Scale Drawings and Scale Models

Bob makes a drawing of the flowers he wants to plant that has a scale of 5 cm for each meter. If the flower planting will be 15 m long, how long is the drawing of the planting?

• 1/5 m

• 65 m

• 1/5 cm

• 65 cm

The scale on a highway construction drawing is 0.5 inches for every 45 miles. If the drawing shows the highway is 4 inches long, how long is the actual highway

• 360 mi

• 11.25 mi

• 180 mi

• 22.5 in

Bob makes a drawing of a garden that has a scale of 5 cm for each meter. If the garden will be 15 m long, how long is the drawing of the garden?

• 1/5 cm

• 1/5 m

• 65 cm

• 65 m

The scale on a map is 1 cm for every 600 km. If Seattle and Maine are 10 cm apart on the map, then approximately how far apart are they really?

• 6,000 km

• 6,000 cm

• 60 km

• 60 cm

A drawing with the scale of 3 cm for each meter shows where Adam wants to plant flowers. If the actual distance of the flower planting is 25 m long, how long is the scale distance on the drawing?

• 1/3 cm

• 75 cm

• 8 1/3 cm

• 3/25 cm

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