Scale Conversions

A scale drawing of a car is presented in the following three scales. Order the scale drawings from smallest to largest. (There are 12 inches in a foot, 39 inches in a meter and 36 inches in a Yard)

a. 1 in to 1 ft

b. 1 in to 1 m

c. 1 in to 1 yd

• A, B, C

• B, A, C

• C, B, A

• B, C, A

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Which scales are equivalent to 1 inch to 1 foot?

• 1 to 13

• 1/12

• 100 to 0.12

• 5 to 60

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A model airplane is built at a scale of 1 to 72. If the model plane is 8 inches long, how many feet long is the actual airplane?

• 576 in

• 48 ft

• 72 ft

• 1 in

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The area of a garden outside is 375 square feet. The area of a scaled drawing of this area is 15 square inches. The scale of the drawing is:

• 4 in to 20 feet

• 1 in to 12 feet

• 3 inches to 6 feet

• 1 in to 25 feet

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There are two maps of a park in Chicago.

The first map has a scale of 1 cm = 400 meters

The second map has a scale of 1 cm = 100 meters.

Which scale drawing is larger

• Map 1

• Map 2

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