Scale Drawings and Similar Figures Scale Factor

A flagpole is 1 in.= 4 ft. If the pole measures 12 inches, how tall is the actual pole?

• 16 feet

• 3 feet

• 48 feet

• 9 feet

All angles in similar figures are congruent.  

• True

• False

Amanda made a scale drawing of a square garden, which has a side length of 25 feet. She used the scale 2 inches = 5 feet.

What will be the area of the scale drawing?

• 10 in²

• 25 in²

• 100 in²

• 484 in²

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

What is the scale factor from triangle ABC to triangle DEF?

• 1/2

• 7/3

• 2/1

• 10/3

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

• 1/2

• 2/3

• 3/4

• 2

What is the scale factor from ABCD to MNOP?

• 2/3

• 3/2

• 2

• 3

What is the scale factor from the smaller quadrilateral to the larger?

• scale factor = 4

• scale factor = 10

• scale factor = 3

• scale factor = 2

The pair of figures is similar. Find the missing side.

• x = 12

• x = 3

• x = 40

• x = 4

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

• 1/3

• 48

• 4

• 3