Scale Factor and Scale Drawings Vocabulary

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

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

A scale drawing that measures 8 units wide and an original that measures 4 units wide has a scale factor of...

• 2:1

• 8:1

• bigger

• 1:2

Find missing side

• 5

• 7

• 9

• 11

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

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

• the same as

• smaller than

• bigger than

• 4m

• 8m

• 16m

• 20m

Identify the scale factor. Write in simplest form. Reduce it as you would reduce

fraction.

baby doll length (inches) = 4

Real baby (inches) = 12

• 3

• 4

Identify the scale factor. Write in simplest form. Reduce it as you would reduce fraction.

• 2

• 4