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Grade 8 · Ratios & Proportions

Scale drawings

52 problems in this skill, each with a solver-verified answer key. Answers are checked the moment you submit — with a hint if you want one and a worked solution afterwards.

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  1. Warm-up

    A figure is dilated about a fixed center. A side of the original figure has length 1818 units, and the corresponding side of the image has length 99 units. Find the scale factor of the dilation (image length divided by original length), as a fraction in simplest form.

  2. Warm-up

    A figure is dilated about a fixed center. A side of the original figure has length 2525 units, and the corresponding side of the image has length 4040 units. Find the scale factor of the dilation (image length divided by original length), as a fraction in simplest form.

  3. Warm-up

    A figure is dilated about a fixed center. A side of the original figure has length 2424 units, and the corresponding side of the image has length 3232 units. Find the scale factor of the dilation (image length divided by original length), as a fraction in simplest form.

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