Scale Factor Answers

Brianna went on a trip to the art museum and sketched a scale drawing of a rectangular wall mural. She used a scale factor of 0.2. The sketch was 12 inches wide and 18 inches long. What was the length of the mural?

Aanya made a scale drawing of a picture. The original dimensions of the picture are 8 inches by 12 inches. Which choice shows a possible combination for the dimensions in Aanya’s drawing?

Yuron is sketching a scale drawing of a famous painting. The painting is 54 inches wide and 72 inches long. He used a scale factor of to make his sketch. How many inches wide is Yuron’s sketch?

Beth is designing a card. She brings to a print shop a drawing that is 6 inches by 3 inches, and asks them to print the card after applying a scale factor of . When she returns to the print shop, they hand her a box of cards, each of which is 9 inches by 13 inches, which is incorrect.What should be the correct dimensions of the card?

Which rectangle is an enlargement of a 5 by 6 rectangle?RectangleABCDWidth10152560Length11183660

Hiroto reduces a rectangular photograph by 0.5 by scanning it onto his computer. The image on the screen measures 3 inches by 5 inches. Which rectangle represents the original photograph?RectangleABCDWidth1.53.5615Length2.55.51025

Fabian used a ratio table to show the original dimensions of a rectangle and the dimensions when the rectangle is changed by a scale factor. He forgot to enter the length of the new rectangle.Scale factor12.5Width615Length9 Which length is missing from Fabian’s table?

The triangle represents a scale drawing that was created by using a factor of . Which is true of the measures of the sides of the original triangle?

A scale drawing of a rectangle is made by using a scale factor of . The original and the scale drawing are shown below.[Not drawn to scale]Which method can be used to find the dimensions of the original rectangle?

The diagram represents an enlargement of a rectangle by a scale factor of 4. What are the dimensions of the enlarged rectangle?