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Grade 8 · Geometry of 2D Shapes
Congruent & Similar 2D Shapes
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Answer all questions. Show all your working — marks are awarded for method as well as the final answer.
- 1What does it mean if two shapes are congruent?(2)
- 2What does it mean if two shapes are similar?(2)
- 3Are all congruent shapes also similar?(1)
- 4Are all similar shapes congruent?(1)
- 5Two similar triangles: sides 5 cm and 8 cm; the matching side to 5 is 15 cm. Find the other.(2)
- 6A rectangle 4 cm × 6 cm is enlarged by scale factor 2. What are the new sides?(2)
- 7Triangle A has sides 3, 4 and 5. Triangle B has sides 9, 12 and 15. Are they similar?(2)
- 8Right-angled triangle A has legs 2 and 4. Right-angled triangle B has legs 6 and 10. Are they similar?(2)
TOTAL: 14 marks