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Enlargement Worksheet
This worksheet accompanies the lesson on Enlargement from Unit 3: Geometry and Measures

1. Which two shapes are similar and which two shapes are congruent?

a) These two shapes are ……………………..

b) These two shapes are ……………………

2. a) If triangle A has a side length of 5cm, and similar enlarged triangle B has a side length of 16cm,

what is the scale factor for the enlargement?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………….…

scale factor = ..……………………………………………………………………………………….

b) Rectangle C has a side length of 8cm, and rectangle D has a corresponding side length of

4cm. What is the scale factor of enlargement which transforms C to D?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………

scale factor = ……..…………………………………………………………………………………

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c) Square E has side lengths of 14cm, and square F has side lengths of 16cm. What is the scale

factor which transforms the area of E to the area of F, to 1 decimal place?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………….…

……………………………………………………………………………………………………..…

scale factor = ……………………………………………………………………………

3. Enlarge triangle ABC by a scale factor of 2 from the centre of enlargement O.

B
C
O

4. Enlarge quadrilateral ABCD by a scale factor of ⅓ from the centre of enlargement O.

A D

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B C
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5. On a coordinate grid, the line AB has the following coordinates: A (3, 4) B (3, 1)

The enlargement A’B’ has the coordinates: A’ (6, 8) B’ (6, 2)

The centre of enlargement is the origin. What is the scale factor of the enlargement?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

scale factor = ………………………………………………………………………….

6. Draw the quadrilateral ABCD enlarged by a scale factor of −2 about the centre of enlargement O.

A
B

O
C
D

7. Find the centre of enlargement of A onto A’.

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A A’

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