won?

12. In a senior class, there are b boys and g girls. Express the ratio of the number of boys to the
total number in the class.

13. Two numbers are in a ratio of 5 : 3. Their sum is 80. Find the largest number.

14. Mr. Smith and Mr. Kelly are business partners. They agreed to divide the profits in the ratio of 3 : 2.
The profit amounted to $24,000. How much did each person receive?

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 Geometry G Name ________________________
Ratios Worksheet 2 Period ______ Date _____________

Express each ratio in lowest terms.

1. ________ 2. 96 : 100 ________ 3. 625 to 125 ________

4. 72 to 60 ________ 5. ________ 6. 49 : 35 ________

7 15 kg to 90 kg ________ 8 18 feet to 4 yards ________

9. 45 meters to 80 meters ________ 10. 10 seconds to 2 minutes ________

11. The Yankees won 125 games, the Red Sox won 97 games, and the Mets won 86 games. What is the
ratio of wins of the Yankees to the Red Sox to the Mets?

12. The measure of the angles of a triangle are in a ratio of 2 : 3 : 4. Find the number of degrees in the
smallest angle of the triangle.

Do the following pairs form a proportion?

13. and 14. and 15. and

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Geometry G Name ________________________
Ratios Worksheet 3 Period ______ Date _____________

Solve each proportion. Circle your final answer.

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

7. 8. 9.

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Geometry G Name ________________________
Ratios Worksheet 4 Period ______ Date _____________

Applications of Proportions

1. A recipe for 3 dozen cookies calls for 4 cups of 2. A certain medication calls for 250 mg for every 75
flour. How much flour is needed to make 5 dozen lbs of body weight. How many milligrams of
cookies? medication should a 220-lb person take?

3. A 2-inch wound requires 9 inches of suture thread. 4. An apartment building has 24 identical
How long of a thread should a nurse have ready to apartments. It took 42.7 gallons of paint to paint 3
close a 5-inch wound? apartments. How many gallons of paint are needed
to paint 21 apartments?

Do the following ratios form a proportion? Meaning, are they equal?

1. 2. 3. 4.

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 Sect 9.2 - Changing the Size of Figures
These figures are similar These are not similar

Similar Figures​ ~ Two polygons are similar if and only if

the____________________ angles are ____________________ and the measures of

the _______________________ sides are ___________________________.

The symbol __________ means similar.

ΔABC ~ ΔDEF (“triangle ABC is ​similar​ to triangle DEF”)

Corresponding Angles Corresponding Sides
are _______________ have _____________________
∠ ______ ⬄ ∠ ______ _______ ⬄ _______
∠ ______ ⬄ ∠ ______ _______ ⬄ _______
∠ ______ ⬄ ∠ ______ _______ ⬄ _______

Scale Factor -
If the scale factor > 1,
If the scale factor < 1,

Example: Find the dimensions of the figure ...

a) using a scale factor of 2. b) using a scale factor of .

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Similar figures are enlargements or reductions of each other. The amount of
enlargement or reduction needed to change one figure to the other is called the
_________________ . The ratio of the lengths of the corresponding sides of similar
figures is the ______________________.

Determine if the polygons are similar. Show work to justify your answer.

1) 2) 3)

Find the values of x and y if ΔJHI~ΔMLN.

a) Write proportions for the corresponding
sides.

b) Write the proportion c) Write the

proportion
to solve for x. to solve for y.

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Example:​ ABCD is similar to WXYZ

The similarity ratio of ABCD to WXYZ is ________.

The scale factor of ABCD to WXYZ is _________.

Label the lengths of the missing sides.

ABCDE is similar to QRSTU

The similarity ratio of ABCDE to QRSTU is __________.

The scale factor of ABCDE to QRSTU is _________.

Find the length of each side.

QU ___________

QR ___________

RS ____________

ST ____________

Perimeter of ABCDE______________
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Perimeter of QRSTU______________

ratio of perimeter of ABCDE to perimeter of QRSTU _______________

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Geometry Name
Chapter 11.1 Scale Factor Worksheet 1

Scale factor of 3

Scale factor of 2/3

Scale factor of 3/4

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Geometry Name
Chapter 11.1 Scale Factor Worksheet 2

Goal: To be able to draw a figure with a given scale factor.

Scale factor of 2

Scale factor of

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Scale factor: 4

Scale factor:

Scale factor:

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Geometry Name
Chapter 11.1 Similar Figures Worksheet 1

1. ​Given ABCD ~ WXYZ

a. What angles are congruent?

b. Write the proportions that are equal.

2. ​Given ​Δ​XYZ~​Δ​RST
a. What angles are congruent?

b. Write the proportions that are equal.

3. Explain why the figures are similar and write the similarity statement.

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Geometry Name
Chapter 11.1 Similar Figures Worksheet 2

Determine whether the figures are similar. If yes, what is the scale factor that transforms the figure on the
left to the figure on the right? Assume the angles are congruent.

1. Similar ? yes no 2. ​Similar? yes no

If yes, scale factor (left to right) _____ If yes, scale factor (left to right)____

3. Similar ? yes no 4. ​Similar? yes no

If yes, scale factor (left to right) _____ If yes, scale factor (left to right)____

5. Similar ? yes no 6. ​Similar? yes no

If yes, scale factor (left to right) _____ If yes, scale factor (left to right)____

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Chapter 11.2 Similar Triangles Worksheet 3

Goal is to understand notation related to similarity and then apply this notation to find a missing side of similar
triangles.

Definition of Similar Polygons: Two polygons are s​ imilar​ if and only if the corresponding angles are
congruent ​and the corresponding sides are p
​ roportional​.

1. These corresponding a
​ ngles​ are congruent:
_______ ________

_______ ________

_______ ________

These corresponding s​ ides​ are proportional:

2.
These corresponding a
​ ngles​ are congruent:

_______ ________

_______ ________

_______ ________

These corresponding s​ ides​ are proportional:

3.
Which angles are congruent? What sides are proportional?

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4. What proportions are equal?

Find x Find y

5. What sides are proportional?

Find x:

6. Find AC and OG.

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Chapter 11.2 Similar Triangles Worksheet 4

Find the missing lengths of the similar triangles.

1.

Step 1: Write the corresponding sides of and as a proportion:

Step 2: Fill in the numbers and solve for the missing side.

BC = _____________

FD = _____________

2.

Step 1: Write the corresponding sides of and as a proportion:

Step 2: Fill in the numbers and solve for the missing side.

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AC = _____________ TG = _____________
3.

Step 1: Write the corresponding sides of and as a proportion:

Step 2: Fill in the numbers and solve for the missing side.

PM = ____________ QV = ____________

4.

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BD = _________ EC = _________
Geometry Name
Chapter 11.2 Similar Triangles Worksheet 5

Find the missing lengths. (You may get decimals.)

1. 2.

AC = _________ GE = _________ RS = _________ TR = _________

3.

YZ = _________ WY = _________

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Similarity Names________________________
Geometry G
Round Table ______________________________

Find the missing lengths.

1. 2.

AC = ___________ WY = ___________

EG = ___________ YZ = ___________

3. 4.

x = ___________

RS = ___________ NP = ___________

TR = ___________ QV = ____________

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 Section 9.3 Notes 
Methods of proving Triangles Similar 
We will look at ways of proving triangles similar.

Recall what similarity means: 1) Corresponding angles are____________

2) The ratios of the measures of corresponding sides are_______________

Postulate: ​AA to prove triangles similar

Given two corresponding angles congruent, can you prove the triangles similar by AA?

Therefore, ​AA​ is a way to prove triangles similar.

The other two ways to prove triangles similar are​:

Theorem​:

Theorem​:

Don’t forget the ​~​ when proving similar triangles by the three above methods!
*​The 3 ways to prove similar triangles are: ________, ________, and ________. 
Examples 

Decide if each pair of triangles is similar. If they are, write the correspondence in the first blank and the
reason in the second blank. If they are NOT similar, write NS in the second blank.

1) ∆ ABC ~ ∆ _________ by __________

2) ∆ ABC ~ ∆ _________ by __________

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3) ∆ YXS ~ ∆ _________ by __________

4) ∆ ABC ~ ∆ _________ by __________

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Geometry Name
Chapter 11.2 Justifying Similar Triangles Worksheet 6

Determine whether each pair of triangles is similar. If the triangles are similar, justify your answer by using
SSS, SAS, and AA. Make sure you have work to support your answer.

1.

Yes No ___________________ ~ ____________________ by ____________________

2.

Yes No ____________________ ~ ____________________ by ___________________

3.

Yes No ____________________ ~ ____________________ by ___________________

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8.

Yes No ____________________ ~ ____________________ by ___________________

9. Ryan is 5 feet tall. His shadow is 9 feet long and the shadow of a building is 36 feet long. How
tall is the building? Draw two similar triangles and then determine the height of the building.

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Geometry Name
Chapter 11.2 Justifying Similar Triangles Worksheet 7

Determine whether each pair of triangles is similar. If the triangles are similar, justify your answer by using
SSS​∼​, SAS​∼​, and AA​∼​. Make sure you have work to support your answer.

1.
Yes No

_________ ~ _________

by ____________

2. Yes No

_________ ~ _________

by ____________

3. Yes No

_________ ~ _________

by ____________

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4. Yes No

_________ ~ _________

by ____________

5. Yes No

_________ ~ _________

by ____________

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Geometry G Name_________________________
Sec 9.4 Notes 
 
Theorem​: If a line is parallel to one side of a triangle and intersects the other two sides, then 
the triangle formed is similar to the original triangle. 
 
If​ || , then ​Δ​ABE ~ ​Δ​ACD 
 
Let’s see why this is true. 
 
If || , then the corresponding angles which  
are congruent are: 
 
∠​_____ ​≅​ ​∠​________ and ​∠​_____ ​≅​ ​∠​________. 
 
By AA, ​Δ​ _________ ~ ​Δ​ _________. 
 
 
Examples 
 
Complete the proportions for the given diagram. 
 

a. b.  
 

c.  
 
 
We can use these proportions to solve for the missing sides of similar triangles.. 
 
1. 2.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Theorem​: If a line is parallel to one side of a triangle and intersects the other two sides, then 
it separates the sides into segments of proportional lengths. 
(Also known as the ​Side-Splitter Theorem​.) 
 

If || , then . 
 

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 If you need to find either BE or CD, you still need  
to use similar triangles. You CANNOT use the  
Side-Splitter Theorem to find these two sides since   
they are not “split” sides. 
 
 
 
Examples 
 
Write and solve proportions to solve for each variable. 
 
1.  2.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3.  4. 
 

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Geometry
Chapter 11.6 Proportional Segments between Parallel Lines

Directions: Find the value each variable in the diagrams.

1.

2.

3.

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Practice 9.4
Solve for x for each problem.

1] 2]

3] 4]

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5] 6]

7] 8]

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Name_________________________________________ Date___________ Hour_______ 

Sect 9.5 – Triangle Midsegments

Use centimeters or degrees to find the measures of the following​…

SR = ________ 
 
RN = ________ 
 
SN = ________ 
 
SP = ________ 
 
PR = ________ ∠​S = _________ ∠​N = ________ 
 
RI = ________ ∠​RPI = _______ ∠​ PIR = ______ 
 
IN = ________ ∠​R = _________ 
 
PI = ________ 
 
Notice anything??? 
 
 
Fill in the measures of all of the sides and angles of the triangle below. Did the same thing 
occur as above?? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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THEOREM:​ The __________________ of a triangle is __________the length 
of the third side and is ________________ to it. 

Examples: 
 
1) In the triangle given, A, B, and C are midpoints of the sides of . If TU=12. UV=16 
and TV=20… 
 
a) Find AB, BC, and AC 
 
 
b) Name the three pairs of parallel segments

2) D is the midpoint of and E is the midpoint of . 

 
 
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a. If AD is 8 and AB is 12 find AC, DC, and DE   
 
AC_________ DC___________ DE___________ 
 
 
 
 
b. If , and DE is 17.9 Find and AB   
 
 
__________ AB____________ 
 
 
 
 
c. If and AD is 13 and BC is 27, Find , BE and AC   
 
 
_________ BE_________ AC___________ 
 
 
 
 

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 Geometry G
Name_________________________ 
Sec 9.6 Notes Proportional Parts and Parallel Lines 
 
Remember the Side-Splitter Theorem? 
 
Theorem​: If a line is parallel to one side of a triangle and intersects the other  
​two sides, it divides those two sides proportionally.   
   
Given: ||  
 

Prove:  
 
 
 
What happens if there are more than two parallel lines? 
 
 
Theorem​: If three or more parallel lines intersect two transversals, the parallel lines divide 
the transversals proportionally.   
   
 
  Given: || ||  
 

Conclusion:  
 
 

Examples: 
 
1. Complete each proportion.   
 

a.  
 

b.  
  

c.  
Write and solve a proportion to find the value of x. 
 
2. 
 

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3.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5.   
 

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Name________________________________________ Date____________ Hour_______ 
 
Sect. 9.7 – Perimeters and Similarity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1) Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find AC and DE. 
 
AC = _____________  
 
DE = ____________ 
 
 
2) Find the following ratios. 
 

 
 
3) Are the triangles similar? ​ YES or NO   
 
If YES, name the similarity correspondence. Δ
​ ​_________~​Δ​__________ by ________ 
 
 
4) Perimeter of ​Δ​ABC = ______________ Perimeter of ​Δ​DFE = _______________ 
 
 
 

5) Find the ratio of  

 
 
6) Compare the ratios of part 2 and part 5. What do you notice?? 
 
 
 

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Let’s try another pair of shapes. 
 
Are the shapes similar? 
 
 
What is the similarity ratio? 
 
 

Perimeter of ABCD = _______ Perimeter WXYZ = _______ ______ 

 
How does the similarity ratio compare to the ratio of perimeters? 
 
 
If two triangles are similar, then the measures of the corresponding  
perimeters are proportional to the measure to the corresponding sides. 
 
If ​Δ​HIJ ~ ​Δ​ LMN, then 
 

  
 
 
 
The perimeter of ​Δ​GEO is 27 and ​Δ​GEO ~ ​Δ​MAT. Use ratios to find the value of each 
variable. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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The ratio found by comparing the measures of corresponding sides of similar triangles is called  
the _______________________________ or the ______________________________ 
 
 
Find the scale factor for each pair of similar triangles. 
 
 
 
1) 2) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Δ​BAM to ​Δ​HOT =  Δ​CUB to ​Δ​SOX = 
 
 
Δ​HOT to ​Δ​BAM =  Δ​SOX to ​Δ​CUB = 
 
 
 
 
 
The perimeter of ​Δ​MDF is 84 feet. If ​Δ​MDF ~ ​Δ​KNG and the scale factor of ​Δ​MDF to 

Δ​KNG is , find the perimeter of ​Δ​KNG. 

 
 

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Chapter 11 Review

Write each ratio in lowest terms.

1. 21 in to 18 in 2. 105 inches : 35 feet

Tell whether each pair of ratios forms a proportion.

3. and 4. and

Solve for x.

5. 6. 7.

Determine whether the figures are similar. If so, what is the scale factor that transforms the figure on the left
to the figure on the right?

8. 9.

Yes No Yes No

Scale Factor _____________ Scale Factor _____________

(left to right) (left to right)

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Use the grid provided below to draw a figure that is similar to the given figure, with the indicated scale factor.

10. Scale factor of 2 11. Scale factor of 12. Scale factor of 3

13. Given , find x and y. Show your work.

14. Given , find the s and the length FH. Show your work.

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Determine whether each pair of triangles is similar. If the triangles are similar, justify your
answer by using SSS~, SAS~, and AA~. Make sure you have work to support your answer.
15.
Yes No

__________________ ~ __________________

by ___________

16.
Yes No

__________________ ~ __________________

by ___________

17.

Yes No

__________________~
____________

by ___________

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Solve for x in each of the diagrams. Show your work.

18. 19.

20.

21. The measure of the angles of a triangle are in a ratio of 2 : 3 : 7. Find the number of degrees
in the largest angle of the triangle.

22. The shadow of a 12-foot tree is 18 feet long at the same time the shadow of a boy is 6 feet l
long. How tall is the boy?

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23. A pile of kick boards is 4ft. 4 inches tall and is 6 feet away from a sunbather. At 3:00 a nearby
8-foot lifeguard station casts a 14 foot shadow, will the sunbather have to move out of the shade of
the pile at 3:00?

Determine if the figures are similar. If the figures are similar, what is the scale factor that transforms the
figure on the left to the figure on the right? (Assume that if a pair of angles appears congruent then they are
congruent.)

24. Yes No 25. Yes No

Scale Factor ___________ Scale Factor ___________

26. Yes No 27. Yes No

Scale Factor ___________ Scale Factor ___________

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