Scale & Similar

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

On a map, the distance between Louisville, Kentucky, and Nashville, Tennessee, is 1.75 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

A blueprint was using a scale of 1cm = 1.5m. Find the actual length if it is 5cm on the drawing.

• 7.5

• 13.5

• 1.5

• 1.7

Change both measurements to the same unit of measure, and find the scale factor.
1 ft model of a 1 in. fossil 

• 12/1
• 6/1
• 18/1
• 24/1

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

A rectangular garden is 45 ft wide and 70 ft long. On a blueprint, the width is 9 in. Identify the length on the blueprint. 

• 7 in
• 9 in
• 12 in
• 14 in

Solve for X.

• 2 ft
• 3 ft
• 4 ft
• 6 ft

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

In similar figures, corresponding sides are ...

• Congruent

• Proportional

• The Same

• Equal

Corresponding angles in similar figures are congruent.

• True

• False