Scale Drawings Practice

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

• 21
• 1.25
• 20
• 4

Jamie made a scale drawing of his apartment building.  The building is 300 ft tall.  He wants his scale to be 1 inch : 10 ft.  How tall should his building be in his scale drawing?

• 25 inches
• 60 inches
• 1/30 inch
• 30 inches

A map has a scale of 1 cm=5km.  On the map, two cities are 3 cm apart. What is the actual distance between these cities? 

• 1.7 km
• 5 km
• 15 km
• 17 km 

Desmond measured a city park and made a scale drawing. The scale he used was 1 centimeter : 9 meters. The actual width of the soccer field is 54 meters. How wide is the field in the drawing?

• 6 cm

• 486 cm

• 9 cm

• 54 cm

A scale drawing of a house shows 9cm ×10cm. If 6cm=12 ft, what are the actual dimensions?

• 9ft x 10ft
• 1ft x 2ft
• 12ft x 6ft
• 18ft x 20ft

If the actual dimensions of the kitchen are 24 ft. by 24 ft., what is the scale of the drawing?

• 1cm : 9ft
• 1cm : 8ft
• 4cm : 1ft
• 1cm : 4ft

The scale drawing for Zoe's room is shown. If 1 in on the scale drawing equals 3 feet. What is the area for Zoe's room?

• 49  square feet
• 132 square feet
• 126 square feet
• 14 square feet

If I have a scale factor of 1/2, will my picture be larger or smaller after applying the scale factor?

• Larger

• Smaller

Scale factor is _________

• the number you multiply the original shape by in order to get the scale copy
• the number you divide the original shape by in order to get the scale copy
• the number you add the original shape by in order to get the scale copy
• the number you subtract the original shape by in order to get the scale copy

A scale drawing of a rectangular parking lot is shown. The width of the parking lot is shorter than the length. The width of the actual parking lot is 48 feet. Based on the scale drawing, what is the length, in feet, of the actual parking lot?

• 40.96

• 192

• 4

• 195