Multiplication as Scaling Math Example 4

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Example 4

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A photo is 4 inches wide. A poster version is 6 times wider. How wide is the poster?

Solution

  1. 1
    Original width: 4 inches. Scale factor: 6.
  2. 2
    New width: \(4 \times 6 = 24\) inches.
  3. 3
    The poster is 24 inches wide.

Answer

24 inches
Multiplying the original size by the scale factor gives the new size.

About Multiplication as Scaling

Understanding multiplication as resizing or scaling a quantity by a factor. Multiplying by 2 doubles, by 0.5 halves, and by 1 leaves unchanged — it stretches or shrinks the original number.

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More Multiplication as Scaling Examples

Example 1 easy

A recipe uses 3 cups of flour. If you make the recipe 4 times bigger, how many cups of flour do you

Example 2 medium

A drawing of a cat is 5 cm tall. You scale it up to be 3 times taller. How tall is the scaled drawin

Example 3 easy

A plant is 8 inches tall. After one month it is 2 times taller. How tall is it now?

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