Kara was making decorations for a school dance. She has a small figure to use for a pattern, but needs the actual decorations to be much larger. Which scale factor might she use to make her decorations?

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Kara was making decorations for a school dance. She has a small figure to use for a pattern, but needs the actual decorations to be much larger. Which scale factor might she use to make her decorations?


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mertsj · Answer

If she want much bigger decorations, do you think she should multiply by 1/5 or would that make them smaller?

mertsj · Answer

Do you have an idea?

mertsj · Answer

I'm thinking that if she multiplied by 1 they would be the same size.  What do you think?

anonymous · Answer

I have no idea, I just thought your opinion was nice.

mertsj · Answer

So perhaps if she wants them to be much bigger, she should multiply by 5.

anonymous · Answer

5 
It means 5 times bigger!