Scale Drawings
9 ft
A car has a scale of 1 inch to 3 feet. If the picture measures 3 inches across, then how many feet long is the actual car?
208
A model rocket is built to the scale of 1 in = 30 ft. The actual rocket is 6240 feet tall. How tall is the model rocket in inches?
1 in. = 6 ft
A scale model of an airplane has a wingspan of 7 inches (in.). In real life, the same airplane has a wingspan of 42 feet (ft). What is the scale of the model to real life?
3
A window in Josh's room has a height of 6 feet. Draw an illustration that shows the window drawn to a scale of 1 centimeter=2 feet.
26 2/3 feet
At Mount Rushmore, the sculpture of Teddy Roosevelt's head is approximately 80 feet in height. If his head was approximately 3/4 foot in height and his mouth was 3 inches long, how long is the mouth on the sculpture at Mount Rushmore?
29 inches
If 1 inch = 55 miles on a map, then how many inches will represent 1595 miles on the map?
45 cm
Lacey is making a scale drawing of a field that is 150 yards long and 100 yards wide. If the field in Lacey's drawing is 30 centimeters wide, how long should the field be in the drawing?
4 2/5 inches
On a map of Georgia, the legend reads 1 inch = 25 miles. If the distance between Atlanta and Savannah is approximately 110 miles, what is the distance on the map, in inches, between the two cities?
18 in
On a map, 2 inches is 35 miles. The distance between Troy City and Ben City is 315 miles. How far apart are they on the map?
1/84
The actual measurement of the length of a pickup is 14 feet. If a model of the pickup measures 2 in. What is the scale factor?
1/48
The scale drawing of a building has a height of 5 inches. The actual building is 20 feet high. What is the scale factor?
165 ft
The scale of a baseball bat to its enlarged replica is 2 inches to 10 feet. If a regular baseball bat is 33 inches, how tall would the replica be?
14
The scale on a road map indicates that 2 inches = 20 miles. How many inches would represent 140 miles on this road map?
1
Using the scale, how long will Chelsey's 8-foot mirror be in the scale drawing? Scale: 1/2 inch = 4 feet