Geometry • Transformations

Scale Factors

Identify, use, and draw scale factors with shapes on coordinate grids.

Scale Factors
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Summary
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Choose which scale factor skills to practise. Select one or more.
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Identify the Scale Factor
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Use a Scale Factor
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Draw a Scale Factor
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Difficulty level
Choose your difficulty level.
Level 1
Whole number scale factors (×2, ×3, ×4)
Level 2
Decimals & fractions (×0.25, ×0.5, ×1.5…)
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Shape types
Choose which shapes to practise with.
Up to 4-sided
Triangles, squares, rectangles, rhombus, trapezium
Mixed shapes
Includes pentagons, hexagons, L and U shapes
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Game mode
How would you like to play?
Timed Challenge
Answer as many as possible against the clock
Fixed Questions
Answer a set number at your own pace
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Number of questions
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Ready to practise scale factors?

Answer as many questions as you can!

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How to play
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Choose game types & settings
Pick which skills to practise — identifying, using, or drawing scale factors — then choose your level, shapes and mode.
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Read the question
Compare two shapes on grids, calculate a scaled dimension, or draw a scaled shape yourself.
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Submit your answer
Type a number, or click grid points to draw a shape. Close a drawn shape by clicking back on your starting point.
Original shape width 3 units × scale factor 2 = 6 units
Scale factors multiply every dimension