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Scale Factor
100

The number side lengths are multiplied by to get the side lengths of a similar shape.

What is the Scale Factor

100

Find the height of the tree, h.

16 ft

100

Original (x, y) Image (5x, 5y)

Would this produce a similar figure? Why or why not?

What is yes, similar. (Same SF applied)

100

Write a ratio of 15 boys to 12 girls

15 to 12 = 5 to 4 

15/12 = 5/4

15:12 = 5:4

100

What is the scale factor from the smaller figure to the larger figure?

Scale factor of 2

200

The comparison of two things (ex: length to width)

What is a Ratio

200

Which sides are similar?

DE= ZY

AB = VW

BC= Wx

AE= VZ 

CD= XY

200

What copier size factor was used to create an image that is 1.5 times larger?

What is 150%?

200

A class has 12 students who like football and 5 who do not like football. Write a ratio of students who do not like football to those who like football.

5 to 12

200

What is the Scale Factor?

Mrs. Hatfield will show you the picture! :)




1.5

300

Exactly the same shape and size

Congruent

300

_____________ and ______________ are two methods that can be used to find missing side lengths of similar figures.

Scale factor and ratios (proportions)

300

Name what our current unit is called.

Dialations

300

Are the following ratios equivalent?

4:6 and 18:24

no

300

How does the Scale Factor affect the perimeter of a figure?

The perimeter changes by the scale factor.

400

What must be true for shapes to be similar?

- Same shape

-Corresponding angles are congruent

-Corresponding sides are proportional (equal ratios)

400

Are these shapes similar figures?

Yes

Scale factor of 2

400

Write an equivalent ratio to the ratio 4:5

8:10 

12:15

16:20

400

What is the scale factor from the shadow of the wall to the shadow of the tree?

4

500

Describe what corresponding sides are in similar figures.

Corresponding sides are the sides in the same position on two different figures


500

Use the picture to find the height of the tree.


10 ft

500

Solve for x.  

x = 14

500

How does the Scale Factor affect the area of a figure?

The area changes by the scale factor multiplied by the scale factor or the scale factor squared. Example, if the scale factor is 3, the area changes by 9.