Scale Drawing and Models

• 407 in

• 69 in

• 34.5 in

• 27 in

• 1092 ft

• 1200 ft

• 1080 ft

• 1292 ft

The plans for a new street, show lamp posts that are 2.5 inches apart. If the plans use a scale of 0.5 inch = 9 yards, find the actual distance between the lamp posts.

• 22 yd

• 4.5 yd

• 45 yd

• 36 yd

• 64 in

• 67 in

• 70 in

• 73 in

The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is 220 feet tall. If a model of the bridge is created with a scale of 3 feet = 80 feet, how tall is the model?

• 67 ft

• 2.75 ft

• 660 ft

• 8.25 ft

Plans were made for a rectangular garden to be planted outside a library. The plans use a scale of 1.6 cm = 2 m. If the garden is 14 cm by 10 cm on the scale, find the actual dimensions.

• 14 m by 10 m

• 15 m by 11 m

• 17.5 m by 12.5 m

• 19.5 m by 15 m

Mr. Jones is renovating his backyard, which includes extending his patio. The designs drawn by his landscaper use a scale of 1 inch = 3.5 feet. If the patio is 5 inches long on the diagram and the original patio is 9 feet long, by how many feet is he extending it?

• 17.5 ft

• 31.5 ft

• 4 ft

• 8.5 ft

Two citis, Ashville and Boulder, are 2.5 inches apart on a map. A third city, Wellspring is located exactly halfway between Ashville and Boulder. If the map uses a scale of 0.5 inch = 15 miles, find the actual distance from Wellspring to Boulder.

• 37.5 miles

• 75 miles

• 18.75 miles

• 9.375 miles

Max is building a model of the Washington Monument, which is 555 feet tall. If his model must fit in a 3 foot tall box, what scale must he use?

1 ft = _____ ft

The length between consecutive bases on a major league baseball diamond is 90 feet.  Alvin wants to make a scale drawing of a baseball field.  If the bases are 2 ½ inches apart on his scale drawing, what is Alvin's scale?

1 inch = ___ feet