What a scale is
Mathematics · Grade 8 · about 40 minutes
Why big things are drawn small, and what has to stay the same for the drawing to be useful.
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- 7 sections of explanation, worked examples and diagrams
- 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
- A quiz that marks itself as you go
- Your progress kept across every subject you take
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- Scale length to actual length
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- Writing a scale in statement form
- Linear scales in ratio form
- Writing a scale in ratio form
- Statement form to ratio form
- Ratio form to statement form
- Making a scale drawing
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- Scale drawing in real life
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