Question

Gia is running for school president. Her best friend designed a rectangular button that measures 2.5 inches by 2 inches. Gina liked the button so much she produced a campaign poster, which measures 5 feet by 4 feet. What scale factor did Gina use to make the poster from the button?

Answer 1

24 times bigger

Explanation:

She scaled it by 24 because 4 feet is 48 inches and 2 inches has to be scaled by 24 to get to 48

Answer 2

2 : 1

Explanation:

2.5 to 5 = 2

2 to 4 = 2

2 : 1