year 8 maths

496 Chapter 8 Transformations and congruence
Exercise 8F
EXTENSION
UNDERSTANDING AND FLUENCY
1–5 2–5
4, 5
1 List any pairs of shapes that look similar (i.e. same shape but different size).
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I J K L
M
N
O
2 Consider these two triangles.
B
3 cm
1 cm
C
A 2 cm D
2 cm
4 cm
6 cm
F
E
a Name the angle on the larger triangle that corresponds to:
i ∠A ii ∠B iii ∠C
b Name the side on the smaller triangle that corresponds to:
i DE ii EF iii FD
c Find these side ratios.
DE
EF
FD
i
ii
iii
AB
BC
CA
d Would you say that the two triangles are similar? Why or why not?
Cambridge Maths NSW
Stage 4 Year 8 Second edition
ISBN 978-1-108-46627-1 © Palmer et al. 2018
Cambridge University Press
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