Computing Actual Lengths from a Scale Drawing

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

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

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

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

Scale is 1cm = 8km. Hatboro and Smithville are 24cm apart on the map, how far apart are they?

• 87 km
• 216 km 
• 33 km
• 192 km

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

A scale drawing of a house shows 9cm ×10cm. If 6cm=12 ft, what are the actual dimensions?

• 9ft x 10ft
• 1ft x 2ft
• 12ft x 6ft
• 18ft x 20ft

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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

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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CCSS.7.G.A.1

What is the scale factor?

• 4
• .25
• 5
• 6

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

From Denver to Chicago = 3 in. If the scale is 1 in = 300 miles, find the actual distance.

• 300 miles
• 1000 miles
• 900 miles
• 600 miles

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

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

In a picture, the coffee mug uses a scale of ½ inch = 3 cm. Find the actual length of the 2 inch coffee mug.

• 24 cm

• 6 cm

• 1.5 cm

• 12 cm

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