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Scale and similar shapes (age 11+)

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MathematicsRatio & Proportion|Ages 11—13|ID: mt_1badik7iKJ

Use scale factors to interpret and create scale diagrams and maps, calculating real-life distances from map measurements and vice versa

Mastery Evidence

  • Calculate a real-life distance from a map measurement using a given scale (e.g. 1:25,000)
  • Draw a scale diagram of a room using a chosen scale factor
  • Convert between map distance and actual distance in problems involving different units

Assessment Prompt

“If [child] looks at a map where 1 cm = 50 km, can they work out the real distance between two cities that are 4.5 cm apart on the map?”

Curriculum Standards2 alignments

7.RP.2bCommon Core State Standards for Mathematics
Identify the constant of proportionality (unit rate)

Identify the constant of proportionality (unit rate) in tables, graphs, equations, diagrams, and verbal descriptions of proportional relationships.

RP
KS3.Maths.Ratio.2The national curriculum in England
Scale Factors and Diagrams

use scale factors, scale diagrams and maps

Mathematics · Key Stage 3

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