Scale Drawings 2

156.5 cm

For a school project, LeeAnn is making a model of the Empire State Building. She is using a scale of 1 cm = 8 feet. The Empire State Building is 1,252 feet tall. How tall is her model?

29 inches

If 1 inch = 55 miles on a map, then how many inches will represent 1595 miles on the map?

4.25 inches

If a building's actual length is 34 feet, what would it's size be on a scale drawing? The scale is 1 inch = 8 feet

1 millimeter = 4 meters

Jack made a scale drawing of a house. The garage is 2 millimeters long in the drawing. The actual garage is 8 meters long. What scale did Jack use?

3.5 inches

Josh wants to add a model of a tree to his model railroad layout. How big should the model tree be if the actual tree is 315 inches and the scale is 1:90?

1 inch = 6 yards

Lara made a scale drawing of a county park. The picnic area is 8 inches wide in the drawing. The actual picnic area is 48 yards wide. What scale did Lara use for the drawing?

1 millimeter = 2 meters

Mei drew a scale drawing of the town library. In real life, the parking lot is 72 meters long. It is 36 millimeters long in the drawing. What scale did Mei use for the drawing?

98

Mei made a scale drawing of a city. The scale of the drawing was 1 inch = 2 yards. A neighborhood park is 49 inches in the drawing. How wide is the actual park?

1 inch = 3 feet

Monica made a scale drawing of a hotel. A room in the hotel, which is 24 feet long in real life, is 8 inches long in the drawing. What scale did Monica use?

129 miles

Ms. Jackson is driving from South Bend to Indianapolis. She measures a distance of 4.3 cm between the cities on her map. What is the actual distance between the cities if the map scale is 1 cm = 30 miles?

11

Scott made a scale drawing of a house and its lot. The scale he used was 1 millimeter = 5 meters. The actual length of the front lawn is 55 meters. How long is the lawn in the drawing?

60 inches

The scale factor for Maria's dollhouse furniture is 1:8. If the sofa in Maria's dollhouse is 7 1/2 inches long, how long is the actual sofa?

1.04 feet

There are several different scales in model railroading. Trains designated as O gauge are built to a scale factor of 1:48. To the nearest hundredth of a foot, how long is a model of a 50 foot boxcar in O gauge?

7

Dalton measured a house and its lot and made a scale drawing. He used the scale 1 inch = 5 feet. The house's driveway is 35 feet long in real life. How long is the driveway in the drawing?

15

Katie drew a scale drawing of the auditorium. The scale she used was 1 inch = 3 feet. If the actual length of the stage is 45 feet, how long is the stage in the drawing

9 feet

On a blueprint, the scale is 1/2 inch = 10 feet. What is the actual height of the living room which is 9/20 inch on the blueprint?

190 miles

On a road map of Virginia, the distance from Alexandria to Roanoke is 7.6 cm. What is the actual distance between the cities if the map scale is 2 cm = 50 miles?

45

Tess made a scale drawing of a boarding school. She used the scale 1 centimeter = 5 meters. If a building at the school is 9 centimeters in the drawing, how wide is the actual building?

26 cm

The Eiffel Tower is 312 meters tall. How tall would the building be on a scale model if the scale is 1 cm = 12 m

25 inches

The Empire State Building is 1250 feet tall. How tall would the building be on a scale model if the scale is 1 inch = 50 feet?

5

Amanda prepared 27 kilograms of dough after working 3 hours. How many hours did Amanda work if she prepared 45 kilograms of dough? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

8

Amy's birthday party will cost $10 if she invites 5 guests. How many guests can there be, at most, if Amy can afford to spend a total of $16 on her birthday party? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

75 miles

On a road map, the distance between 2 citites is 2.5 inches. The map scale is 1 inch = 30 miles. What is the actual distance between the cities?

1 inch = 4 feet

Ronnie made a scale drawing of a house and its lot. In real life, the house's driveway is 40 feet long. It is 10 inches long in the drawing. What scale did Ronnie use?

20

Brenda jarred 15 liters of jam after 3 days. How much jam did Brenda jar if she spent 4 days making jam? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

22

Carrie made a scale drawing of the middle school. The scale she used was 1 inch = 2 feet. The actual width of the gym is 44 feet. How wide is the gym in the drawing

1 centimeter = 10 meters

Collin drew a scale drawing of a swimming pool. In real life, the pool is 20 meters wide. It is 2 centimeters wide in the drawing. What is the scale of the drawing?

4

Colton made a scale drawing of a house and its lot. The scale he used was 1 millimeter = 5 meters. The actual length of the back patio is 20 meters. How long is the patio in the drawing?

9

Jayden drew a scale drawing of an arcade. He used the scale 1 inch = 3 feet. If an air hockey table is 3 inches in the drawing, how long is the actual air hockey table?

12

Julie drew a scale drawing of a house. She used the scale 1 centimeter = 6 meters. The living room is 2 centimeters in the drawing. How long is the actual living room?

3

Leslie took a total of 16 quizzes over the course of 2 weeks. How many weeks of school will Leslie have to attend this quarter before she will have taken a total of 24 quizzes? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

135 inches

On a scale drawing, a tree is 6 3/4 inches tall. The scale factor is 1/20. Find the height of the actual tree.

84 inches

On a scale drawing, the scale factor is 1/12. A plum tree is 7 inches tall on the scale drawing. What is the actual height of the tree?

1,100 miles

The scale on a road map is 1 cm = 500 miles. If the distance on the map between New York City and Memphis is 2.2 cm, what is the actual distance between the two cities?

1.8 miles

The scale on a wall map is 1 inch = 55 miles. What is the distance on the map between 2 cities that are 99 miles apart?

10

Travis wrote a total of 21 pages over 7 hours. How many hours will Travis have to spend writing this week in order to have written a total of 30 pages? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

6

Tristan drew a scale drawing of an apartment. He used the scale 1 millimeter = 2 meters. In the drawing, the dining room is 3 millimeters wide. What is the width of the actual dining room?