Vocabulary
Find the Scale Factor
Find Scaled Length
Find Actual Length
Equivalent Ratios
100

"Matching" sides or angles in a scaled copy

What is corresponding?

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 mm in the drawing, how long is the actual kitchen?

What is 28 meters?

200

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

What is a Scale?

200

Two legs of Triangle A are 9 & 12

Two legs of Triangle B are 3 & 4

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

What is Scale Factor = 1/3

200

A blueprint of a building has a scale of 1 cm : 9 m. If the actual width of the building is 135 meters, what is the width of the school in the drawing?

What is 15 centimeters?

200

Clayton drew a scale drawing of a neighborhood park at a scale of 2 centimeters: 9 meters. In the drawing, the volleyball court is 10 centimeters long. What is the length of the actual volleyball court?

What is 45 meters?

200

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

What is 27 units?

300

The number you multiply an original length to get a scaled length

What is a Scale Factor?

300

A flagpole is 30 ft. tall.  You made a drawing using the scale 3 in: 5 ft. How tall is the flagpole in your drawing?

What is 18 inches?

300

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 meters?

300

What is scale factor = 1/5 ?

400

A figure where every length in the original figure is multiplied by the same scale factor.

What is Scaled Copy?

400

Ralphie made a scale drawing of his pool table. The scale of the drawing was 8 cm : 3 feet. If the actual length of the pool table is 10.5 feet, how long is the pool table in the drawing?

What is 28 cm?

400

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

What is 1,375 meters?

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