Scale Factors

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The blueprint of Vanessa’s new home was drawn with a scale factor of 1 foot = 0.33 inch. The actual length of the living room was to measure 12 feet. Determine the length of the living room shown in the blueprint.

Back

3.96 inches

Front

A toy manufacturing company produces die cast model cars of the Volkswagen Beetle using a scale factor of 1 inch = 3.6 feet. If the die cast car is 3.75 inches long, calculate the actual length of the Beetle.

Back

13.5 feet

Front

Length of soccer field in scale drawing if actual length is 100 yards and scale is 1 inch = 20 yards.

Back

5 inches

Front

Alan uses a map to find the route from his home to the venue of his high school reunion. The scale factor of the map is 1 inch = 27 miles. If the distance between his home and the venue is 2.5 inches on the map, determine the actual distance between the two points.

Back

67.5 miles

Front

Height of the Washington Monument exhibit with a scale factor of 1 inch = 64.5 feet.

Back

8.6 inches

Front

Isabel built a miniature house with dominoes using a scale factor of 1 inch = 1.55 feet. Her miniature house measured 16.8 inches in height. Find the original height of the house.

Back

26.04 feet

Front

Actual width of parking bay: 8 feet. Scale factor: 1 foot = 0.8 inch. Find width in blue print.

Back

6.4 inches

Front

Camilla designed a festive birthday banner measuring 2 inches on her laptop. She sends a copy of it to a digital printing company which used a scale factor of 1 inch = 4 feet to enlarge the image. Determine the length of the printed banner.

Back

8 feet

Front

Rick used a scale factor of 1 foot = 0.625 inch to draw a picture of his father’s truck. The actual length of the truck was 18.4 feet. Find the length of the truck in the picture.

Back

11.5 feet

Front

Find the actual distance between Battery Park and Times Square if the map distance is 2.48 inches and the scale is 1 mile = 0.4 inch.

Back

6.2 miles