Scale Drawings Word Problems

A scale drawing showing the distance from your house to the school has a scale of 1.5 cm to 5 km. If the actual distance from your house to the school is 30 km, what is the distance on the drawing?

• 3 1/3 cm

• 9 cm

• 3 1/3 km

• 9 km

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

An engineering scale model shows a church that is 2 inches tall. If the scale is 1 inch = 265 feet, how tall is the actual church?

• 132.5 ft

• 132.5 in

• 530 ft

• 530 in

The scale on a map is 1 cm for every 400 km. If Maine and Japan are 22 cm apart on the map, what is the distance between Maine and Japan?

• 8,800 km

• 18.18 cm

• 800 km

• 18.18 km

If the actual dimensions of the kitchen are 24 ft. by 24 ft., what is the scale of the drawing?

• 1cm : 9ft

• 1cm : 8ft

• 4cm : 1ft

• 1cm : 4ft

Bob makes a drawing of the flowers he wants to plant that has a scale of 5 cm for each meter. If the flower planting will be 15 m long, how long is the drawing of the planting?

• 1/5 m

• 65 m

• 1/5 cm

• 65 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

Find the width of a parking spot on a scale drawing if the parking spot is 2.5 meters wide and the scale is 1 centimeter = 2 meters

• 5 m

• 1.25 in

• 0.8in

• 1.25 m

Bob makes a drawing of a garden that has a scale of 5 cm for each meter. If the garden will be 15 m long, how long is the drawing of the garden?

• 1/5 cm

• 1/5 m

• 65 cm

• 65 m

An engineer scale model shows a building that is 3 inches tall. If the scale is 1 inch = 600 feet, how tall is the actual building?

• 900 ft

• 1800 ft

• 200 ft

• 1 /200 ft