SCALE DRAWINGS AND MODELS

What is the SCALE of a drawing where a 6 meter wall is 4 cm long on the drawing?

• 1 cm = .66 m

• 1 cm = 1.5 m

• 1 cm = 3 m

• 1 cm = 4 m

A model of a planned baseball stadium is 2 ft wide. The actual stadium will be 200 yd wide. What is the SCALE?

• 2 feet = 50 yards

• 1 foot = 200 yards

• 1 foot = 100 yards

• 1 foot = 50 yards

On a map, the distance between Louisville, Kentucky, and Nashville, Tennessee, is 1 3/4 inches. The scale of the map is 1 in = 100 mi. What is the ACTUAL DISTANCE between the two cities?

• 200 miles

• 175 miles

• 100 miles

• 125 miles

On a map, the distance between two towns in 2.6 cm. The scale of the map is

1 cm = 50 km. What is the ACTUAL distance between the two towns?

• 100 km

• 130 km

• 70 km

• 150 km

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

To create a model of an artery, a health teacher uses the scale 2.5 cm=0.75 mm.

If the diameter of the artery is 2.7 mm, what is the diameter on the MODEL?

• 9 cm

• 18 cm

• 90 cm

• 9 m 

TRUE OR FALSE:

The SCALE is the ratio of the size of the MODEL to its ACTUAL size

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE OR FALSE:

A scale an have the same units OR different units

• TRUE

• FALSE

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• 1in = 31.25 mi.

• 1 in = 0.032 miles

• 1 in = 25 miles

• 1 in = 40 miles