Scale Drawings and Scale Factors

An engineering firm is doing a building project. The building is supposed to be 12 meters tall. If they're using a scale of 1 millimeter = 3 meters, how many millimeters tall should it be in the drawing?

• 1 millimeters

• 2 millimeters

• 4 millimeters

• 6 millimeters

Andrew draws a woman to scale. If the scale is 1 millimeter = 4 meters and the woman is 4 millimeters tall in the drawing, how tall is he really?

• 16 meters

• 13 m

• 21 m

• 20 m

After a long hike in a state park, Alexander decides to go

relax at the beach. The parking permit he purchased

allows him to park at any state beach without paying again. The nearest beach is 20 miles away from the park. This distance is 4 inches on Alexander's map of

centimeter = 2 meters. What scale does the map use?

• 1 inch = 5 miles

• 1 inch = 2 miles

• 1 inch = 6 miles

• 1 inch = 3 miles

Logan drew a scale of a house and its lot. The scale drawing was 1 centimeter = 2 meters. The actual width of the lawn in backyard is 4 meters. How wide is the lawn in the drawing.

• 1 cm

• 0 cm

• 2 cm

• 3 cm

An engineer draws a scale drawing of a star fighter. If the scale 1 millimeter = 4 meters and the drawing shows the ship at 2 millimeters wide, how wide is the ship?

• 9 m

• 11 m

• 5 m

• 8 m

Owen is drawing a scale drawing of a statue for school. The statue is 18 meters high. If the scale he's using is 1 centimeter = 6 meters, how many centimeters tall should he draw the statue?

• 3 cm

• 4 cm

• 2 cm

• 6 cm

Austin is an engineer and is drawing a scale model of a centrifuge for an oil company. If the centrifuge is 15 meters tall and he's using a scale of 1 centimeter = 5 meters, then how many centimeters tall should the centrifuge be in the drawing?

• 6 cm

• 2 cm

• 4 cm

• 3 cm

Olivia is an engineer and is drawing a scale model of a centrifuge for an oil company. If the centrifuge is 9 meters tall and she's using a scale of 1 centimeter = 3 meters, then how many centimeters tall should the centrifuge be in the drawing?

• 6 cm

• 2 cm

• 3 cm

• 5 cm

Makenzie drives a lot as part of his job. Recently she drove 8 miles from the office to a meeting location. How far apart are the office and the meeting location on map with a scale of 1 inch = 4 miles?

• 3 in

• 2 in

• 1 in

• 4 in

An engineer is drawing a scale drawing of a 6 meter tall boiler. If the scale is 1 centimeter = 2 meters, how many centimeters tall should it be in the drawing?

• 2 cm

• 3 cm

• 1 cm

• 5 cm