Scale Factor
Vocabulary
Misc. Problems
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A triangle has sides of 3, 4, and 5. What would the new sides be if it were scaled up by a factor of two?
What is 6, 8, and 10
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A number that multiplies the side lengths to change the size or number of a shape.
What is a scale factor?
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Solve the following proportion:
x/12 = 21/42
What is 6?
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Across Similar Figures, corresponding ______ are congruent (equal).
What is angles?
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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 2?
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A triangle has sides of 4, 6, and 7. What are new sides if it is scaled up by a factor of 12?
What is 48, 72, and 84?
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A set of two equal ratios/fractions.
What is a proportion?
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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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Across similar figures, corresponding sides must be _______.
What is proportional?
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If a scale factor of 5 were applied, what would the new side lengths be?
What is 45, 55, and 70?
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A triangle has sides of 15, 16, and 20. What would the new sides be if it were scaled down by a factor of 1/2?
What is 7.5, 8, and 10?
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A transformation that changes the size of a figure but does not change its shape.
What is dilation?
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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?
What is 36 feet?
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A similar figure must be the same shape but does not have to be the same _____.
What is size?
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What is the missing value for X?
What is 2?
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A triangle has sides of 15, 18, and 30. The new measurements are 5, 6, and 10. What is the scale factor?
What is 1/3
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Two shapes that are proportional in side lengths and have congruent angles, but not the same size are ___.
What is Mathematically Similar?
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35, 40, 85 are the new measurements after being scaled up. The scale factor is 5. What were the original side measurements?
What is 7,8, 17?
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Scale Ella: I can change the width, depth, and ____. My scale powers are outta ______!
What is height, sight?
400
What is X?
What is 4?
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Triangle ABC has side lengths of 6, 8, and 10. It is enlarged by a scale factor of 1.5. What are the new side lengths?
What are 9, 12, and 15?
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A transformation in which a figure moves the same distance in the same direction, without changing its size or shape.
What is a translation?
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Solve the following proportion:
9/x = 72/36
What is 4.5?
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Mug Wump's four family members names?
What are Zug, Lug, Bug and Glug?
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To find the new perimeter of a similar figure, you can multiply the original perimeter by the scale factor. To find the new area of a similar figure, you can multiply the original area by what?
What is the scale factor2 ?