10-17 Scaling up and Scaling down

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What is scaling up?

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Scaling up refers to increasing the size or amount of something by a certain factor.

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What is scaling down?

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Scaling down refers to decreasing the size or amount of something by a certain factor.

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What is a scale factor?

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A scale factor is a number that scales, or multiplies, a quantity.

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If you multiply a number by 1, what happens to the number?

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The product remains equal to the original number.

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What is the result of scaling up a quantity by a scale factor of 3?

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The new quantity is three times the original quantity.

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What is the result of scaling down a quantity by a scale factor of 1/3?

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The new quantity is one-third of the original quantity.

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How do you determine if you are scaling up or down?

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If the new quantity is greater than the original, you are scaling up; if it is less, you are scaling down.

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What is the missing piece of the proportion if the original amount is $39,000 and the scale factor is 3?

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$117,000.

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If a recipe calls for 2 cups of flour and you want to double it, how much flour do you need?

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4 cups of flour.

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If you have a model that is 1/4 the size of the original object, what is the scale factor?

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The scale factor is 1/4.