Intro to Scale Models

A model of a planned baseball stadium is 2 ft wide. The actual stadium will be 200 yd wide. What is the scale?

• 2 feet = 50 yards

• 1 foot = 200 yards

• 1 foot = 100 yards

• 1 foot = 50 yards

On a map, the distance between two towns in 2.6 cm. The scale of the map is 1 cm:50 km. What is the actual distance between the two towns?

• 100 km

• 130 km

• 70 km

• 150 km

What is the scale factor? (what did you multiply by)

• 4

• .25

• 5

• 6

What is the scale factor?( what did you multiply by)

• 1/2

• 7/3

• 2

• 10/3

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 of the drawing? (1 inch = _ yards)

• 1372

• 5

• 14

• 7

The height of a telephone pole on a map is 6 cm. The scale is 2cm:20m. What is the actual height of the telephone pole?

• 6 m
• 10 m
• 18 m
• 60 m

Find the height of a door on a scale drawing if the door is 2 meters tall and the scale is 1 centimeter = 4 meters. Round to the nearest tenth

• 2 cm

• 1/2 cm

• 8 cm

• 1/4 cm

The scale on a highway construction drawing is 0.5 inches for every 45 miles. If the drawing shows the highway is 4 inches long, how long is the actual highway

• 360 mi

• 11.25 mi

• 180 mi

• 22.5 in

Adam drafts his favorite modular home on a scale drawing. The drawing scale is 2 inches for each foot. If the drawing is

60 inches long, how long is the actual modular home?

• 120 in

• 120 ft

• 30 in

• 30 ft

A map has a scale of 2 cm for every 25 miles. The distance on the map between Griffin Park and the San Diego Zoo is 10 cm. How far is the actual distance?

• 125 mi

• 250 mi

• 20 mi

• 5 mi