Scale Drawings Quiz

Arrr, a treasure map be marked with a scale of 1 inch to 50 nautical leagues. If two ports be 3 inches apart on this map, how many leagues apart be they truly?

• 100 leagues

• 150 leagues

• 200 leagues

• 50 leagues

A scale drawing of a park has a scale factor of 1 inch : 800 ft. If a walking trail is represented by 5 inches on the drawing, what is the actual length of the trail in feet?

• 4000 feet

• 3200 feet

• 2400 feet

• 800 feet

A model of a building is made with a scale factor of 1:100. If the actual height of the building is 300 feet, how tall is the model in inches?

• 36 inches

• 24 inches

• 30 inches

• 3 inches

In a scale drawing, the length of a car is 2 inches. If the scale is 1 inch equals 10 feet, what is the actual length of the car?

• 10 feet

• 20 feet

• 30 feet

• 40 feet

A blueprint has a scale of 1 inch to 5 feet. If a room in the blueprint is 4 inches by 6 inches, what is the actual area of the room in square feet?

• 600 square feet

• 100 square feet

• 80 square feet

• 240 square feet

A scale model of a ship has a scale factor of 1:200. If the actual ship is 200 feet long, how long is the model in inches?

• 12 inches

• 10 inches

• 1 inch

• 24 inches

A scale drawing uses a scale of 1 cm to 2 m. If a swimming pool is represented by a rectangle that measures 5 cm by 3 cm on the drawing, what is the actual size of the pool in square meters?

• 60 square meters

• 30 square meters

• 10 square meters

• 20 square meters

A model airplane has a wingspan of 8 inches on a scale of 1 inch to 3 feet. What is the actual wingspan of the airplane?

• 24 feet

• 18 feet

• 36 feet

• 48 feet

A map scale indicates that 1 inch equals 25 miles. If a river is shown as 2.5 inches long on the map, how long is the river in real life?

• 62.5 miles

• 75 miles

• 50 miles

• 100 miles

A map scale shows that 1 inch equals 40 miles. If a lake is shown as 3 inches long on the map, how long is the lake in real life?

• 120 miles

• 80 miles

• 160 miles

• 200 miles