Scale Drawings word problems

1 inch high and 7 inches wide

A rectangular wall is 4 feet high and 28 feet wide. Which dimensions could be used to draw a similar model?

208

A model rocket is built to the scale 1:30, or 1 inch = 30 feet. 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?

(window height should be 3 cm)

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?

3

Figure Y is an enlargement of Figure X. Which scale factor was used to create Figure Y?

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?

21

Louie made a scale drawing of his room on grid paper, as shown. If each square on the grid paper represents a side length of 3 feet, what is the length, in feet, of the longest wall in his room?

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?

2

The object in Figure JKLM is an enlargement of the object in figure EFGH. Which scale factor was used to create the object in Figure JKLM?

1/4

The scale drawing of a building has a height of 5 inches. The actual building is 20 feet high. How many inches in the scale drawing represent one foot on the actual building?

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 inch

Using the scale, how long will Chelsey's 8-foot mirror be in the scale drawing? Scale: 1/2 inch = 4 feet