Enlarging with paper squares

Enlarging with paper squares

Pencil and paper
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Further Resources
This task is about making enlargements of shapes.
Practical Task

  1. Make the enlargements of the two shapes shown using the paper squares.
  2. Glue your enlarged shapes below the original shapes.
a)
Use the paper squares to enlarge this shape by a scale factor of 3.
 
Show your teacher.
Glue your enlarged shape here →
 
 
 
 
b)
Use the paper squares to enlarge this shape by a scale factor of 2.
 
 

Show your teacher.
Glue your enlarged shape here →
 
 
 
 

Cut out the paper squares below for making your shapes.

Task administration: 
Equipment
Paper squares (template page provided), scissors.

Students make up the enlargement and show it to the teacher before gluing it on their activity sheet.
 
This task can be completed with paper and scissors.
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Transformation
Keywords: 
2-dimensional shapes, enlargement, scale factor, resizing
Description of task: 
Students cut out 2-dimensional shapes and enlarge them by factors of 2 and 3 using paper squares.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Geometric thinking, sets 3-4
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 

a)

Constructs the following shape.

enlarged picture of shape 1

b)

Constructs the following shape.

enlarged picture of shape 2