The Incredible Scale Factor
YOUR Transformation
Triangles
Fun With Mirrors
Math in YOUR Life
100
L x W, or length by width, is the formula to determine this.
What is area?
100
Doing this, you can change and increase the size of a shape.
What is to stretch?
100
These shapes have three sides.
What is a triangle?
100
This material is used to make mirrors and glass.
What is sand?
100
Math uses these..
What are numbers?
200
In your review, the concept of scale factor was used to compare this kind of toy house to a real house.
What is a doll house.
200
To become smaller.
What is to shrink?
200
A triangle with a 90 degree angle.
What is a right triangle?
200
This reflects off of mirrors.
What is light?
200
The unit of measure used when filling your gas tank.
What are gallons?
300
A scale factor of 3 would produce these dimensions in the illustrated rectangle.
What is 6 by 12.
300
In math, to be equal in shape or size.
What is congruent?
300
The MOST famous example of the relationship between triangles and pyramids.
What is the Great Pyramid?
300
Gerald is trying to determine the height of THIS object in your review sheet.
What is a flagpole?
300
The system of measurement used in Europe.
What is the metric system?
400
These shapes are commonly manipulated with scale factor.
What are rectangles?
400
In math, to change size or shape while maintaining congruency.
What is transformation?
400
You eat this often, and it happens to be shaped like a triangle.
What are Doritos?
400
Mirrors are most often manufactured in this shape, which contain four right angles.
What are rectangles?
400
The formula most likely to help you in determining how much to charge people to clean their gutters.
What is perimeter?
500
Given the equation (x + 2), would a rectangle become taller or fatter.
What is fatter?
500
A 10 x 15 rectangle is transformed into a 20 x 20 rectangle. This transformation has produced a shape that is no longer what?
What is similar?
500
A right angle triangle has this many degrees.
What is 180 degrees?
500
Quick math: Gerald is standing 200 cms from the center of a mirror. The center of the mirror is 1200 cms from a gigantic slim jim. Gerald is only 40 cms tall. How tall is the gigantic slim jim?
What is 240 cms?
500
The time of day when the shadow cast by your body is shortest.
What is mid-day?
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