Scale Drawings Area

On a map, the area of a nature reserve is 54.2 square inches. The scale of the map is 1 inch : 8 miles. Find the actual area of the nature reserve.

• 3,468.8 mi²

• 433.6 mi²

• 1.18 mi²

• 6.775 mi²

The area of this rectangle is 90 km². If a scaled copy of this rectangle is made using a scale factor of 3, then what is the area of the copy?

(Hint: you have to square the scale factor)

• 270 km²

• 810 km²

• 30 km²

• 156 km²

Find the actual area of the scaled rectangle.

(Use sq. ft as your units)

The scale on a map is 1 cm : 15 miles. Find the area scale.

• 1 cm² : 225 mi²

• 1 cm² : 15 mi²

• 15 cm² : 1 mi²

• 225 cm² : 1 mi²

Amanda made a scale drawing of a square garden, which has a side length of 25 feet. She used the scale 2 inches = 5 feet.

What will be the area of the scale drawing?

• 10 in²

• 25 in²

• 100 in²

• 484 in²

The scale drawing for Zoe's room is shown. If 1 in on the scale drawing equals 3 feet. What is the area for Zoe's room?

• 49  square feet

• 132 square feet

• 126 square feet

• 14 square feet

Elena finds that the area of a house on a scale drawing is 25 square inches. The actual area of the house is 2,025 square feet. What is the scale of the drawing?

• 80

• 75

• 92

• 81

What is the area in square feet of the actual piece of land?

• 36 square feet

• 54 square feet

• 5,184 square feet

• 7,776 square feet

A rectangular park on a city map has dimensions of 1.75in x 2.1in. The park in real life is 100 times larger than the drawing. What is the area of the actual park?

• 36,750 in²

• 367.5 in²

• 3,675 in²

• 11,550 in²

The original area of a rectangle is 35 in². If the rectangle is enlarged by a scale factor of 3, what is the new area?

• 105 in²

• 11.6 in²

• 315 in²

• 210 in²