ACE-Learning Lesson Brief

Areas of Similar Figures

Introduction:
The ratio of the areas of any two similar figures is equal to the square of the ratio of any
two corresponding lengths of the figures.
A1 l1

A2 l 2

A1 and A2 are the areas of the similar figures

l1 and l 2 are their corresponding lengths

Practice Questions:
1.

ABC and XYZ are similar triangles. Given that BC is 4 cm, YZ is 7 cm, and the
area of XYZ is 98 cm 2 , find the area of ABC.

2.

In the diagram,

AX
AY 4

. If the area of AXY is 48 cm 2 , find the area of

XB YC 1

XYCB.

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3.

A 6 cm tall cone is filled with water to a depth of 4 cm. If the internal surface area
of its wall is 81 cm 2 , and its base is 14.5 cm 2 , find its surface area which is wet.

4.

A ferris wheel of circular surface area 154 m 2 requires 44 m of neon lights to line
its rim. How many metres will it require to line a similar ferris wheel of circular
surface area of 962.5 m 2 ?

5.

Adrian painted 2 similar boards. The smaller board is 4 m by 2 m. The cost of

paint is $2.30 per square metre. How much did he spend on the paint for the bigger
board if it is 3 m longer?

6.

As part of the National Day Celebrations, a human formation display is planned. In

the formation, each participant occupies 0.5 m2 of space. Initially, the length of the
formation was 20 m with an area of 160 m2. If the formation is to be kept the same
but the length is to be 45 m, how many participants are required?

7.

It costs $55.00 to paint a wooden ball of surface area 15400 cm2 with a radius of
35 cm. If the paint is to used to paint similar small balls of radius 7 cm,
(a) how many small balls can be painted,
(b) how much does it cost to paint each small ball?
(Surface area of sphere = 4 r 2 )

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