Scale Drawings and Scale Models

5. What is the scale of a drawing where a 6 m wall is 4 cm long?

• 1 cm = .66 m
• 1 cm = 1.5 m
• 1 cm = 3 m
• 1 cm = 4 m

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2C

**** A model of a planned baseball stadium is 2 ft wide. The actual stadium will be 200 yd wide. What is the scale?

• 2 feet = 50 yards
• 1 foot = 200 yards
• 1 foot = 100 yards
• 1 foot = 50 yards

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2C

6. On a map, the distance between Louisville, Kentucky, and Nashville, Tennessee, is 1 3/4 inches. The scale of the map is 1 in:100 mi. What is the actual distance between the two cities?

• 200 miles
• 175 miles
• 100 miles
• 125 miles

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

**** On a map, the distance between two towns in 2.6 cm. The scale of the map is 1 cm:50 km. What is the actual distance between the two towns?

• 100 km
• 130 km
• 70 km
• 150 km

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

7. A model of a house was built using the scale 5 in:25 ft. If a window in the model is 1.5 in. wide, how wide is the actual window?

• 90 ft
• 7.5 ft 
• 4.5 ft
• 45 in

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

8. To create a model of an artery, a health teacher uses the scale 2.5 cm:0.75 mm. If the diameter of the artery is 2.7 mm, what is the diameter on the model?

• 9 cm
• 18 cm
• 90 cm
• 9 m 

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2C

10. Tell whether each scale reduces, enlarges, or preserves the size of an actual object.
1 mi:5280 ft 

• reduces 
• enlarges 
• preserves

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CCSS.3.NF.A.3D

11. Tell whether each scale reduces, enlarges, or preserves the size of an actual object.
20 cm:1000 mm

• reduces 
• enlarges 
• preserves

Tags

CCSS.7.G.A.1

CCSS.7.RP.A.2

15. Change both measurements to the same unit of measure, and find the scale factor.
1 ft model of a 1 in. fossil 

• 12/1
• 6/1
• 18/1
• 24/1

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3A

*** A scale model of a house is 1 ft long. The actual house is 36 ft long. In the model, the door is 2 in. high. How many feet high is the actual door?

• 12 feet
• 6 feet
• 18 feet
• 4 feet

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3B