Scale Factor Pass

If the scale factor is equal to 1, the copy is ________ the original.

• the same as

• smaller than

• bigger than

Scale factors that are opposites from A to B and B to A are __________.

• reciprocals

• identical

Megan drew a scale drawing of a house and its lot. The scale she used was 1 inch = 2 feet. The backyard is 78 feet long in real life. How long is the yard in the drawing?
____ = ____

• 39 inches

• 156 inches

• 38 inches

• 157 inches

From Denver to Chicago = 3 in. If the scale is 1 in = 300 miles, find the actual distance.

• 300 miles

• 1000 miles

• 900 miles

• 600 miles

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

• 1/2

• 7/3

• 2/1

• 10/3

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

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

Solve the proportion.
____ = ____

• p=31.3

• p=308

• p=924

• p=532

Jamie made a scale drawing of his apartment building.  The building is 300 ft tall.  He wants his scale to be 1 inch : 10 ft.  How tall should his building be in his scale drawing?

• 25 inches

• 60 inches

• 1/30 inch

• 30 inches

When a scale drawing is larger than the original it is called a ...

• ballooner

• enlargement

• reduction

• correlation