Scaling with Proportions

What is the formula for scale factor?

What is the scale factor from the small fry (original) to the large fry (new)?

This scale drawing shows a parking lot. What is the actual (real) length of the longer side of the lot? 

On a map, the distance between two towns in 2.6 cm. The scale of the map is

1 cm : 50 km. What is the actual distance between the two towns?

On a map, the distance between Albany and Syracuse is 9.5 inches. The map has a scale of 1 inch to 15 miles. What is the actual distance, in miles, between Albany and Syracuse?

Robin is building a scale model of a bridge. The model has a scale of 1 inch to 4 feet. The actual length of the bridge is 26 feet. What is the length, in inches, of the model bridge?

Desmond measured a city park and made a scale drawing. The scale he used was 1 centimeter : 9 meters. The actual width of the soccer field is 54 meters. How wide is the field in the drawing?

What is true about the sides of similar figures?

What is true about the angles of similar figures?

The _________tells us how many times larger or smaller a figure is from the original.

Which proportion would allow you to solve for the missing side, x?

The two rectangles are similar figures. What is the measurement of x?

Given the similar triangles shown, find missing side

Solve for X.