Scale factor lesson 10

If you want to find the scale factor from one figure to another, which formula should you use?

An area rug is 9 feet wide. In a photograph, the image of the rug is 3 inches wide. What was the scale factor used?

The Waccamaw Bridge is 60 meters long. The length of a model of the bridge is 15 cm long. What is the scale of the model?

Scale: 1cm.=7m The width of the backyard is 49 m, how wide is it in the drawing?

A blueprint was using a scale of 3cm=4.5 m. Which number represents the dependent?

The scale drawing car length is 3 cm. If the scale is 1 cm:4 ft, what is the actual car length?

What fraction do we create to find the scale factor.

To make a toy car, a company made a smaller model of the toy car. They used the scale factor 3cm = 7cm. The model was 18 cm, what was the size of the toy car?