Effects of Scaling on Volume

The ratio of volumes between similar shapes is the scale factor ______.

• multiplied by 2.

• squared.

• cubed.

• multiplied by 3.

If the scale factor is less than one, the new figure will be

• an enlargement
• a reduction
• a scale factor
• bigger

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.3

If the scale factor is greater than one, the new figure will be

• a reduction
• an enlargement
• a scale
• not proportional

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.3

A small soup can has a volume of 6 oz. If a large soup can is twice as big in dimensions as the small can, what volume of soup does it hold?

• 12 oz

• 48 oz

• 216 oz

• 8 oz

A spherical dog toy for a Corgi is 3 inches in diameter while one for a Golden Retriever is 7.5 inches in diameter. If the volume of the larger dog toy is about 220 cubic inches, about what volume is the smaller dog toy?

• 37 cubic inches

• 15 cubic inches

• 14 cubic inches

• 36 cubic inches

A large rectangular box is about 35% greater in dimensions than the smaller box. The larger box takes up about what percent more space than the smaller box?

• 250%

• 150%

• 350%

• 50%

A triangular prism decreased in size by 15%. By about what percent did the volume of the prism decrease?

• 33%

• 39%

• 67%

• 61%

A triangular prism decreased in size by 15%. The new volume was about what percent of the original volume?

• 33%

• 67%

• 39%

• 61%

A t-shirt shrunk in the wash to a size that was about 1/4 of the original. The volume of a person that would fit into the new shirt is what fraction of the volume of a person that would've fit into the original shirt?

• 3/4

• 1/64

• 1/16

• 1/25

A rocket is 25 times bigger than a model version. How many times bigger is the volume of the rocket than the volume of the model?

• 625 times

• 421,875 times

• 25,000 times

• 15,625 times