Scale Drawings Vocabulary

A ________________ represents an actual place or object. All the measurements in the drawing correspond to the measurements of the actual object by the same scale.

• Similar

• Congruent

• Scale Factor

• Scale Drawing

A copy of an figure where every length in the original figure is multiplied by the same number.

• Scale Drawing

• Scaled Copy

• Scale Factor

• Scale

We multiply all the lengths in the original figure by the same number. This number is called a __________________.

• Area

• Scaled Factor

• Congruent

• Scale

A ___________ tells how the measurements in a scale drawing represent the actual measurements of the object.

• Scale Drawing

• Reciprocal

• Scale

• Scale Factor

An engineer created a scale drawing of a building using a scale in which 0.25 inch represents 2 feet. The length of the actual building is 250 ft. What is the length in inches of the building in the scale drawing?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

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

• cm : 9ft

• cm : 8ft

• 4cm : 1ft

• cm : 4ft

An engineer created a scale drawing of a building using a scale in which 0.25 inch represents 2 feet. The length of the actual building is 250 feet. What is the length in inches of the building in the scale drawing?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

Desmond measured a city park and made a scale drawing. The scale he used was 1 centimeter : 9 meters. The actual width of the soccer field is 54 meters. How wide is the field in the drawing? Enter your answer WITHOUT units.

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

How many miles does 1 inch represent?

• 30 miles

• 60 miles

• 90 miles

• 120 miles

• Corresponding

• Polygon