Scaling Up
Scaling Down
Scale Factors
Maps
Surprise Problem!
100

What is a 1x1 inch square scaled up by 10?

10x10 inch square

100

What is a 2x2 inch square scaled down by 2?

1x1 inch square

100

If a square scales up from 2x2 inches to 4x4 inches, what is the scale factor?

2

100

A map is made with a scale of 1 inch for every 2 miles. If the map is 11 inches, how many miles is the actual space?

22 miles

100

What are ways that scaling is used to help people in real life?

Mapping, architecture, anything else you can think of!

200

What is a 3x3 inch square scaled up with a scale factor of 7?

21x21 inch square

200
What is a 4x4 inch square scaled down with a scale factor of 2?
2x2 inch square
200

If you have a 6x6 inch square and scale it down to get a 2x2 inch square, what is the scale factor?

3

200

A map is made with a scale of 3 inches for every 9 miles. How many miles is the space if the map is 9 inches long?

27 miles long

200

What operation is used when scaling something up?

Multiplication

300

What is 3x6 inch rectangle scaled up with a scale factor of 5?

15x30 inch rectangle

300

What is a 1x4 rectangle scaled down with a scale factor of 1?

1x4 rectangle

300
If you have a 4x2 inch rectangle and scale it up to get an 8x4 inch rectangle, what is the scale factor?

2

300

If a map is made with a scale of 8 inches for every 2 miles and the space is 1 mile, how many inches long is the map? 

4 inches

300

What operation is used when scaling something down?

Division

400

What is an 11x8 inch rectangle scaled up with a scale factor of 7? 

77x56 inch rectangle

400

What is a 4x6 rectangle scaled down with a scale factor of 2?

2x3 rectangle

400

If you have a 2.2x4 inch rectangle and you scale it up to get a 22x40 inch rectangle, what's the scale factor?

10

400
If a map uses a scale of 2 inches for every 6 miles and the map is 8 inches long, how many miles is the space?

24 miles

400

If Mr. Smith is 72 inches tall, what is his height scaled down by 10?

7.2 inches

500

What is 5.25x12.5 inch rectangle scaled up with a scale factor of 3?

15.75x37.5 inch rectangle

500

What is a 17x50 inch rectangle scaled down with a scale factor of 10?

1.7x5 inch rectangle

500

If you have a 3.65x3.2 inch rectangle and you scale it up to get a 365x320 inch rectangle, what's the scale factor?

100

500

If a map uses a scale of 3 inches for every 5 miles, and the map is 12 inches long, how many miles does the map represent?

20 miles

500

What is your height in inches scaled down by 10?

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