Exploring Maps and Scale Drawings

The video tutorial covers the importance of accurate maps and scale drawings, explaining how proportions are crucial for trustworthiness. It discusses map legends, scales, and their applications in architecture. The tutorial provides examples of solving proportions using scale drawings and explains the concept of scale ratios. Practical applications of these concepts in real-world scenarios are also highlighted.

Why is it important for maps to be drawn accurately?

• To make them look good

• To ensure they can be trusted

• To make them colorful

• To make them expensive

What does the star icon represent on a map legend?

• National parks

• Capital city

• Highways

• Rivers

If the length of a house on a scale drawing is 3 cm and the scale is 1 cm = 2.5 meters, what is the actual length of the house?

• 10 meters

• 6 meters

• 7.5 meters

• 5 meters

What is a scale drawing?

• A drawing that is the same size as the actual object

• A drawing that is always enlarged in size

• A drawing that is either enlarged or reduced but similar to the actual object

• A drawing that is always reduced in size

If a road is 3 inches long on a map with a scale of 1 inch = 5 miles, what is the actual length of the road?

• 20 miles

• 10 miles

• 12 miles

• 15 miles

A lake is 35 miles long in reality. If the map scale is 1 inch = 5 miles, how long is the lake on the map?

• 8 inches

• 5 inches

• 7 inches

• 6 inches

If a car is 100 inches long and 60 inches wide, and the scale model is 9 inches wide, how long is the scale model?

• 18 inches

• 15 inches

• 12 inches

• 20 inches

What is the scale of a model if 7 inches on the model represents 609 inches in reality?

• 1:87

• 1:110

• 1:90

• 1:100

If the length of a room in an architectural drawing is 10 inches and the actual length is 160 inches, what is the scale of the drawing?

• 1:16

• 1:14

• 1:12

• 1:10

If 1/4 inch on a map represents 3/4 miles, what is the actual distance represented by 1 inch?

• 2 miles

• 5 miles

• 4 miles

• 3 miles