Scale Factor
Vocabulary
Transformations
Similar Figures
Area/Perimeter
100
A square's side lengths measure 4 inches each. An image is created having side lengths of 16 inches. What scale factor was applied?
What is 4?
100
Figures with corresponding angles of equal measure and the ratio of corresponding sides are equivalent.
What is Similar Figures?
100
Describe the change when this rule is applied (5x, 8y).
What is 5x wider and 8x taller?
100
Are these similar: * Original (x, y) * New Image (5x, 5y)
What is yes, similar? (Same SF applied)
100
How does the perimeter change after a scale factor of 4 is applied.
What is 4 times bigger?
200
What copier size factor was used to create an image that is three times larger? Express is as a percent.
What is 300%?
200
A side that has the same relative position as a side in a similar figure.
What is Corresponding Side?
200
Describe the change when this rule is applied (32x, 0.5y).
What is 32x wider and 0.5x as tall?
200
Are these similar: * Original (x, y) * Image (12x, 11y)
What is no, not similar? (Different SF)
200
How does the area change after a scale factor of 1/2 is applied.
What is 1/4 as big?
300
An original rectangle measures 9 in. x 14 in. An image measures 108 in. x 168 in. What scale factor was applied?
What is 12?
300
An angle that has the same relative position as an angle in a similar figure.
What is Corresponding Angle?
300
Describe the change when this rule is applied (27x + 2, 6y).
What is 27x wider, moves 2 units to the right, and 6x taller?
300
Compare a right triangle with a base of 7 cm and a height of 9 cm to another right triangle with a base of 42 and a height of 54 cm.
What is yes, similar figures by a SF of 6?
300
How much greater is the perimeter of an image if the scale factor is 7?
What is 7x greater?
400
A triangle's legs measure 224 cm. and 280 cm. An image is created and it's legs measure 32 cm. and 40 cm. What scale factor was applied to create the image?
What is 1/7?
400
The number used to multiply the lengths of a figure to stretch it or shrink it into a similar image.
What is Scale Factor?
400
Describe the change when this rule is applied (10x - 55, 78y - 30).
What is 10x wider, moves 55 units left, 78x taller, and moves 30 units down?
400
A rectangle with a length of 16 in. and a width of 18 in. compared to a rectangle with a length of 128 in. and a width of 162 in.
What is no, not similar? [Different SF applied, (8x, 9y)]
400
How much greater is the area of a figure if the scale factor is 7?
What is 49 times bigger?
500
What copier size factor was used on a rectangle with dimensions of 85 x 105 in., if the image has dimensions of 17 x 21 in.? Express it as a percent.
What is 20%? (SF = 1/5)
500
If congruent copies of a shape can be put together to make a larger similar shame, the original shape is called...
What is a Rep-tile?
500
Describe the change when this rule is applied (65x + 48, 0.3y - 18).
What is 65x wider, moves 48 units to the right, 0.3x taller, and moves 18 units down?
500
A triangle with a base of 90 m. and a height of 120 m compared to a triangle with a base of 6 m. and a height of 15 m.
What is no, not similar? (1/15x, 1/8y)
500
How much greater is the area of a figure if the scale factor is 1/6?
What is 1/36 x the original? (Shrinks)