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Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics

4.4Similarity

Similarity in Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 4.4.1Calculate lengths in similar shapes.
  2. 4.4.2Extended: use the relationships between lengths and areas of similar shapes, and between lengths, surface areas and volumes of similar solids.
  3. 4.4.3Extended: solve problems and give simple explanations involving similarity, including showing that two triangles are similar.

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  • Similarity

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Similarity: sample question

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Two rectangles are similar. The smaller one measures 4 cm by 7 cm. In the larger one, the side corresponding to the 4 cm side is 10 cm. Find the length of the other side of the larger rectangle.

Answer in cm.

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