Working with Intuitive Dilations
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Answer the following questions regarding dilations:

1.  
Is this an example of a dilation?
yes
no

 

 

 

2.

 

 

  

Under the dilation shown at the left, the value of the "?" will be:
1.5
3
4

 

 
 

   

3.

 

 
Under a dilation, the picture shown at the left has been reduced in size.  The scalar factor was:
1/4
1/2
2
4

 
 

 

4.

The length of the small train is 4 inches.  Under a dilation of scale factor 2, the length of the large train is:?
2 inches
8 inches

 
 

 

5.

 

 

Under the dilation shown at the left, the value of a to the nearest hundredth is:
2.00
2.67
3.00
3.33

 
 

 

6.

A large blockhead is 6 cm wide.  After a dilation, the blockhead is 2.4 cm wide.  The scalar factor for this dilation is:
3
2.5
0.5
0.4