Enlargements and scale factors

There are 21 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Enlargements and scale factors
Similar rectangles
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Similar rectangles

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you find the missing length?
Poly Plug Pattern
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Poly Plug Pattern

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Create a pattern on the small grid. How could you extend your pattern on the larger grid?
Fill Me Up Too
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Fill Me Up Too

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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In Fill Me Up we invited you to sketch graphs as vessels are filled with water. Can you work out the equations of the graphs?
Fit for photocopying
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Fit for photocopying

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Explore the relationships between different paper sizes.
L-triominoes
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L-triominoes

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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L triominoes can fit together to make larger versions of themselves. Is every size possible to make in this way?
Growing Rectangles
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Growing Rectangles

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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What happens to the area and volume of 2D and 3D shapes when you enlarge them?
Scaling Clowns
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Scaling Clowns

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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These five clowns work in pairs. What is the same and what is different about each pair's faces?
Arrow Arithmetic 1
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Arrow Arithmetic 1

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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The first part of an investigation into how to represent numbers using geometric transformations that ultimately leads us to discover numbers not on the number line.
The Rescaled Map
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The Rescaled Map

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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We use statistics to give ourselves an informed view on a subject of interest. This problem explores how to scale countries on a map to represent characteristics other than land area.