Scaled Copies and Scale Factor
Grade 645 min
Learning Objective
I can create a scaled drawing of a figure and explain the relationship between corresponding side lengths.
Lesson Flow
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Identifying scaled copies
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Practice
7 questions • Short answer
Exit Ticket
“Figure A is a rectangle with a length of 8 cm and a width of 5 cm. Figure B is a scaled copy of Figure A with a length of 24 cm. What is the width of Figure B? Triangle ABC has sides of length 3 inches, 4 inches, and 5 inches. Triangle DEF is a scaled copy of triangle ABC with a scale factor of 2.5. What are the lengths of the sides of triangle DEF? ”
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