Scale Factor

The distance between two cities on a map is 4.125 inches.  Find the actual distance if the scale on the map is 2 inches = 40 miles.

• 165 miles
• 50 miles
• 82.5 miles
• 41.25 miles

Amanda made a scale drawing of a square garden, which has a side length of 25 feet. She used the scale 2 inches = 5 feet.

What will be the area of the scale drawing?

• 10 in²
• 25 in²
• 100 in²
• 484 in²

Robbie made a scale drawing of a neighborhood park. A soccer field in the park is 14 inches long in the drawing. The actual field is 98 yards long. What is the scale of the drawing?1 inch = _ yards

• 1372
• 5
• 14
• 7

Scale is 1cm = 8km. Hatboro and Smithville are 24cm apart on the map, what is the actual distance between the 2 cities?

• 87 km
• 216 km 
• 33 km
• 192 km

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

• 21
• 1.25
• 20
• 4

Which side length corresponds with EF?

• ML
• LM
• OL
• EH

A scale drawing that measures 8 units wide and an original that measures 4 units wide has a scale factor of...

• 2:1
• 8:1
• bigger
• 1:2

What is the scale factor from the small shape to the big shape?

• 1/2
• 7/3
• 2
• 10/3