Year 6
Year 6
Solve problems involving scale factor in shapes
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will solve problems involving scale factor. We will introduce the vocabulary 'similar' and 'scale factor'. We will determine the scale factor of enlargement for various transformations.
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4 Questions
Q1.
What is the ratio of squares to hexagons?
2 : 1
Q2.
What is the ratio of hexagons to squares?
1 : 2
Q3.
Sarah is making chocolate chip cookies. For every 6 milk chocolate cookies she makes, she makes 1 white chocolate cookie. What is the ratio of milk chocolate to white chocolate cookies?
1:6
Q4.
Zak bakes chocolate muffins and blueberry muffins in the ratio 3:1. If he makes 24 muffins, how many are chocolate?
12
6
3 Questions
Q1.
Square B is an enlargement of square A. What is the scale factor of this enlargement?
Scale factor 4
Scale factor 8
Q2.
Triangle B is an enlargement of triangle A. What is the scale factor of this enlargement?
Scale factor 3
Scale factor 8
Q3.
Rectangle A has been enlarged by scale factor 6. What is the missing dimension on rectangle B?
18 cm
7 cm