Scale Factor Vocabulary

The ratio of corresponding sides in two similar figures

• scale

• scale factor

• scale drawings

• corresponding sides

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

Scale factor is also known as the

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

If the scale factor is greater than one, the new figure will be

• a reduction

• an enlargement

• a scale

• not proportional

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

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

• ballooner

• enlargement

• reduction

• correlation

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

What is the scale factor of this dilation?

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.2

What is the scale factor of the dilation?

• 2

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

• 32 inches

• 64 inches

• 112 inches

• 224 inches

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

What is the scale factor?

• 1/2

• 7/3

• 2

• 10/3

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

Two objects that are the same shape but not the same size are _______.

• Congruent

• Vertical

• Similar

• Complementary 

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CCSS.8.G.A.2

CCSS.HSG.CO.B.6

In a dilation what mathematical operation is used with the scale factor?

• addition 

• subtraction 

• multiplication 

• division 

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CCSS.8.G.A.3