Scale Drawings and Models Word Problems

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

Adam drafts his favorite modular home on a scale drawing. The drawing scale is 2 inches for each foot. If the drawing is

60 inches long, how long is the actual modular home?

• 120 in

• 120 ft

• 30 in

• 30 ft

A farmer drafts his garden on a scale drawing. The drawing scale is 8 inches for every 30 m. If the actual garden is 30 m long, how long is the drawing?

• 8 in

• 8 m

• 1in

• 1m

In Virginia, the Grand Caverns is approximately 35 kilometers from the Frontier Culture Museum. You make a drawing of the two locations with a scale of 6 inches representing 35 kilometers. How far apart do you draw the Grand Caverns and Frontier Culture Museum?

• 6 in

• 6 km

• 210 in

• 210 km

Bob drafts his favorite race car on a scale drawing. The drawing scale is 2 inches for each foot. If the drawing is 30 inches long, how long is the actual race car?

• 60 in

• 60 ft

• 15 in

• 15 ft

Adam drafts his favorite tractor trailer on a scale drawing. The drawing scale is 3 inches for each foot. If the drawing is 20 inches long, how long is the actual tractor trailer?

• 1/3 ft

• 60 ft

• 6 2/3 ft

• 3/20 ft

The scale on a particular drawing is 5 cm for every 75 miles. If the drawing shows that a plane flies a distance of 25 cm, how many miles did the plane actually fly?

• 15 mi

• 375 mi

• 125 mi

• 3 mi

A map has a scale of 2 cm for every 25 miles. The distance on the map between Griffin Park and the San Diego Zoo is 10 cm. How far is the actual distance?

• 125 mi

• 250 mi

• 20 mi

• 5 mi

What is the scale of a drawing where a 6 m wall is 4 cm long?

• 1 cm = .66 m

• 1 cm = 1.5 m

• 1 cm = 3 m

• 1 cm = 4 m