Scale Drawings and Proportions

What is the measurement of x in the scale drawings of two rectangles?

• 21

• 1.25

• 20

• 4

Jamie made a scale drawing of his apartment building. The building is 300 ft tall. His scale is 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. Two cities on the map are 3 cm apart. What is the actual distance between these cities?

• 1.7 km

• 5 km

• 15 km

• 17 km

On a map, Memphis, Tennessee, and Jackson, Mississippi, are 5 inches apart. The actual distance is 210 miles. What scale was used to create the map?

• 42 inches = 1 mile

• 1 inch = 42 miles

• 40 inches = 1 mile

• 1 inch = 40 miles

Pam drew a game room using the scale 1 inch : 2 feet. If the air hockey table is 5 inches in the drawing, what is the actual length of the table?

• 10 Feet

• 2.5 Feet

• 5 Feet

• 15 Feet

A house model was built with the scale 5 in:25 ft. If a model window is 1.5 in. wide, how wide is the actual window?

• 90 ft

• 7.5 ft 

• 4.5 ft

• 45 in

• x = 6

• x = 25

• x = 28

• x = 17

• x=28

• x=10

• x=30

• x=11

If 5 ice cream cones are sold for every 3 brownies, how many ice cream cones were sold for 24 brownies?

• 8

• 15

• 40

• 29

Hamburger meat costs $6 for 3 pounds. How much will Alicia pay for 10 pounds?

• $30

• $20

• $60

• $10