1) What has to be the same in order for two parallelograms to be similar?
In order for them to be similar the scale factors need to be the same
2) Describe a way to find a missing side length in a pair of similar figures.
Use scale factor to find the missing side length.
3) I have a small isosceles triangle with a base of 3 inches and other sides are 4 inches.I want to create a similar isosceles triangle with a base of 7.5 inches.What should the other side lengths be and why?
The other side lengths should be 10 inches because 4x2.5=10

1) Think back to Mug Wump - how did you decide which characters were similar to him? How did you decided which characters were NOT similar to him?
A1)I found that the ones that were not the same didn’t have the same angles. I found the ones that were similar by finding the similar scale factors.
3) If I used (x, y) to create Mug and I used (4x, 4y) to create a new character, Pug, how would Pug be similar to Mug? What is the scale factor from Mug to Pug? How many Mugs would fit into one Pug (area)?
A3) Pug would be similar because the scale factors are similar. the sf is x4. 8 mugs would fit in pug.

Sometimes when I make copies of worksheets for you, I reduce the the original to waste less paper! (one small thing to help save our planet! :) http://www.ourearth.org/Let's say that my original paper is 8 inches by 10 inches. I type in 50% to the copier to reduce the paper. Using the math reflection rubric I handed out this year, answer the following questions on your blog (1 bonus point for answering in paragraph form instead of question/answer form):

1) Compare the original paper's side lengths to the new paper's side lengths.
The new side lengths are now only .5 of the original paper it =9 in only half of original!!
2) Compare the angles of the original to the new paper.
The angles are all the same.
3) Compare the area of the new paper to the area of the original.
The new area is now only 20 square in only 1/4 of original