Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Scale factors of similar figures.
- The ratio of lengths, perimeter, areas, and volumes of similar figures.
- Similar figures.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Find the scale factor of any given set of similar figures.
- Find the ratios of perimeter, area, and volume
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Just as their corresponding sides are in the same proportion, perimeters and areas of similar polygons have a special relationship. Perimeters: The ratio of the perimeters is the same as the scale factor. If the scale factor of the sides of two similar polygons is m/n, then the ratio of the areas is (m/n)2
Vocabulary
- Derive
- Apply
- Scale Factor
- Similar figures
- Ratio of length
- Ratio of perimeter
- Ratio of area
- Ratio of volume
