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3rd Preliminary Examination in Mathematics 9

Name ___________________________________________ Date Score_______

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE.

Directions: Read and analyze each item carefully, choose and write the letter that corresponds to
your answer on the blank.

__________1. Which ratio is NOT equal to 3:4?

a. 12:48 b. 20:15 c. 18:24 d. 27:36

__________2. Which is NOT ALWAYS true about similar polygons?

a. Corresponding sides of similar polygon are congruent.

b. Corresponding angles of similar polygons are congruent.
c. Corresponding sides if similar polygons are proportional.
d. The ration between corresponding sides of polygons is called the ratio of similitude.
x y
__________3. What are the extremes in the proportion = ?
2 3

a. x and y b. 2 and 3 c. x and 3 d. 2 and y

__________4. Which among statements is TRUE about similar triangles?

a. The corresponding angles of similar triangles are proportional.

b. The corresponding altitude of similar triangles are congruent.
c. The corresponding sides of similar triangles are proportional to their corresponding areas.
d. The corresponding sides if similar triangles are proportional to their corresponding
perimeters.

__________5. Which of the following could NOT be used to prove similarity between tringles?

a. AA Similarity b. SSA Similarity c. SAS Similarity d. SSS Similarity

__________6. In a certain company, there are 510 men and 544 woman. What is the ratio of women to men?

a. 47:44 b. 30:32 c. 17:34 d. 16:15

__________7. Which of the following is TRUE?

a. All kites are similar. c. All triangles are similar.

b. All squares are similar. d. All polygon are similar.

__________8. If AB = 153 mm and CD = 243 mm, what is the ratio of CD:AB?

a. 17:28 b. 27:17 c. 153:243 d. 27:18

__________9. The sides of a triangle are 2, 3 and 4. Which of the following could be a triangle similar to that
given triangle?

a. 5, 6, 7 b. 6, 9, 16 c. 12, 13, 14 d. 20, 30, 40

7 m+3
__________10. What is the value of m in = ?
m+5 9

a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 8

__________11. What is the ratio of similitude of the smaller figure to larger figure?
 35 25 14
a. 2:5 b. 4:540 c. 5:10 d. 5:12
16
2
p 3p
__________12. Determine the value of p in = ?
2 1
a. 9 b. 6 c. 4 d. 3

__________13. Determine the value of x in the figure.

14 √ 8

24

| x |

a. 50 b. 49 c. 48 d. 40

__________14. Which of the following proportions could be used to solve the similar figures below?

3 4

X 24 44

32
3 44 3 24 3 x 3 x
a. = b. = c. = d. =
32 x x 44 24 44 24 32

__________15. In the accompanying diagram of ∆ ABC , AC ∥ XY , AB = 10, BC = 15 and BX = 8. What is the

length of YC?

B X A

a. 10 b. 2 c. 12 d. 3

__________16. In the same diagram in item 15, AB = 6, BC = 10 and YC = 2. What is the length of BX?

a. 5 b. 4.8 c. 3.6 d. 1.2

__________17. Solve for the value of x in the given triangle below.

6 √ 13
 X 12

a. 36 b. 7 c. 12 d. 13

x 5
__________18. Which equation form of the proportion = ?
y 6
y 6 x+6 5+ y
a. 6x = 5x b. xy = (5)(6) c. = d. =
x 5 y 6

__________19. Solve for the value of x.

35 63

56 38 6x - x

48

a. 12 b. 10 c. 9 d. 7

__________20. Two supplementary angles are in the ratio 5:4. What is the degree measure of the larger
scale?

a. 110 b. 100 c. 80 d. 20

__________21. Express the simplest form of the ratio of two segments if the first is 10 dm and the second is
50cm.

a. 1:2 b. 2:1 c. 1:5 d. 10:50

__________22. Find the length of BC in the figure.

A C

E D

2 4

a. 7 b. 10 c. 12 d. 14

__________23. To which tringle is ∆ ABC similar to?

D B

a. ∆ ADB b. ∆ BAD c. ∆ CAD d. ∆ DBA

__________24. It is the comparison of two quantities with the same units.

 a. Ratio b. Fraction c. Proportion d. Similarity

__________25. The equality of two ratios.

a. Ratio b. Fraction c. Proportion d. Similarity

II. TRUE OR FALSE.

Directions: Read and analyze each item. Write T if the statement is true and F if it is false.

__________26. Polygons are said to be similar if their corresponding angles are congruent and the lengths of
their corresponding sides are proportional.

__________27. The ratio between the corresponding lengths of sides of polygon is called the ratio of
similitude.

__________28. If two triangles are similar, the perimeters and lengths of corresponding altitudes have the
same ratio as the lengths of any pair of corresponding sides.

__________29. If two triangles are similar, the ratio of the areas is the same as the ratio of the lengths of any
pair of corresponding sides.

__________30. All right triangles are similar.

__________31. If the corresponding angles of two triangles are congruent, then the triangles are congruent.

__________32. A line parallel to one side of the triangle and intersecting the other two sides forms a triangle
similar to the original triangle.

__________33. The lengths of corresponding sides of similar triangles are proportional.

__________34. The basic proportionality theorem states that if a line parallel to one side of the triangle
intersects the other sides at distinct points, then the line divides the two sides proportionally.

__________35. If two pairs of the corresponding sides of two triangles are proportional and any of its angle
are congruent, then the two triangles are similar.

III. SOLVING.

Directions: Prove the given statement by completing the table, the figure can be found below (15
pts.).
ON OE
Given: =
OH OY

Prove: ∠ H ≅ ∠ N

STATEMENTS REASONS
ON OE
=
OH OY

∠ HOY and ∠ EON are ____________________________

∆ HOY ∆ EON

∠H ≅∠N
Prepared by:

JEAN D. DELA, LPT

Mathematics Teacher