Scale Factor Challenges

Students understand how scale factors affect the size of scaled copies and practice using proportional reasoning to determine the scale factor between two figures.

By Desmos Classroom

Learning goals: Learning Goals • Describe how scale factors greater than `1`, between `0` and `1`, or equal to `1` affect distances in scaled copies. • Understand and explain how the scale factor between figure `A` and figure `B` relates to the scale factor between figure `B` and figure `A`.