Question

What happens when the scale factor is less than 1? What happens when the scale factor is greater than 1?

Answer 1

Answer:

When the absolute value of the scale factor is lower than 1, it decreases the size of the shape.

When the absolute value of the scale factor is greater than 1, the shape will increase in size.

How to Remember it:

Think if the number is a fraction, the shape will be a fraction of the size.

Answer 2

Answer:

When the absolute value of the scale factor is greater than one, an expansion occurs. When the absolute value of the scale factor is less than one, a compression occurs. When the absolute value of the scale factor is equal to one, neither an expansion nor a compression occurs.