Scale Factor and Scale Drawings

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

• True

• False

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

CCSS.7.RP.A.2

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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CCSS.7.G.A.1

Kiran drew a floor plan of his classroom using the scale 1 inch to 6 feet. Kiran's drawing is 4 inches wide and 5.5 inches long. What are the dimensions of the actual classroom?

• 4 inches wide and 5.5 inches long

• 0.66 inches wide and 0.91 inches long

• 1.5 feet wide and 0.72 feet long

• 24 feet wide and 33 feet long

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

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

A scale on a hiking map shows that 3 inches represents 1.25 miles. What number of inches on the map represent 10 actual miles?

• 24 inches

• 12.5 inches

• 30 inches

• 3 inches

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

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

• 21
• 1.25
• 20
• 4

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

What is the scale factor if the triangle on the left is the original?

• 2
• 3/2
• 2/3
• 1/2

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

What is the scale factor?

• 4
• .25
• 5
• 6

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

The __________ is the ratio of a length of the image to the corresponding length on the original figure.

• reduction
• enlargement
• scale factor
• center of dilation

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

CCSS.7.RP.A.2

Brody drew a scale drawing of a campsite. He used the scale 1 inch : 3 feet. If the actual width of the tent is 6 feet, how wide is the tent in the drawing?

• 2 in

• 1 in

• 3 in

• 18 in

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CCSS.7.G.A.1