Scale Drawings

REFERENCE BOOK OXFORD INSIGHT 12 MATHEMATICS

STANDARD 1
CHAPTER 3
What is a Scale Drawing in a Nutshell?
Scale Drawing is simply shrinking a large object to a similar small object,

What do you think of these photos, Dad’s car is scaled

up? or the Kid’s car is scaled down? Its all about
zooming in and zooming it out!
Ratios
Comparison of quantities of the same kind is called a ratio
From previous example if we assume
◦ Length of Dad’s Car is 250cm Important About Ratios
1. Ratio is written using a
◦ Length of Kid’s Car is 50cm
Colon Notation (:) or as a
Fraction
We can then imply that ratio of dad’s car to kid’s car is 2. Ratio does not have units
and usually contains whole
250 : 50 or 250/50 = (5:1 or ) numbers
3. The order of quantities in a
We can also imply that ratio of kid’s car to Dad’s car is ratio is important
50 : 250 or 50/250 = (1:5 or )
Example 1 - Ratios
Example 2 – Ratios
Write each of these comparisons as a ratio in simplest form.
a. 24 to 18
b. 16 to 12 to 20
c. 1.5 to 2.7
d. to
e. 85cm to 1.2 m

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