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MathematicsGeometry|Ages 12—14|ID: mt_y-BuQAfw4B

Understand similarity as a relationship where one shape is an enlargement of another; construct similar shapes by enlargement with a given scale factor and centre, with and without coordinate grids

Mastery Evidence

  • Enlarge a shape by a given scale factor from a specified centre of enlargement
  • Determine the scale factor between two similar shapes by comparing corresponding sides
  • Explain why corresponding angles in similar shapes are equal while sides are in proportion

Assessment Prompt

“If [child] wants to enlarge a photo so it's three times bigger, can they work out the new dimensions — and explain that the shape stays the same but all lengths increase by the same factor?”

Curriculum Standards2 alignments

8.G.4Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
Similarity via transformations

Understand that a two-dimensional figure is similar to another if the second can be obtained from the first by a sequence of rotations, reflections, translations, and dilations; given two similar two-dimensional figures, describe a sequence that exhibits the similarity between them.

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KS3.Maths.Geo.9The national curriculum in England
Congruent and Similar Shapes

identify and construct congruent triangles, and construct similar shapes by enlargement, with and without coordinate grids

Mathematics · Key Stage 3

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