SWBAT compute actual lengths when given a scale drawing
Gardening—Mr. V loves vegetables and has a kale garden in his backyard. Every 1/2 centimeter in the scale drawing corresponds to 3 meters in real life.
CFS:
#1: Accurately computes scale factor
#2: Accurately computes real measurements using the scale factor
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Question 1
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Use the provided information to find the scale factor or scale ratio.
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Question 2
2.
What are the actual dimensions (in meters) of the kale garden?
YouTube--Ms. Paul is doing an apartment tour on her YouTube channel. A blueprint shows that 4 inches in the drawing corresponds to 12 feet in the actual apartment.
CFS:
#1: Accurately computes scale factor
#2: Accurately computes real measurements using the scale factor
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Question 3
3.
Use the provided information to find the scale factor or scale ratio.
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Question 4
4.
What are the dimensions of Ms. Paul's apartment in real life?
"The actual dimensions of Ms. Paul's apartment are _________ feet by ________ feet"
MEDIUM Problems
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Question 5
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Tablet--Jeeve Stobbs created an ad for his new tablet. The picture in the ad is a scale drawing of the actual iSquare. The legend he used states that every \frac{1}{4} inch in the ad represents 1 inch in real life.
What are the actual dimensions of the iSquare?
"The actual dimensions of the iSquare are ____________ by _____________"
CFS:
#1: Accurately computes scale factor
#2: Accurately computes real measurements using the scale factor
1 point
1
Question 6
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Backyard--A scale drawing of a rectangular backyard is drawn using a scale of \frac{3}{4} inch corresponding to 5 feet in real life.
What are the dimensions (in feet) of the backyard?
"The dimensions of the backyard are ___________ by ______________"
CFS:
#1: Accurately computes scale factor
#2: Accurately computes real measurements using the scale factor
1 point
1
Question 7
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Tourism—The city of St. Louis wants to put the following image as a welcome sign on a
billboard for tourists. The picture will be enlarged so that each 1/2 inch on the drawing will represent 7 feet in real life.
a. Will the real-life image fit on a billboard that is 30 feet tall? Explain using mathematical evidence.
SPICY Problems
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Question 8
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Airplane—In a scale drawing of an airplane, 1 inch equals 3 meters. The scale drawing of the
airplane shows a length of 10 2/3 inches.
a. Draw a sketch of the scale drawing and label with its length.
b. Use the scale to find the length of the airplane in real life.
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Question 9
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Gundam—Mr. H used to build figurines from a popular TV show when he was growing up. Each 1/4 inch in the figurine is supposed to represent 5 meters in real life.
a. What is the actual height of the robot?
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Question 10
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Gardening--Mr. Mancini loves vegetables and has a kale garden in his backyard. Every \frac{1}{2} centimeter in the scale drawing corresponds to 3 feet in real life.
What are the actual dimensions (in feet) of his kale garden?
"The actual dimensions of Mr. Mancini's garden are ___________ by ____________"
CFS:
#1: Accurately computes scale factor
#2: Accurately computes real measurements using the scale factor
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Question 11
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Surfboard--An advertisement for a surfboard on Amazon shows its length as 4\frac{1}{2} inches. Find the actual length of the surfboard if 2 inches on the website corresponds to 4 feet in real life.
"The actual length of the surfboard is..."
CFS:
#1: Accurately computes scale factor
#2: Accurately computes real measurements using the scale factor