Find the Scale Factor
A rectangle's original length and width is 20 by 24. The scale copy has a length and width of 10 by 12. What is the scale factor?
1/2
Ivan drew a scale drawing of his backyard at a scale of 1in : 3ft. If Ivan's deck is 48 feet wide in real life, what is the width of the deck in the drawing?
16 in
Trent measured an Italian restaurand and made a scale drawing with a scale of 1mm : 7 m. If the kitchen is 4mm in the drawing, how long is the actual kitchen?
28 meters
David made a scale drawing of a house. In real life, the garage is 10 meters long. It is 2 millimeters long in the drawing.
What is the scale of the drawing, 1mm : _________
5 meters
Two legs of Triangle B are 9 & 12
The answer is the Scale Factor from Triangle A to Triangle B
What is 3
Mitch was looking at a blueprint of West Lake that has a scale of 1 cm : 9 m. If the actual width of the building is 90 meters, what is the width of the school in the drawing?
10 centimeters
Phillip drew a to scale floor plan of his house. If the scale he used was 1in : 4ft, and he drew the driveway 3 inches wide, how wide is the driveway in real life?
12 feet
Anne made a scale drawing of a house and its lot. The backyard is 5 inches long in the drawing. The actual yard is 50 feet long.
What scale did Anne use for the drawing?
1in : _____________
10 feet
Mr. A's Drawing of his house is drawn at a scale of 1/2 in = 8 ft
Find the Scale Factor
192
Duncan measured a game room and made a scale drawing. The scale of the drawing was 8 inches : 3 feet. If the actual length of the pool table is 6 feet, how long is the pool table in the drawing?
16 inches
Clayton drew a scale drawing of a neighborhood park at a scale of 5 centimeters : 9 meters. In the drawing, the volleyball court is 10 centimeters long. What is the length of the actual volleyball court?
18 meters
Tommy measured a county park and made a scale drawing. The picnic area, which is 86 yards wide in real life, is 43 inches wide in the drawing.
What scale did Tommy use? 1in : ____________
2 yards
In Science class you draw a cell to the scale of
48 mm = .04mm
Find the scale factor.
What is 1,200
A Flagpole is 30 ft tall. Using the scale 3 in : 5 ft, draw a flagpole and label it's height.
Draw a football field and label it's length using your own scale.
Answers will vary
2 ft : 24,901 mi
Original: 24,27,36 inches
New: 8, 9, 12 inches
What is the scale factor?
1/3