7.GM.4.2: Apply proportions, ratios, and scale factors to solve problems involving scale drawings and to determine side lengths and areas of similar triangles and rectangles.

Apply proportions, ratios, and scale factors to solve problems involving scale drawings and to determine side lengths and areas of similar triangles and rectangles.

Example Problems
Polygon H is a scaled copy of Polygon F using a scale factor of .
Polygon H's area is what fraction of Polygon F's area?
A scale on a hiking map shows that 3 inches represents 1.25 miles.
What number of inches on the map represent
10 actual miles?
Polygon E is a scaled copy of Polygon F using a scale factor of .
Polygon E's
area is what fraction of Polygon F's area?
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