Scales
Drawings
Scale Factor
100

Two cities are 3 inches apart on a map. The map has a scale of 1 inch = 150 miles. In real life, how far apart are the two cities?

What is 450 miles?

100

Scale drawings and original figures have to be the same _______.

Shape.

100

Rectangle A has a length of 6. Rectangle B has a length of 4. What is the scale factor from A to B? Simplify!

2/3

200

1 inch = 150 miles

4 1/2 inches = ? miles

What is 675 miles?

200

A scale drawing is 8in wide and 4in long. The actual object has a length of 16in. What is the actual width? 

32in

200

Triangle W is 3in long and Triangle R is 5in long. What is the scale factor from R to W?

5/3

300

1 inch = 150 miles

2.24 inches = ? miles

What is 336 miles?

300

2 inches = 35 miles

6 inches = ? miles

105 miles

300

The scale factor from B to A is 4/5. What is the scale factor from A to B?

5/4

400

What is the distance from Galveston to Houston if it is 1.5 inches on the map?

1 inch = 55 miles

82.5 miles

400

What is the distance from Austin, TX to Houston, TX if it is 3.25 inches on the map?

1 inch = 55 miles

178.75 miles

400

Rectangle A is 13in long. Rectangle B is 39in long. What is the scale factor from B to A?

3

500

On a scale drawing, 1cm represents 4 m.  What length on the drawing would be used to represent 6.5 m?

1.625 cm

500

On a scale drawing, 1 inch represents 8 feet.  What is the actual length of a room if the drawing measures 1 foot?

96 feet

500

If the scale factor from hexagon R to hexagon T is 5. What is the scale factor from T to R?

1/5