Scale Factor
Vocabulary
Problems
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What would the new sides be with a scale factor of two?
What is 6, 8, and 10
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An equation which multiplies a quantity to change the size or numbers on a shape.
What is a scale factor?
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5, 9, and 12 are the first side measurements after the scale factor the side measurements are 60, 108, and 144. What was the scale factor?
What is a scale factor of 12.
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Corresponding______ are congruent.
What is angles?
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What are the new measurements with a scale factor of 5?
What is 45, 55, and 70?
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What are new sides if the scale factor is 12?
What is 48, 72, and 84?
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A 2 dimensional representation of an object that shows its measurements in relation to the actual measurements.
What is a scale drawing?
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25, 40, 55. Are the new side measurements after scale factor. The original side measurements were 5, 8, and 11. What is the scale factor?
What is 5?
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Corresponding sides must be_______.
What is proportional?
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A photo of a student measures 4 in by 5 in. Her mom decides she'd like to order an 8 in by 10 in print to hang in the living room. By what scale factor will the original photo be enlarged?
What is scale factor of two?
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Triangle ABC has been enlarged from an original shape. What would the original sides be if the scale factor was 2.
What is 7.5, 8, and 10?
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Something identical in form or size relating or the same.
What is congruent?
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A tree is 12 feet tall and casts a 6 foot shadow. A building nearby casts a shadow that is 18 feet long. How tall is the building? (draw a picture, set up a proportion)
What is 36 feet?
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The figure must be the same shape but does not have to be the same_____.
What is size?
300
What goes in the space as X?
What is two?
(3 times 7=21, and 14 divided by 7 is 2)
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What is the scale factor from Triangle ABC to Triangle DEF?
What is a scale factor of 1/2 (or 0.5).
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Two shapes that are proportional in side lengths and have congruent angles, but not the same size are ___.
What is Similar?
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35, 40, 85 are the new measurements after the scale factor. The scale factor is 5 what were the original side measurement?
What is 7,8, 17?
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Similar figures includes vocabulary words such as ratio, corresponding, congruent, proportional and______.
What is scale factor?
400
What is X?
What is 4?
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What are the new side lengths if Triangle ABC is enlarged by a scale factor of 1.5?
What are 9, 12, and 15?
500
A 2-dimensional representation of an area of land or sea showing physical features, cities, roads, etc.
What is a Map?
500
18, 27, 45 are the new measurements after the scale factor. The scale factor is 9 what were the original side measurements?
What is 2, 3, 5?
500
To be similar...
Corresponding angles must be ______.
Corresponding____ must be proportional.
What are Congruent, and Sides?
500
What is X?
What is 4.5?