What the Scale?
Maps
Scale Drawings
Scale Ratios
Vocabulary
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

Name some jobs that might use scale drawings

People who make maps

Construction 

Geologists

Architects

Interior Design

Other answers that make sense

100

A drawing that lets us compare the size of a drawing to real life

Looking for a vocab word

What is a scale drawing?

100

If 3cm on the map is 900 miles, then how much is 5 cm on the map? 

1500 miles

100

If a new object is smaller than the original...

the scale factor is less than 1 

200

1 inch = 150 miles

4.5 inches = ? miles

What is 675 miles?

200

1 inch = 12 miles

? inches = 30 miles

2.5 inches

200

1 inch = 12 miles

? inches = 126 miles 

10.5 inches

200

Chicago is 125 miles from Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. On a map it 2.5 inches.  What scale did they use?

2.5 in = 125 miles

1 in = ?miles


1 inch = 250 miles

200

If a new object is bigger than the original...

the scale factor is greater than one

300

1 inch = 150 miles

2.25 inches = ? miles

What is 337.5 miles?

300

2 inches = 35 miles

6 inches = ? miles

105 miles

300

1 inches = 35 miles

2.5 inches = ? miles

87.5 miles

300

Mike’s room is 6 yards in length. On the blue print it is 2 inches. What scale did they use to draw Mike’s room on the blue print was it was proportional?

1 in = 3 yards

300

If a new object is the same size as the original...

the scale factor is 1 

400

1 inch = 150 miles

3.5 inches = ? miles

What is 525 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

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

The distance on a map from school to a church is 2 inches. The actual distance from school to church is 10 miles. What scale did they use?

1 in = 5 miles

400

________ sides are the sides that are in the same position in any different 2-dimensional shapes. For any two polygons to be congruent, they must have exactly the same shape and size.

corresponding

500

On a scale drawing, 1cm represents 4 m.  What length on the drawing would be used to represent 8 m?

2 cm

500

On a scale drawing, 1 inch represents 8 feet.  What is the actual length of a room that measures 3.4 inches?

27.2 feet

500

John wants to make a scale drawing of a Dodge Viper.  The length of the car is approximately 9.5 feet.  If he used a scale of 1 inch = 2 feet, then what would the length of the car be in the drawing? 


4.75 inches

500

What is the distance between Paris, France and Montreal, Canada if it is 16 cm on a map?  Use the scale 2cm = 750 km.

6,000 km

500

A ______ _______ in math is the ratio between corresponding measurements of an object and a representation of that object.

scale factor