Scale Model/ Scale Drawing/Scale Factors-Honors

Jamie made a scale drawing of his apartment building. The building is 300 ft tall. He wants his scale to be 1 inch : 10 ft. How tall should his building be in his scale drawing?

• 25 inches

• 60 inches

• 1/30 inch

• 30 inches

A map has a scale of 1 cm=5km.  On the map, two cities are 3 cm apart. What is the actual distance between these cities? 

• 1.7 km
• 5 km
• 15 km
• 17 km 

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On a map, Memphis, Tennessee, and Jackson, Mississippi, are 5 inches apart. The distance between the cities is actually 210 miles.

What scale was used to create the map?

• 42 inches = 1 mile
• 1 inch = 42 miles
• 40 inches = 1 mile
• 
  1 inch = 40 miles

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Pam drew a scale drawing of a game room. She used the scale 1 inch : 2 feet. If the air hockey table is 5 inches in the drawing, how long is the actual air hockey table?

• 10 Feet

• 2.5 Feet

• 5 Feet

• 15 Feet

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Irene measured a shopping center and made a scale drawing. The scale she used was 2 inches : 1 foot. If a bakery in the shopping center is 104 inches in the drawing, how long is the actual bakery?

• 52 ft

• 208 ft

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Desmond measured a city park and made a scale drawing. The scale he used was 1 centimeter : 9 meters. The actual width of the soccer field is 54 meters. How wide is the field in the drawing?

• 6 cm

• 486 cm

• 9 cm

• 54 cm

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

Brody drew a scale drawing of a campsite. He used the scale 1 inch : 3 feet. If the actual width of the tent is 6 feet, how wide is the tent in the drawing?

• 2 in

• 1 in

• 3 in

• 18 in

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

The Waccamaw Bridge is 60 yards long. The length of a model of the bridge is 15 inches long. What is the scale of the model?

• one inch = .25 yards

• one inch = 4 yards

• one inch = 144 inches

Aynor Middle School is 30 feet tall. A 5 inch tall scale model of the school was made by the art club. What is the scale of the model?

• one inch = 6 feet

• one inch = 6 inches

• one inch = 72 inches

A large American flag measures 225 feet wide. In an advertisement for renting this flag, the image of the flag is 4 inches wide. What is the scale factor?

• 1: 675

• 1:56.25

• 1: 65