Scale Drawing and Proportions

A map has a scale of 1 cm=5km.  On the map, two cities are 3 cm apart. What is the actual distance between these cities? 

• 7 km

• 5 km

• 15 km

• 17 km 

On a map, Memphis, Tennessee, and Jackson, Mississippi, are 5 inches apart. The distance between the cities is actually 210 miles.

What scale was used to create the map?

• 42 inches = 1 mile

• 1 inch = 42 miles

• 40 inches = 1 mile

• 
  1 inch = 40 miles

Pam drew a scale drawing of a game room. She used the scale 1 inch : 2 feet. If the air hockey table is 5 inches in the drawing, how long is the actual air hockey table?

• 10 Feet

• 2.5 Feet

• 5 Feet

• 15 Feet

A model of a house was built using the scale 5 in:25 ft. If a window in the model is 1.5 in. wide, how wide is the actual window?

• 90 ft

• 7.5 ft 

• 4.5 ft

• 45 in

What is a proportion?

• When two ratios can be simplified

• When two ratios are equivalent and show the same value

• When two ratios have the exact same numbers

• When two ratios can be multiplied by 2

• 936 inches

• 1,170 inches

• 1,250 inches

• 2,340 inches

• 100 ft

• 150 ft

• 210 ft

• 300 ft

• 28.57 ft

• 50 ft

• 56 ft

• 70 ft

• 52.5 ft

• 25 ft

• 22 ft

• 18.18 ft

• 11.43 ft

• 60 ft

• 78.75 ft

• 157.5 ft