Identifying Scale Copies and Scale Factor

If you were asked to draw a scaled copy with a scale factor of 4, the copy will be...

• Larger

• Smaller

• The Same Size

Answer explanation

Scale factor of 4 means you multiply all side lengths by 4. If the lengths are getting longer, the shape is getting larger.

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

This is a drawing that I made of my car. It is a scale copy of my car. The drawing is 3 cm long, and the scale factor is 1cm = 4ft. How many feet long is my real car?

• 12 feet

• 16 feet

• 10 feet

• 4 feet

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

Scaled copy is _________.

• shapes that are the same size but can be different shapes

• shapes that are the same shape but can be different sizes

• a shape that look distorted from the original

• a slanted version of the original shape

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

A scaled copy is a copy of a figure where every length in the original figure is _______________ by the same number.

• multiplied

• added

• divivided

• subtracted

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

What is the scale factor?

• 1

• 2

• 1/2

• -2

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

What is the scale factor from the original triangle to its copy?

• 1/2

• 5

• 1/4

• 1/5

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

Tyler says that Figure B is a scaled copy of Figure A because all of the peaks are half as tall. Do you agree with Tyler?

• yes

• no

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CCSS.8.G.A.4

CCSS.HSG.SRT.A.2

• Larger

• Smaller

• The Same Size

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

Which of the following is TRUE about corresponding sides?

• They are sides that are in the same position on an original image and on a scaled copy of that image.

• Sides that are anywhere on scale copies, but it doesn't matter if they are in the same spot

• There is only one set of corresponding sides on an image and its scale copy

• You can have corresponding sides on images that are not scale copies

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CCSS.8.G.A.2

CCSS.HSG.CO.B.6

Which figure is a scaled copy/ dilation of Shape A?

• Shape B

• Shape C

• Shape D

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CCSS.8.G.A.3