Vocabulary
This is a representation of an object that has been made smaller.
What is a Reduction
The scale is 1 inch = 10 feet, find the scale factor.
What is 10 or 1:10 or 1 in : 10 ft
Ivan drew a scale drawing of his backyard at a scale of 1in : 3ft. If Ivan's deck is 48 feet wide in real life, what is the width of the deck in the drawing?
What is 16 in
Trent measured an Italian restaurant and made a scale drawing with a scale of 1mm : 7 m. If the kitchen is 4mm in the drawing, how long is the actual kitchen?
What is 28 meters
David made a scale drawing of a house. In real life, the garage is 10 meters long. It is 2 millimeters long in the drawing.
What is the scale of the drawing, 1mm : _________
5 meters
The ratio of the length in a drawing or model to the length on an actual (real life) object
What is a Scale
Two legs of Triangle A are 3 & 4
Two legs of Triangle B are 9 & 12
The answer is the Scale Factor from Triangle A to Triangle B
What is 3 or 1:3 or 3:9 or 4:12
Mitch was looking at a blueprint of West Lake that has a scale of 1 cm : 9 m. If the actual width of the building is 90 meters, what is the width of the school in the drawing?
What is 10 centimeters
Phillip drew a to scale floor plan of his house. If the scale he used was 1 in : 4ft, and he drew the driveway 3 inches wide, how wide is the driveway in real life?
What is 12 feet
Anne made a scale drawing of a house and its lot. The backyard is 5 inches long in the drawing. The actual yard is 50 feet long.
What scale did Anne use for the drawing?
1in : _____________
10 feet
This is a reduced or enlarged representation of an object, usually accompanied by a comparison of sizes.
What is a Model or a Scale Drawing
Mr. A's Drawing of his house is drawn at a scale of 1 in = 4 ft
Find the Scale Factor
What is 48 or 1:48 or 1 in:48 ft
Duncan measured a game room and made a scale drawing. The scale of the drawing was 8 inches : 3 feet. If the actual length of the pool table is 6 feet, how long is the pool table in the drawing?
What is 16 inches
Clayton drew a scale drawing of a neighborhood park at a scale of 5 centimeters : 9 meters. In the drawing, the volleyball court is 10 centimeters long. What is the length of the actual volleyball court?
What is 18 meters
Tommy measured a county park and made a scale drawing. The picnic area, which is 86 yards wide in real life, is 43 inches wide in the drawing.
What scale did Tommy use? 1in : ____________
2 yards
A representation of an object that is larger than the original
What is an Enlargement
In Science class you draw a cell to the scale of
48 mm = 8mm
Find the scale factor.
What is 48 : 8 or 6:1
A flagpole is 30 ft tall. Using the scale 3 in : 5 ft, how many inches tall would the flagpole be?
What is 18 inches tall
A football field is drawn with a scale 1 cm = 4 ft. The length of the field on the drawing is 28 cm, what is the actual length of the field?
What is 112 yards
A teacher created a globe that has a circumference of 2 ft. If the circumference of the actual earth is 24,901 mi, What scale was used to create the globe?
1 ft : ____________
12,450.5 mi