Vocab
Scale Factor
Unit Conversion
Key Principles
Solve for X
100

a figure in which every length in the original figure is increased or decreased by the same scale factor.

What is a Scaled Copy

100

1:2

3:6

What is 3

100
The number of inches in a foot

What is 12

100

This is true about angles in scaled copies

What is "The Angles Stay the Same!"

100

The height of a building that measures 3 inches in a scaled drawing

1 in = 11 ft

What is 33 inches

200

A whole number with no dangly bits

What is an integer

200

12:3

72:18

What is 6

200

The number of centimeters in a meter

What is 100

200

What happens if the scale factors is greater than 1

The copy is going to be bigger than the original

200

The length of an airplane measuring 12 cm in a scaled drawing

2 cm=6 ft

How long is the airplane IRL

What is 36 ft

300

The amount by which every length in an original figure is multiplied to make a scaled copy

What is a scale factor

300

12:3

4:1

What is 1/3

300

The number of meters in a kilometer

What is 1000

300

These two mathematical operations are the only ones used when making scaled copies

(+,-,*,/)

What is multiplication and division

300

The height of a drawing of the Eiffel Tower (1,000 ft tall)

2 in = 100 ft

How tall is the drawing?

What is 20 inches

400

The matching parts in a scaled copy

What are corresponding parts

400

45:144

5:16

What is 1/9

400

The number of inches in a yard

What is 36

400

When creating a scaled copy, if a single side is increased by a specific scale factor, this happens to all the other sides

They all increase by the same scale factor

400

1.5 : 6

2 : ____

What is 8

500

A shape or drawing that is about to be scaled (either bigger or smaller)

What is an original figure

500

72:4

180:10

What is 2.5

500

The number of centimeters in a kilometer

What is 100,000

500

When only one unit is given in a set of ratios, this is true for all four numbers

They have the same unit

500

10 : 27.5

4 : ____

What is 11