Scale Factors and Scale Drawings

Scale Factor of 5 is _________________ .

• Reduction

• Enlargement

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What is a scale drawing?

• A drawing that shows a real object enlarged or reduced

• A drawing of the weight of an object

• A life size drawing of an object

• A drawing that shows all the sides of a building

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On a map, Memphis, Tennessee, and Jackson, Mississippi, are 5 inches apart. The distance between the cities is actually 210 miles.

What scale was used to create the map?

• 42 inches = 1 mile

• 1 inch = 42 miles

• 40 inches = 1 mile

• 
  1 inch = 40 miles

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Find missing side

• 5

• 7

• 9

• 11

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What is the scale factor from the small fry to the large fry?

• 1/3

• 48

• 4

• 3

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

If the scale factor is equal to 1, the copy is ________ the original.

• the same as

• smaller than

• bigger than

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

Scale Factor of ½ is __________________ .

• Reduction

• Enlargement

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

Your scale is 1 inch to 5 miles. If the drawing shows a road that is 2 inches long, how many miles is the actual road?

• 5 miles

• 2.5 miles

• 10 miles

• 7 miles

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Kiera measured a farm and made a scale drawing. In real life, the goat pen is 18 meters long. It is 6 centimeters long in the drawing. What scale did Kiera use for the drawing?

• 1 cm = 6 meters

• 1 m = 18 centimeters

• 18 centimeters = 6 meters

• 1 cm = 3 meters

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

Jamie made a scale drawing of his apartment building.  The building is 300 ft tall.  He wants his scale to be 1 inch : 10 ft.  How tall should his building be in his scale drawing?

• 25 inches

• 60 inches

• 1/30 inch

• 30 inches

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