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?

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

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?

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?

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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