Scale Drawings and Scale Models

Change both measurements to the same unit of measure, and find the scale factor.
1 ft model of a 1 in. fossil 

• 12/1

• 6/1

• 18/1

• 24/1

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

A scale model of a house is 1 ft long. The actual house is 36 ft long. In the model, the door is 2 in. high. How many feet high is the actual door?

• 12 feet

• 6 feet

• 18 feet

• 4 feet

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

The straight-line distances between Houston and several cities on a map of Texas are shown in the table. The scale is 2 cm:50 mi. Find the actual distances in miles.
Answers are for Austin and Galveston (respectively).

• 145 miles and 47.5 miles

• 317. 5 miles and 145 miles

• 145 miles and 47.5 miles

• 225 miles and 145 miles

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

From Denver to Chicago = 3 in. If the scale is 1 in = 300 miles, find the actual distance.

• 300 miles

• 1000 miles

• 900 miles

• 600 miles

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

A scale drawing of a house shows 9cm ×10cm. If 6cm=12 ft, what are the actual dimensions?

• 9ft x 10ft

• 1ft x 2ft

• 12ft x 6ft

• 18ft x 20ft

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

Find the height of a door on a scale drawing if the door is 2 meters tall and the scale is 1 centimeter = 4 meters. Round to the nearest tenth

• 2 cm

• 1/2 cm

• 8 cm

• 1/4 cm

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

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

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2C

A blueprint was using a scale of 3cm=4.5m. Find the actual length if it is 5cm on the drawing.

• 7.5

• 13.5

• 1.5

• 1.7

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

What is the perimeter of this square?

• 4 in.

• 16 in.

• 8 in.

• 20 in

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CCSS.4.MD.A.3

Find the area of this parallelogram.

• 60 in

• 60 in²

• 50 in

• 50 in²

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CCSS.6.G.A.1