Scale factor

A prism with a volume of 1458 mm3 is scaled down to a volume of 16mm3. What is the scale factor in fraction form?

Correct result:

f =  0.222

Solution:

f=1614583=29=0.222f=\sqrt[3]{ \dfrac{ 16 }{ 1458 } }=\dfrac{ 2 }{ 9 }=0.222

Try another example


We would be very happy if you find an error in the example, spelling mistakes, or inaccuracies, and please send it to us. We thank you!






Showing 0 comments:
avatar




Tips to related online calculators
Check out our ratio calculator.
Tip: Our volume units converter will help you with the conversion of volume units.

You need to know the following knowledge to solve this word math problem:


 
We encourage you to watch this tutorial video on this math problem: video1

Next similar math problems:

  • Square prism
    lichob_2 Calculate the volume of a foursided prism 2 dm high, the base is a trapezoid with bases 12 cm, 6 cm, height of 4 cm and 5 cm long arms.
  • Bottles of juice
    juice_cones How many 2-liter bottles of juice need to buy if you want to transfer juice to 50 pitchers rotary cone shape with a diameter of 24 cm and base side length of 1.5 dm.
  • Rain
    bowl-water How many mm of water rained the roof space 75 m2 if the empty barrel with a radius of 8 dm and height 1.2 m filled to 75% its capacity? :-)
  • Total displacement
    stroke_bore_engine Calculate total displacement of the 4-cylinder engine with the diameter of the piston bore B = 6.6 cm and stroke S=2.4 cm of the piston. Help: the crankshaft makes one revolution while the piston moves from the top of the cylinder to the bottom and back t
  • Three glasses
    skleniceRGB Three glasses of different colors have different volumes. Red 1.5 liter is filled from 2/5, blue 3/4 liter is filled from 1/3, and the third green 1.2 liter is empty. Pour green glass 1/4 of the contents from the red glass and 2/5 of the content from the
  • Ice cream in cone
    Ice-Cream-Cone In the ice cream cone with a diameter of 5.7 cm is 0.8 dl of ice cream. Calculate the depth of the cone.
  • Shots
    broky 5500 lead shots with diameter 4 mm is decanted into a ball. What is it diameter?
  • Persons
    ball1_6 Persons surveyed:100 with result: Volleyball=15% Baseball=9% Sepak Takraw=8% Pingpong=8% Basketball=60% Find the average how many like Basketball and Volleyball. Please show your solution.
  • Sportsman
    lungs A trained athlete is able to exhale after a deep breath still 500 ml of air. At normal inhalation and exhalation is breathing 500 ml of air. Within one minute, one breath and exhaled 14 times. What part of breathing air per day is one exhalation?
  • Cuboid edges
    cuboid_3 Calculate the volume and surface of a cuboid whose edge lengths are in the ratio 2: 3: 4 and the longest edge measures 10cm.
  • Cube volume
    cube6 The cube has a surface of 384 cm2. Calculate its volume.
  • Book read
    books_12 If Petra read 10 pages per day, she would read the book two days earlier than she read 6 pages a day. How many pages does a book have?
  • Reward
    metals Janko and Peter divided the reward from the brigade so that Peter got 5/8 of the reward. What percentage of Janko's reward got?
  • Percentages
    permutations_3_3 52 is what percent of 93?
  • Trees
    jablone Along the road were planted 250 trees of two types. Cherry for 60 CZK apiece and apple 50 CZK apiece. The entire plantation cost 12,800 CZK. How many was cherries and apples?
  • Art school
    skola_1 Every fifth pupil 9A goes to art school. How many percent of pupils in class 9A go to art school?
  • Theatro
    divadlo_1 Theatrical performance was attended by 480 spectators. Women were in the audience 40 more than men and children 60 less than half of adult spectators. How many men, women and children attended a theater performance?