Scale Drawings Enlargement and Reduction

A dilation is which of the following: 

• only an enlargement

• only a reduction

• Either an enlargement or a reduction

• Neither an enlargement or a reduction

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

A dilation produces a similar figure

• True

• False

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

When the scale factor of a dilation is less than one, the dilation is a reduction.

• True

• False

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

Triangle ABC will be dilated by a scale factor of 1/2.  What will be the coordinates of C'?

• (-1, -2.5)

• (12, 6)

• (3, -1.5)

• (0, 1.5)

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

Triangle ABC is dilated so that the coordinates of C' are (2, -1).  What was the scale factor of the dilation?

• 3

• 2

• 1/2

• 1/3

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

Polygon ABCDE will be dilated by a scale factor of 2.  Which statement is NOT true of the dilation?

• The corresponding angles of the two polygons will be equal.

• The dilation will be an enlargement.

• The original and the image will be congruent.

• Polygon A'B'C'D'E' will be proportional to polygon ABCDE. 

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

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

On a map, Memphis, Tennessee, and Jackson, Mississippi, are 5 inches apart. The distance between the cities is actually 210 miles.

What scale was used to create the map?

• 42 inches = 1 mile

• 1 inch = 42 miles

• 40 inches = 1 mile

• 
  1 inch = 40 miles

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

A model of a house was built using the scale 5 in:25 ft. If a window in the model is 1.5 in. wide, how wide is the actual window?

• 90 ft

• 7.5 ft 

• 4.5 ft

• 45 in

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

The original perimeter of a rectangle is 30cm, if we enlarge it by a scale factor of 4 what is the new perimeter?

• 120

• 480

• 1920

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CCSS.7.G.A.1