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Year 7 · Maths

Use Scale Factors Diagrams And Maps

Year 7 learners practise scale factors and similar shapes.

The activities include Calculate Lengths of Sides in Similar Shapes Using Scale Factors, Calculate the Scale Factor of Similar Shapes, Read Scales On Measuring Equipment. The checked support below includes worksheet, video, lesson, teaching. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Calculate Lengths of Sides in Similar Shapes Using Scale Factors
  • Calculate the Scale Factor of Similar Shapes
  • Read Scales On Measuring Equipment

Checked learning resources

  • Similar Shapes KS3 Walkthrough Worksheet

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    Authenticated KS3 walkthrough calculates scale factor as new length divided by the corresponding old length and uses it to find missing sides in similar rectangles and triangles.

  • Reading scales on measuring equipment video

    YouTube - Corbettmaths · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Direct mathematics lesson video models how to determine the value of each division and read arrows on measurement scales.

  • Transformations

    Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 Maths resource matched to scale factors and similar shapes.

  • Symmetry and transformations

    BBC Bitesize · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 Maths resource matched to scale factors and similar shapes.

  • Oak video: Enlarging Objects

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    I can enlarge objects using information about the centre of enlargement and scale factor Each length in the shape is multiplied by the scale factor Each vertex in the object is a given distance from the centre of enlarge

  • Oak video: Introduction To Enlargements

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    I can understand the nature of enlargements and appreciate what changes and what is invariant An enlargement means a change in size. The lengths of the lines may change when enlarged. The angles inside an object do not c

  • Oak worksheet: Enlarging Objects

    Oak National Academy · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    I can enlarge objects using information about the centre of enlargement and scale factor Each length in the shape is multiplied by the scale factor Each vertex in the object is a given distance from the centre of enlarge

  • Oak lesson slides: Enlarging Objects

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    I can enlarge objects using information about the centre of enlargement and scale factor Each length in the shape is multiplied by the scale factor Each vertex in the object is a given distance from the centre of enlarge