EduSahara™ Assignment
Name : Similarity as a Size Transformation
Chapter : Similarity
Grade : ICSE Grade IX
License : Non Commercial Use
Question 1
1.
△ABC is a triangle with sides BC = 14 cm, CA = 15 cm and AB = 13 cm.  △ABC is enlarged to △A'B'C' such that the smallest side of △A'B'C' is 52 cm. Find the scale factor.
  • (i)
    8
  • (ii)
    2
  • (iii)
    3
  • (iv)
    4
  • (v)
    5
Question 2
2.
△ABC is a triangle with sides BC = 10 cm, CA = 11 cm and AB = 15 cm.  △ABC is reduced to △A'B'C' such that the smallest side of △A'B'C' is 6.67 cm. Find the corresponding lengths of the reduced triangle △A'B'C'.
  • (i)
    4.67 cm, 5.33 cm, 8 cm
  • (ii)
    6.67 cm, 7.33 cm, 10 cm
  • (iii)
    8.67 cm, 9.33 cm, 12 cm
  • (iv)
    5.67 cm, 6.33 cm, 9 cm
  • (v)
    7.67 cm, 8.33 cm, 11 cm
Question 3
3.
AB = 12.00 cm, BC = 10.00 cm are the measurements of a rectangular field of land ABCD on a map drawn to a scale of 1 : 25000. Calculate the diagonal distance of the field.
  • (i)
    5.91 km
  • (ii)
    2.91 km
  • (iii)
    4.91 km
  • (iv)
    3.91 km
  • (v)
    1.91 km
Question 4
4.
AB = 11.00 cm, BC = 9.00 cm are the measurements of a rectangular field of land ABCD on a map drawn to a scale of 1 : 12000. Calculate the area of the field.
  • (i)
    3.43 sq.km
  • (ii)
    1.43 sq.km
  • (iii)
    9.43 sq.km
  • (iv)
    2.43 sq.km
  • (v)
    0.43 sq.km
Question 5
5.
The measurements of a triangular field △ABC are BC = 8 cm, AB = 11 cm and ∠ABC = 90° on a map drawn to a scale of 1 : 16000. Calculate the actual length of CA in km.
  • (i)
    3.18 km
  • (ii)
    2.18 km
  • (iii)
    0.18 km
  • (iv)
    4.18 km
  • (v)
    1.18 km
Question 6
6.
The measurements of a triangular field △ABC are BC = 8 cm, AB = 14 cm and ∠ABC = 90° on a map drawn to a scale of 1 : 21000. Calculate the actual area of the plot in sq.km.
  • (i)
    0.47 sq.km
  • (ii)
    2.47 sq.km
  • (iii)
    3.47 sq.km
  • (iv)
    1.47 sq.km
  • (v)
    4.47 sq.km
Question 7
7.
A triangle having an area 36 sq.cm is reduced by a scale factor of 0.14. Find the area of its image.
  • (i)
    8.71 sq.cm
  • (ii)
    2.71 sq.cm
  • (iii)
    1.71 sq.cm
  • (iv)
    0.71 sq.cm
  • (v)
    7.71 sq.cm
Question 8
8.
A triangle having an area 49.16 sq.cm is reduced such that the area of its image is 7.87 sq.cm. Find the scale factor.
  • (i)
    1.4
  • (ii)
    2.4
  • (iii)
    7.4
  • (iv)
    8.4
  • (v)
    0.4
Question 9
9.
A rectangle having an area 133.00 sq.cm is reduced by a scale factor of 0.12. Find the area of its image.
  • (i)
    2.92 sq.cm
  • (ii)
    3.92 sq.cm
  • (iii)
    0.92 sq.cm
  • (iv)
    9.92 sq.cm
  • (v)
    1.92 sq.cm
Question 10
10.
A rectangle having an area 98.00 sq.cm is enlarged such that the area of its image is 392.00 sq.cm. Find the scale factor.
  • (i)
    2
  • (ii)
    1
  • (iii)
    3
  • (iv)
    0
  • (v)
    4
Question 11
11.
A model of a ship is made to a scale of 1 : 110. If length of the model ship is 17 m, calculate the length of the ship.
  • (i)
    1740.00 m
  • (ii)
    1990.00 m
  • (iii)
    1830.00 m
  • (iv)
    1870.00 m
  • (v)
    2010.00 m
Question 12
12.
A model of a ship is made to a scale of 1 : 60. If the length of the ship is 300 m, calculate length of the model ship.
  • (i)
    7.00 m
  • (ii)
    5.00 m
  • (iii)
    6.00 m
  • (iv)
    4.00 m
  • (v)
    3.00 m
Question 13
13.
A model of a ship is made to a scale of 1 : 165. If the area of the deck of the model ship is 36 sq.m, calculate the area of the deck of the ship.
  • (i)
    957100.00 sq.m
  • (ii)
    963100.00 sq.m
  • (iii)
    992100.00 sq.m
  • (iv)
    980100.00 sq.m
  • (v)
    996100.00 sq.m
Question 14
14.
A model of a ship is made to a scale of 1 : 50. If the area of the deck of the ship is 202500 sq.m, calculate the area of the deck of the model ship.
  • (i)
    86.00 sq.m
  • (ii)
    81.00 sq.m
  • (iii)
    84.00 sq.m
  • (iv)
    78.00 sq.m
  • (v)
    76.00 sq.m
Question 15
15.
A model of a ship is made to a scale of 1 : 75. If the volume of the model ship is 343 cu.m, calculate the volume of the ship.
  • (i)
    157703125.00 cu.m
  • (ii)
    144703125.00 cu.m
  • (iii)
    139703125.00 cu.m
  • (iv)
    120703125.00 cu.m
  • (v)
    171703125.00 cu.m
Question 16
16.
A model of a ship is made to a scale of 1 : 50. If the volume of the ship is 27000000 cu.m, calculate the volume of the model ship.
  • (i)
    216.00 cu.m
  • (ii)
    199.00 cu.m
  • (iii)
    241.00 cu.m
  • (iv)
    223.00 cu.m
  • (v)
    192.00 cu.m
Question 17
17.
The dimensions of the model of a multi-storey building are 5 cm ✕ 5 cm ✕ 5 cm. If the model is drawn to a scale of 1 : 160, find the actual dimensions of the building.
  • (i)
    800 cm ✕ 800 cm ✕ 800 cm
  • (ii)
    801 cm ✕ 800 cm ✕ 800 cm
  • (iii)
    800 cm ✕ 800 cm ✕ 801 cm
  • (iv)
    801 cm ✕ 801 cm ✕ 800 cm
  • (v)
    800 cm ✕ 801 cm ✕ 800 cm
Question 18
18.
The dimensions of the model of a multi-storey building are 3.5 cm ✕ 3.5 cm ✕ 8 cm. If the model is drawn to a scale of 1 : 70, find the floor area of a room of the building whose area in the model is 144 sq.cm.
  • (i)
    67.56 sq.m
  • (ii)
    75.56 sq.m
  • (iii)
    73.56 sq.m
  • (iv)
    70.56 sq.m
  • (v)
    65.56 sq.m
Question 19
19.
The dimensions of the model of a multi-storey building are 2 cm ✕ 4 cm ✕ 7.5 cm. If the model is drawn to a scale of 1 : 60, find the volume of the room in the model whose actual volume is 110.592 cu.m.
  • (i)
    512.00 cu.cm
  • (ii)
    526.00 cu.cm
  • (iii)
    494.00 cu.cm
  • (iv)
    487.00 cu.cm
  • (v)
    525.00 cu.cm
Question 20
20.
A model of building is made with a scale factor of 1 : 50. Find the actual height of the building if the height of the model is 8.5 cm.
  • (i)
    3.25 m
  • (ii)
    4.25 m
  • (iii)
    5.25 m
  • (iv)
    6.25 m
  • (v)
    2.25 m
Question 21
21.
A model of building is made with a scale factor of 1 : 70. Find the volume of the tank on the top of the model if its actual volume is 21952000 cu.cm.
  • (i)
    62.00 cu.cm
  • (ii)
    65.00 cu.cm
  • (iii)
    66.00 cu.cm
  • (iv)
    63.00 cu.cm
  • (v)
    64.00 cu.cm
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