Scale Drawings and Area

The scale for a flagpole is 3 in = 8 ft.  If the drawing of the flagpole is 7.5 inches in height, how tall is the ACTUAL flagpole?

• 180 feet

• 3.1 feet

• 20 feet

• 9 feet

Marcus drew a scale drawing of the rectangular park in his neighborhood. On his drawing, the length of the park is 8 inches and the width of the park is 6 inches. The key on his drawing shows 1 inch = 20 feet. What is the actual area of the park?

• 560 square feet

• 960 square feet

• 5,600 square feet

• 19,200 square feet

A scale drawing of a rectangular park is 5 inches wide and 7 inches long. The actual park is 350 yards long. What is the area of the actual park ?

• 87,500

• 600

• 35

• 1,750

The side lengths of the square are enlarged by a scale factor of 3. What will be the area of the new square?

A scale drawing of Mt. Marcy is 17.8 inches high. Determine the actual height of Mt. Marcy if the scale used for the drawing was 1.5 inches = 450 feet.

• 8,010 feet

• 5,340 feet

• 12,015 feet

Triangle DGF is a scale copy of Triangle EGD. Find the value of x.

• 4.8

• 6.4

• 7.5

• 8

What kind of scale drawing will take place when given the Scale Factor of 3.

• Enlargement

• Reduction

On a map, 1 inch represents an actual distance of 2.5 miles. The Actual area of the lake is 12 square miles. Find the area of teh lake on the map.

• 1.92 in²

• 4.8 in²

• 30 in²

• 0.21 in²

The area of this rectangle is 36 cm².If a scaled copy of this rectangle is made using a scale factor of 1/2, then what is the area of the copy?

(Hint: you have to square the scale factor)

• 18 cm²

• 9 cm²

• 4.5 cm²

• 2 cm²

If a rectangle has an area of 50 m² and a scaled copy is made with a scale factor of 2, what is the area of the scaled copy?

(Hint: Remember to square the scale factor)

• 100 m²

• 200 m²

• 25 m²

• 400 m²