Quiz on Quadrilaterals and Scale Factor

What are the characteristics of a square?

• A quadrilateral with 4 equal sides but not all corners are at 90 degree angles.

• A quadrilateral with 4 equal sides and all corners are at 90 degree angles.

A rectangle that is 2 inches by 3 inches has been scaled by a factor of 7. What are the side lengths of the scaled copy?

• 5 and 10

• 14 and 21

• 5 and 7

• 9 and10

The two rectangles are scale drawings. What is the measurement of x?

• 21

• 1.25

• 20

• 4

What is this Quadrilateral?

• Parallelogram

• Square

• Trapezoid

• Rhombus

What scale factor was used to scale the rectangle?

• 1/4

• 1/3

• 3

• 4

• 100

• 115

• 65

• 80

• F
• G
• H
• J

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

• an enlargement

• a reduction

• a scale factor

• bigger

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

• reduction

• enlargement

• scale

• not proportional

Amanda made a scale drawing of a square garden, which has a side length of 25 feet. She used the scale 2 inches = 5 feet.

What will be the area of the scale drawing?

• 10 in²

• 25 in²

• 100 in²

• 484 in²