Scale and Scale Factor

Robbie made a scale drawing of a neighborhood park. A soccer field in the park is 14 inches long in the drawing. The actual field is 98 yards long.  What is the scale factor?

• 1 inch = 1372 yds
• 1 in =5 yds
• 1 in = 14 yds
• 1 in. = 7 yds

What is the scale of a drawing where a 6 m wall is 4 cm long?

• 1 cm = .66 m
• 1 cm = 1.5 m
• 1 cm = 3 m
• 1 cm = 4 m

If the scale factor is 4, what is the measurement of x?

• 20 m
• 24 m
• 16 m
• 4 m

What is the scale factor from triangle ABC to triangle DEF?

• 2
• 3/2
• 2/3
• 1/2

What is the scale factor?

• 4
• .25

A rectangle has a side length of 60. The image is created with a scale factor of 1/4. What is the new area?

• 240
• 64
• 15
• 30

If the scale factor is 4, what is the measurement of x?

• 20 m
• 24 m
• 16 m
• 4 m

A flagpole and a model flag pole have a scale factor of 1 in.= 4 ft. If the model pole measures 12 inches, how tall is the actual pole?

• 16 feet
• 3 feet
• 48 feet
• 9 feet

5. What is the scale of a drawing where a 6 m wall is 4 cm long?

• 1 cm = .66 m
• 1 cm = 1.5 m
• 1 cm = 3 m
• 1 cm = 4 m

Rodney has a class project that needs to have a height of 10, and a length of 4. If he makes a scale model of a space ship. What would the height be if the length of the ship was 16?

• 60
• 40
• 12
• ¹²⁰