Here are two pictures of a bird. Find evidence that one picture is not a scaled copy of the other. Be prepared to explain your reasoning.
Unit 1, Lesson 4
Scaled Relationships
Grade 7
4.1
Warm-up
Notice and Wonder: Three Quadrilaterals
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
4.2
Activity
Measuring the Three Quadrilaterals
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Measure at least one set of corresponding angles using a protractor. Record your measurements to the nearest
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What do you notice about the angle measures?
Pause here so your teacher can review your work.
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The side lengths of the polygons are hard to tell from the grid, but there are other corresponding distances that are easier to compare. Identify the distances in the other two polygons that correspond to
and , and record them in the table. quadrilateral distance that
corresponds todistance that
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Look at the values in the table. What do you notice?
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Are these three quadrilaterals scaled copies? Explain your reasoning.
4.3
Activity
Scaled or Not Scaled?
Here are two quadrilaterals.
Two quadrilaterals on a coordinate plane. The first figure is labeled JXNY. Point X is 2 units to the left and 8 units up from point J. Point N is 2 units to the right and 1 unit up from point X. Point Y is 4 units to the right and 1 unit down from point N. Point J is 4 units to the left and 8 units down from point Y. Point N is directly above point J. The second figure is labeled ZHCS. Point Z is 1 unit to the left and 5 units up from point S. Point H is 1 unit to the right and 1 unit up from point Z. Point C is 3 units to the right and 1 unit down from point H. Point S is 3 units to the left and 5 units down from point C. Point H is directly above point S.
- Mai says that polygon
is a scaled copy of polygon , but Noah disagrees. Do you agree with either of them? Explain or show your reasoning. - Record the corresponding distances in the table. What do you notice?
quadrilateral horizontal distance vertical distance - Measure at least three pairs of corresponding angles in
and using a protractor. Record your measurements to the nearest . What do you notice? - Do these results change your answer to the first question? Explain.
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Here are two more quadrilaterals.
Kiran says that polygonThe angle measures, in degrees, for both trapezoids are: 60, 60, 120, 120. In A, B, C, D, the top length is 2, bottom length is 6, both sides lengths are 4. In E, F, G, H, the top length is 1, bottom length is 4 and both side lengths are 3.is a scaled copy of , but Lin disagrees. Do you agree with either of them? Explain or show your reasoning.
Student Lesson Summary
When a figure is a scaled copy of another figure, we know that:
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All distances in the copy can be found by multiplying the corresponding distances in the original figure by the same scale factor, whether or not the endpoints are connected by a segment.
For example, Polygon
is a scaled copy of Polygon . The scale factor is 3. The distance from to is 6, which is three times the distance from to .
Polygon ABCDEF and its scaled copy Polygon STUVWX. The vertices of Polygon ABCDEF starting at A going counterclockwise are as follows. Vertex B is 1 unit to the left and 2 units down. Vertex C is 2 units down. Vertex D is 1 unit up and 1 unit to the right. Vertex E is 1 unit down and 1 unit to the right. Vertex F is 2 units up. The vertices of Polygon STUVWX starting at S going counterclockwise are as follows. Vertex T is 3 units to the left and 6 units down. Vertex U is 6 units down. Vertex V is 3 units up and 3 units to the right. Vertex W is 3 units down and 3 units to the right. Vertex X is 6 units up. 1 unit=1 square on the grid.
- All angles in the copy have the same measure as the corresponding angles in the original figure, as in these triangles.
These observations can help explain why one figure is not a scaled copy of another.
For example, the second rectangle is not a scaled copy of the first rectangle, even though their corresponding angles have the same measure. Different pairs of corresponding lengths have different scale factors,
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