Scale Drawings

A flagpole is 1 in.= 4 ft. If the pole measures 12 inches, how tall is the actual pole?

• 16 feet

• 3 feet

• 48 feet

• 9 feet

Scale: 1in.=7ft. The actual width of the backyard is 49 ft, how wide is it in the drawing?

• 14 in

• 7 in

• 42 in

• 56 in

The scale drawing car length is 3 cm. If the scale is 1 cm:4 ft, what is the actual car length?

• 12 feet

• 16 feet

• 10 feet

• 4 feet

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

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

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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CCSS.7.G.A.1

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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CCSS.7.G.A.1

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

Alan drew a scale drawing of a house and its lot. The scale he used was 1 millimeter : 5 meters. In the drawing, the lawn in the backyard is 10 millimeters long. What is the length of the actual lawn?

• 50 m

• 2 m

• 10 m

• 5 m

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

Kenny drew a scale drawing of a swimming pool. The scale of the drawing was 2 centimeters : 1 meter. If the pool is 26 centimeters in the drawing, how wide is the actual pool?

• 13 m

• 2 m

• 1 m

• 52 m

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

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.7.G.A.1