Scale Drawings

The scale of a model train is 1 inch to 13.5 feet. One of the cars of the model train is 5 inches long. What is the length, in feet, of the actual train car?

• 67.5

• 32.4

• 14.5

• 2.7

Sukarriah will draw a scale model of the garden she wants to plant. Her scale will be 1 cm = 3.5 ft. What will be the actual dimensions of Sukarriah’s garden?

• 4 by 9

• 14 by 31.5

• 1.14 by 2.57

• 36 by 3.5

Isabel made a scale drawing of a rectangular room in her house. The actual length of the room is 20.75 ft. The scale used to make the drawing is 0.50 in. = 1 ft. What is the length of the room on the drawing?

• 10.375

• 41.5

• 20.75

• 0.50

The scale drawing of a rectangular garden is 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches. The scale for the drawing is 1 inch = 12 ft. What is the area of the actual garden?

• 46.75

• 66

• 102

• 6732

Jason built a scale model of a statue. He built the model 9 inches tall to represent the actual height of 32 feet. Which equation below represents the relationship between the actual height (a), in feet, and the height of the model (m), in inches?

• a = 9m

• a = 32m

• m = 9/32 a

• a = 9/32 m

A 120-ft long playground is just 15 in. on the scale drawing. What is the scale on the scale drawing?

• 8

• 1800

• 0.125

• 4

A blueprint of a house has a scale of 1 in : 6 ft. The living room has dimensions of 18 ft by 24 feet. What are the dimensions on the blueprint of the living room?

• 3 in by 4 in

• 108 in by 144 in

• 1/3 in by 1/4 in

• 1 in by 6 in

The figures are similar.

• True

• False

The larger parallelogram is a scale copy of the smaller one. Find the scale factor and use it to find the missing side length.

• 2 in

• 24 in

• 6 in

• 1/2 in

A drawing of a deck has a scale of 1 in to 5 ft. The actual deck is 18 feet long. How long is the scale drawing?

• 5.0 inches

• 3.6 inches

• 1.3 inches

• 0.3 inches