A 8ft pieces of string has a scale factor of 5. How many ft pieces of string does that add up to?

Please help! I don't understand scale factors and my math teacher explained it like 

(When scaling a length   - multiply by k)
(When scaling an area    - multiply by k2)
(When scaling a volume  - multiply by k3) 
 
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Scaling up, 8 ft is 8*5=40 ft when scaled up.

Scaling down, 8 ft is 8/5=1.6 ft when scaled down.
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