Scale Drawings
Area
Scale
100

In the scale drawing of a park, the scale is 

1 cm:10 m. The dimensions are 3 cm to 1.5 cm. Find the area of the actual park.

What is 450 meters squared?

100

The length of a table is 6 feet. On a scale drawing, the length is 2 inches. What is the scale for the drawing?

What is 1 inch : 3 feet?

(or 1/3)

200

A scale drawing of a billboard uses the scale 4 cm:9 ft. The length of the billboard in the drawing is 11 cm. How long is the actual billboard?

What is 24.75 ft?

200

A scale drawing of a dance floor has a length of 14 cm and a width of 22 cm. The scale used was 5 cm:8 ft. What is the area of the actual dance floor?

What is 788.48 ft2

200

The scale model of a building is 5.4 feet tall. If the original building is 810 meters tall, what was the scale used to make the model?

1 ft = 150 m

(or 1/150)

300

On a map with a scale of 2 cm = 1 km, the distance from Beau’s house to the beach is 4.6 centimeters. What is the actual distance?

What is 2.3 km?

300

A bookcase measures 13 feet wide and 24 feet tall. What would the bookcase's measurements be on a scale drawing using the scale 3 cm:2 ft?

What is 19.5 cm wide and 36 cm tall?

300

The model of Tim's yard is 15 cm by 4 cm. Tim's  actual yard is 105 ft by 28 ft. What was the scale used to make Tim's actual yard?

What is 1 cm:7 ft?

(or 1/7)

400

You have been asked to build a scale model of your school out of toothpicks. Imagine your school is 30 feet tall. Your scale is 1 ft:1.26 cm. If a toothpick is 6.3 cm tall, how many toothpicks tall will your model be?

What is 6 toothpicks tall?

400

Lalasa and Yasmin are designing a triangular banner to hang in the school gymnasium. The model triangle has a base of  5 inches and a height of 7 inches. If 1 inch on the drawing is equivalent to 1.5 feet on the actual banner, what will the area of the actual banner be? [Area of Triangle = 1/2*bh]

What is 39.375 ft2?

400

On a map, the distance from Brandon's house to the beach is 4.6 centimeters. The actual distance is 2.3 kilometers. What was the scale used to make the model?

What is 1 cm: 0.5 km? 

OR

What is 2 cm: 1 km?

(or 2)

500

Describe how several jobs or professions might use scale drawings at work.

Answers many vary.

500

Students are painting the backdrop for the school play. The backdrop is 15 feet wide and 10 feet high. Every 16 inches on the scale drawing represents 5 feet on the backdrop. What is the area of the scale drawing?

What is 1,536 squared inches?

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