Scale Drawing Word Problems Using Proportion

The two rectangles are scale drawings. What is the measurement of x?

• 21

• 20

• 1.25

• 4

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

• 1/30 inches

• 60 inches

• 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

• 15 km

• 5 km

• 17 kim

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

• 5 feet

• 2.5 feet

• 15 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 feet

• 4.5 feet

• 7.5 feet

• 45 feet