Scale Factor then Area
Scale Factor than perimeter
Vocab
Scale drawings
What is the scale factor?
100

Find the area for the rectangle 

length = 8 meters

width = 2 meters 

scale factor is 5

400 meters squared 

100

What is the perimeter of this rectangle ? 

length=9 miles 

width = 7 miles 

scale factor is 3


96 miles 

100

A scaled copy cannot be 

stretched or distorted 

100

Janice is making a scale drawing of her car. She decides that one foot of the car will equal 8 squares on her graph paper. If the car is five feet tall then how many squares will that be on her graph paper?

40 squares

100

triangle A      2 in, 5.5 in, 8 in 

triangle B.      4 in, 11 in, 16 in 


scale factor from A to B?

2

200

Find the area for the rectangle 

length = 9 ft

width = 8 ft

scale factor is 7 

3528 ft squared 

200

What is the perimeter of this rectangle? 

length=9 ft

width = 8 ft 

scale factor is 7

238 ft 

200

what is a scale factor 

The number you multiply by the original to get the copy  
200

Ian drew a scale drawing of her computer screen in a mural on the wall. The image on the screen which is 5 mm long, is 20 m long in the mural. What is the scale of the drawing? 

1mm: ___ m

4 meters 

200

triangle A      56 in, 64 in, 80 in 

triangle B.      7 in, 8 in, 10 in 


scale factor from A to B?

1/8

300

find the area of the square 

length = 6 km

width = 6 km 

scale factor = 1/2 

9 km squared 

300

What is the perimeter of this square ? 

length= 6 km 

width = 6 km 

scale factor is 1/2

12 km 

300

Definition of a scaled copy 

A copy of an image that has the same shapes and angles but can be different sizes

300

The map on your phone indicates that 1 inch equals 12 miles. On your phone, the store is exactly 2.5 inches from your current location. How far away is the store from where you are?

30 miles away 

300

triangle A      16 in, 20 in, 12 in 

triangle B.      4 in, 5 in, 3 in 


scale factor from A to B?

1/4

400

find the area of the rectangle 

length= 12 m 

width = 24 m 

scale factor = 1/6

eight meters squared 

400

What is the perimeter of this rectangle? 

length=4 km 

width = 1 miles 

scale factor is 1/4

2 1/2 or 2.5

400

The copy is larger than the original when the scale factor is ________. Give an example of the scale factor ..

greater than one 


400

The scale on a map is 1 inch = 2 1/2 miles. The distance between two streets on the map is 1 3/4 inches. What is the actual distance between these streets?

4 3/8 miles 

400

Fill in the missing side length 

original - 12, 16, 17 

copy - 6, 8, ?

scale factor = 1/2

8.5

500

find the area of the triangle 

base = 2.5 in 

height = 6 in 

scale factor = 4 

30 in squared 

500

What is the perimeter of this triangle?

Side lengths: 3 in, 9 in, 18 in 

Scale factor = 1/3

10 inches 

500

The copy is smaller than the original when the scale factor is ________. Give an example of the scale factor ..

less than one 



500

Joseph is making a scale model of an airplane that is 12 inches long. If the box says that that 3/4 inch equals 4 feet then how long is the real plane? 

64 feet 

500

What is the scale factor of this rectangle? 

original sides- 4, 7 

copy sides- 10, 17.5 

(written as a fraction)

5/2