7 G 1 Solve problems involving scale drawings

7. G. 1 Solve problems involving scale drawings of geometric figures, including computing actual lengths and areas from a scale drawing and reproducing a scale drawing at a different scale 7. RP. 1 Compute unit rates associated with ratios of fractions, including ratios of lengths, areas and other quantities measured in like or different units. For example, if a person walks 1/2 mile in each 1/4 hour, compute the unit rate as the complex fraction (1/2)/(1/4) miles per hour, equivalently 2 miles per hour

� Understand that a scale is ratio. � Computer actual lengths from a scale drawing involving geometric figures. � Compute actual areas from a scale drawing involving geometric figures. � Reproduce a scale drawing using a different scale. � Determine the scale of a drawing given the ratios of lengths and areas in the drawing and the actual dimensions

� Write and solve a proportion. � Draw geometric figures given specifications � Find the perimeter and area of geometric shapes

• SCALE DRAWING – a drawing that shows an objet with its measurement in proportion to the actual measurements of the object. • SCALE: a ratio that compares the measurements used in a scale drawing with the actual measurements. • SCALE FACTOR: a constant of proportionality

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