Intro to Scale Models

A model of a planned baseball stadium is 2 ft wide. The actual stadium will be 200 yd wide. What is the scale?

• 2 feet = 50 yards

• 1 foot = 200 yards

• 1 foot = 100 yards

• 1 foot = 50 yards

What is the scale factor?

• 4

• 25

• 5

• 6

What is the scale factor?

• 1/2

• 7/3

• 2

• 10/3

Robbie made a scale drawing of a neighborhood park. A soccer field in the park is 14 inches long in the drawing. The actual field is 98 yards long. What is the scale of the drawing? 1 inch = _ yards

• 1372

• 5

• 14

• 7

The blue triangle is the preimage, the green triangle is the image.

The image shows​​ (a)   and the scale factor is​ (b)   ​

• an enlargement

• 2

• a reduction

• 5

• 4

Match the following

• A (2,2) B (3,3) C (4,4)

  A' (4,4) B' (6,6) C' (8,8)

• Scale factor of 1/3

• A (3,3) B (6,6) C (9,9)

  A' (1,1) B' (2,2) C' (3,3)

• Scale factor of 3

• A (2,2) B (3,3) C (4,4)

  A' (6,6) B' (9,9) C' (12,12)

• Scale factor of 2

• A (1,1) B (2,2) C (3,3)

  A' (5,5) B' (10,10) C' (15,15)

• Scale factor of 1/2

• A (2,2) B (3,3) C (4,4)

  A' (1,1) B' (1.5,1.5) C' (2,2)

• Scale factor of 5

The blue triangle is the preimage, the green triangle is the image. The image shows​​ (a)   and the scale factor is​ (b)   ​

• an enlargement

• 2

• a reduction

• 5

• 4

The image shows​​ (a)   and the scale factor is​​ (b)   ​

• an enlargement

• 3

• a reduction

• 5

• 4

• 2

The height of a telephone pole on a map is 6 cm. The scale is 2cm:20m. What is the actual height of the telephone pole?

• 6 m

• 10 m

• 18 m

• 60 m

Find the height of a door on a scale drawing if the door is 2 meters tall and the scale is 1 centimeter = 4 meters. Round to the nearest tenth

• 2 cm

• 1/2 cm

• 8 cm

• 1/4 cm