Similar Polygons Worksheet - Grade 7 Math
Explore and identify similar polygons, understand corresponding angles and proportional sides, and solve problems involving scale factors in similar figures.
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Similar Polygons Worksheet
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1. Which of the following statements is true for similar polygons?
Corresponding angles are congruent.
Corresponding sides are congruent.
They have the same area.
They have different shapes.
2. If two polygons are similar, their corresponding sides are:
Equal in length
Proportional
Perpendicular
Parallel
3. If two polygons are similar, their corresponding angles are .
4. The ratio of corresponding side lengths in similar polygons is called the .
5. Consider two similar rectangles. Rectangle A has a length of 6 cm and a width of 4 cm. Rectangle B has a length of 12 cm. What is the width of Rectangle B? Show your work.
6. Two triangles are similar. The first triangle has angles measuring 50°, 70°, and 60°. What are the measures of the angles in the second triangle?
7. All squares are similar to each other.
True
False
8. All rectangles are similar to each other.
True
False
Match the term with its definition.
9. Similar Polygons
a. The ratio of corresponding side lengths.
10. Corresponding Angles
b. Polygons with the same shape but different sizes.
11. Scale Factor
c. Angles in the same relative position in similar figures.