Stretching

and
Shrinking
Copyright 2012 by Joanne Rose

Similar
Figures

Similar or
Imposter?

Scale
Factor and
Area Ratio

Similar
Pictures

How Tall Is
It?

Vocabulary

Find the missing

quantity

Use the rule to

tell if the image
will be similar to
the original

Find the missing

quantity

Find the missing

quantity

Find the missing

height

Give the word

that is being
defined

10

10

10

10

10

10

20

20

20

20

20

20

30

30

30

30

30

30

40

40

40

40

40

40

50

50

50

50

50

50
Go to Final Challenge

Original Side = 2
New Side = 10
Scale Factor = ?

What is 5?

Original Side = 12
Scale Factor = 2/3
New Side = ?

What is 8?

Original Perimeter = 20
Scale Factor = 1/5
New Perimeter = ?

What is 4?

Original Area = 2
Scale Factor = 3
New Area = ?

What is 18?

Original Area = 2
New Area = 50
Scale Factor = ?

What is 5?

 2 x, 2 y

What is similar?

 2 3
x,
3 2

What is not similar?

 4 x 1,4 y 2

What is similar?

12 x 5,12 y

What is similar?

1 1
1
1
x , y
2 3
3
2

What is not similar?

Scale Factor = 3
Area Ratio = ?

What is 9?

Scale Factor = 1.5

Area Ratio = ?

What is 2.25?

Area Ratio = 25
Scale Factor = ?

What is 5?

Area of a Square = 36
Side Length = ?

What is 6?

Area of a Square = 11
Side Length = ?

What is the square root of 11?

Small Picture: 3 x 5
Large Picture: 9 x ?

What is 15?

Small Picture: 4.5 x 7

Large Picture: ? X 17.5

What is 11.25?

Original Picture: 12 x 20
New Picture: 2.4 x 4
Scale Factor: ?

What is 1/5 or 0.2?

Small Picture: 2 x 5
Large Picture: 10 x 25
Number of small pictures that
will fit into the large one: ?

What is 25?

Area of Small Picture: 8

Area of Large Picture: 80
Scale factor from small to large: ?

What is the square root of 10?

Stick Shadow: 4 ft.

Stick: 3 ft.
Tree shadow: 48 ft.
Tree: ?

What is 36 ft.?

Person Shadow: 3.8 ft

Person: 6.5 ft.
Tower Shadow: 18.7 ft.
Tower: ?

What is 32 ft.?

Tower to Mirror: 120 ft.

Man to Mirror: 10 ft.
Mans Height to Eyes: 5 ft.
Tower Height: ?

What is 60 ft.?

Building Shadow: 78 ft.

Person: 63 in.
Person Shadow: 26 in.
Building: ?

What is 189 ft.?

Tree to Mirror: 82 ft.

Girls Height to Eyes: 4 ft. 9 in.
Girl to Mirror: 14 ft. 3 in.
Tree Height: ?

What is 27 ft. 4 in.?

A comparison of two quantities,

sometimes expressed as a
fraction.

What is a ratio?

The number used to multiply the

side lengths of a figure to enlarge
or reduce it.

What is scale factor?

A number that tells how many

copies of one figure fit into a
similar figure.

What is area ratio?

The figure that results from a

transformation of the original.

What is an image?

Angles or sides that have the

same relative position in similar
figures.

What is corresponding?

Final Challenge

Go back to game board

Final Challenge Category:

Images

1
The rule 3 x 5, y 3
2

changes a figure. Describe the

size and location of the image.

What is
3 times wider
1/2 as tall
5 units to the left
and
3 units up?