Scaling and Scale Factors

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 factor?

• 1 inch = 1372 yds

• 1 in =5 yds

• 1 in = 14 yds

• 1 in. = 7 yds

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

A flagpole and a model flag pole have a scale factor of 1 in.= 4 ft. If the model pole measures 12 inches, how tall is the actual pole?

• 16 feet

• 3 feet

• 48 feet

• 9 feet

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

What is the scale factor?
Triangle DEF is the copy

• 1/2

• 7/3

• 2

• 10/3

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

What is the scale factor from triangle ABC(original) to triangle DEF (copy)?

• 1/2

• 7/3

• 2/1

• 10/3

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

What is the scale factor from ABCD to MNOP?

• 2/3

• 3/2

• 2

• 3

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

What is the scale factor from MNOP to ABCD?

• 2/3

• 1/2

• 3/2

• 2

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

Scale is 1cm = 8km. Hatboro and Smithville are 24cm apart on the map, how far apart are they?

• 87 km

• 216 km 

• 33 km

• 192 km

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2C

Scale: 1in.=7ft. The actual width of the backyard is 49 ft, how wide is it in the drawing?

• 14 in 

• 7 in

• 42 in

• 56 in

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

What is the scale factor if the larger triangle is the original?

• 4

• 25

• 5

• 6

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

Pedro and his friends are visiting chocolate shops in Fairview. They take a cab from one chocolate shop to another. On a map, the two are separated by 3 centimeters. If the scale of the map is 1 centimeter = 2 kilometers, then what is the actual distance between the two chocolate shops?
____ = ____

• 1/2 kilometer 

• 1.5 kilometers

• 6 kilometers

• 3 kilometers

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2C