Scale Drawing Word Problems

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

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

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

A drawing with the scale of 3 cm for each meter shows where Adam wants to plant flowers. If the actual distance of the flower planting is 25 m long, how long is the scale distance on the drawing?

• 1/3 cm

• 75 cm

• 8 1/3 cm

• 3/25 cm

You are living in Aldine, TX and you are planning a trip to Six Flags in Arlington, TX. You look on a map that has a scale of 0.5 inches to 30 miles. If the map shows the scale distance from Aldine to Arlington is 4 inches, how far is the actual distance?

• 120 mi

• 240 mi

• 7.5 mi

• 2/15 mi

Carly lives in Scottsdale, AZ and plans to go visit downtown Glendale, AZ. The map with a scale of 2 cm for every 4 km shows the actual distance to be 10 km. What is the scale distance on the map?

• 40 cm

• 20 cm

• 2/ 5 cm

• 2.5 cm

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