Enhance Your Learning with Ratios and Proportions Flash Cards for quick understanding
A comparison of two or more quantities.
An equation stating that two ratios are equal.
Ratios that express the same relationship between numbers.
Reducing a ratio to its simplest form.
A method used to solve proportions by multiplying the numerator of one ratio by the denominator of the other ratio.
A relationship between two variables where their ratio remains constant.
A relationship between two variables where their product remains constant.
A rate that compares a quantity to one unit of another quantity.
A ratio that compares a number to 100.
The amount by which a quantity increases expressed as a percentage of the original value.
The amount by which a quantity decreases expressed as a percentage of the original value.
A ratio that compares a part to the whole.
A ratio that compares two quantities with different units of measure.
The ratio of any two corresponding lengths in two similar geometric figures.
A relationship between two quantities where the ratio of one quantity to the other quantity is constant.
The constant value in a proportional relationship.
The ability to recognize and solve problems involving proportional relationships.
A graph that represents a proportional relationship.
A relationship between two quantities where the ratio of one quantity to the other quantity is not constant.
A graph that represents a non-proportional relationship.
The rate at which one quantity changes in relation to another quantity.
The difference between an estimated value and an actual value, expressed as a percentage of the actual value.
An equation that states that two ratios are equal, where one ratio compares a part to the whole and the other ratio compares a percent to 100.
An equation that states that two ratios are equal, where one ratio compares a part to the whole and the other ratio compares a percent to 100.
Triangles that have proportional side lengths.
Figures that have the same shape but not necessarily the same size.
A drawing that represents an object as smaller or larger than the actual size, using a scale factor.
A three-dimensional model that represents an object as smaller or larger than the actual size, using a scale factor.
A transformation that changes the size of a figure without changing its shape.
A dilation that increases the size of a figure.
A dilation that decreases the size of a figure.
The ratio of the length of a side in the enlarged figure to the corresponding length in the original figure.
The ratio of the length of a side in the reduced figure to the corresponding length in the original figure.
The ratio of the lengths of corresponding sides in similar figures.
A statement that indicates that two figures are similar.
A transformation that produces similar figures.
A postulate stating that if two angles of one triangle are congruent to two angles of another triangle, then the triangles are similar.
A postulate stating that if the lengths of two sides of one triangle are proportional to the lengths of two corresponding sides of another triangle, and the included angles are congruent, then the triangles are similar.
A postulate stating that if the lengths of the corresponding sides of two triangles are proportional, then the triangles are similar.
A theorem stating that if a line parallel to one side of a triangle intersects the other two sides, then it divides those sides proportionally.
A segment that connects the midpoints of two sides of a triangle.
A theorem stating that the midsegment of a triangle is parallel to the third side and half the length of the third side.
The positive square root of the product of two numbers.
A theorem stating that if a line is drawn from the vertex of a right triangle to the hypotenuse, then the length of the segment is the geometric mean of the lengths of the two segments of the hypotenuse.
Polygons that have the same shape but not necessarily the same size.
The ratio of the lengths of corresponding sides in similar polygons.
The ratio of the perimeters of similar polygons.
The ratio of the areas of similar polygons.
The ratio of the volumes of similar solids.
The ratio of the surface areas of similar solids.