Find the scale factor
The original is 2 inches. The scaled copy is 10 inches. What is the scale factor?
5
A Flagpole is 30 ft tall. Using the scale 3 in : 5 ft, what is it's height in inches?
18 inches tall
Trent measured an Italian restaurand and made a scale drawing with a scale of 1mm : 7 m. If the kitchen is 4mm in the drawing, how long is the actual kitchen?
28 meters
Two parts that are in the same position within each shape
Corresponding parts
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
3
The scale of a map says that 4cm represents 5km.
1.) What distance on the map represents an actual distance of 10km?
2.) What actual distance is represented by 10cm on the map?
1.) 8 cm
2.) 12.5 km
Phillip drew a to-scale floor plan of his house. If the scale he used was 1 in : 4ft, and he drew the driveway 3 inches wide, how wide is the driveway in real life? (in feet)
12 feet
A copy of a figure where every length in the original figure is multiplied by the same number
scale factor
A scale drawing of a rectangular park is 5 inches wide and 7 inches long. The actual park is 280 inches long. How wide is the actual park?
200 inches long
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?
18 meter
What are two things that two figures need to have in order to be scaled copies?
-All sides must be multiplied by the same number (scale factor)
-All corresponding angles must be equal
Rectangle A measures 9 inches by 3 inches. Rectangle B is a scaled copy of rectangle A. Could 4.5 inches by 1.5 inches be potential side lengths of rectangle B? If it is, what is the scale factor?
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?
161 feet
Two numbers that multiply to each other that equals one
reciprocals
What is it called when all the measurements in the drawing correspond to the measurements of the actual object by the same scale?
scale drawing