Scale Drawings
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?
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?
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?
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
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
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?