Understanding Scale Factors

What is the scale factor when a shape is reduced in size?

• Greater than 1

• Equal to 1

• Less than 1

• Equal to 0

If triangle A is scaled to triangle B with a scale factor of 0.5, what happens to triangle A?

• It enlarges

• It disappears

• It shrinks

• It remains the same

When scaling from triangle B to A, what is the scale factor if the base of A is 8 units and B is 4 units?

• 4

• 2

• 1

• 0.5

What is the reciprocal of a scale factor of 3/2?

• 2/3

• 1.5

• 1/3

• 3

If circle A is enlarged to circle B with a diameter of 12, what is the scale factor if circle A's diameter is 8?

• 1.5

• 0.75

• 2

• 1.25

What is the scale factor when circle B is reduced to circle A, given the original scale factor from A to B is 1.5?

• 1.5

• 0.5

• 2/3

• 3/2

In similar triangles, if the height of one triangle is 12 and the other is 6, what is the scale factor from the larger to the smaller triangle?

• 2

• 0.5

• 1

• 1.5

If the base of a smaller triangle is 2.5 cm, what is the base of the larger triangle if the scale factor is 2?

• 7.5 cm

• 10 cm

• 2.5 cm

• 5 cm

What is the length of the hypotenuse of a smaller triangle if the larger triangle's hypotenuse is 13 cm and the scale factor is 0.5?

• 13 cm

• 3.25 cm

• 26 cm

• 6.5 cm

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