IM(7) Unit 1: Scale Drawings Vocabulary

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Area

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number of square units inside a 2D (flat) shape

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Corresponding

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part of an original shape matches with part of a copy

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Reciprocal

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number you get when you divide the original number by one (FLIP)

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Scale Factor

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tells you how much bigger or smaller a shape is compared to a similar shape

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Scaled Copy

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copy of a figure where each length of the original shape is multiplied by the same number

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Scale

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code that tells you how much smaller or bigger something is compared to the real thing

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Scale Drawing

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2D representation of a place with the same proportions as the original