Scale and Similar

Scale is 1cm = 8km. Hatboro and Smithville are 24cm apart on the map, what is the actual distance between the 2 cities?

• 87 km

• 216 km 

• 33 km

• 192 km

Review the picture.  Find the missing side measurement in the picture using a proportion.

• w = 18 m

• w = 6 m

• 6 m

• w = 0.16 m

What is a scale drawing?

• A two-dimensional representation of an actual object or place.

• This line segment from the center of a circle to a point on the circle.

• When two lines cross, they form two pairs of vertical angles across from one another.

• An image that has been made bigger and all the angles change size.

True or False: The scale tells us what some length on the scale drawing represents in actual length

• True

• False

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 two pyramids shown are similar. If the smaller pyramid has a height of 21 meters, then what is the height of the larger pyramid?

• 11 meters

• 81.49 meters

• 33 meters

• 7 meters

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

• 21

• 1.25

• 20

• 4

In the figure above, a dilation from A to A' has occurred. What is the scale factor?

scale factor = _______

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

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