Vocabulary
Find the Scale Factor
Find the Scale Length
Find the Actual Length
Scale Copies
100

This is a representation of an object that has been made smaller.

What is a Reduction

100

Ivan drew a scale drawing of his backyard at a scale of 1in : 3ft. If Ivan's deck is 48 feet wide in real life, what is the width of the deck in the drawing?

What is 16 in

100

Trent measured an Italian restaurant and made a scale drawing with a scale of 1mm : 7 m. If the kitchen is 4.5mm in the drawing, how long is the actual kitchen?

What is 31 1/2 meters or 31.5 meters

200

The ratio of the length in a drawing or model to the length on an actual (real life) object

What is a Scale

200

Two legs of Triangle A are 3 & 4

Two legs of Triangle B are 9 & 12

The answer is the Scale Factor from Triangle A to Triangle B

What is SF=3

200

Olly was looking at a blueprint of West Lake that has a scale of 1 cm : 9 m. If the actual width of the building is 90 meters, what is the width of the school in the drawing?

What is 10 centimeters

200

Phillip drew a floor plan of his house. If the scale he used was 1in : 4ft, and he drew the driveway 3 3/4 inches wide, how wide is the driveway in real life?

What is 15 feet

200

A circle has a diameter of 4.5, what would the diameter of a scale copy be using a scale factor of 6?

What is 27

300

A representation of an object that is larger than the original

What is an Enlargement

300

Duncan measured a game room and made a scale drawing. The scale of the drawing was 8 inches : 3 feet. If the actual length of the pool table is 6 feet, how long is the pool table in the drawing?

What is 16 inches

300

Clayton drew a scale drawing of a neighborhood park at a scale of 5 centimeters: 9 meters. In the drawing, the volleyball court is 10 centimeters long. What is the length of the actual volleyball court?

what is 18 meters

300

What is SF = 1/5

400

This is a reduced or enlarged representation of an object, usually accompanied by a comparison of sizes.

What is a Model or a Scale Drawing

400

A Flagpole is 30 ft tall. Using the scale 3 in : 5 ft, draw a flagpole and label the height.

The flagpole should be labeled 18 inches tall

400

On a map of a campground, the distance of the campsite to the lake is 5cm. If 1cm = 275m on the map, what is the actual distance from the campsite to the lake? 

What is 1,375m

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