Scale Drawing and Proportions

On Carlos’s map, Greenville and North Valley are 4.5 inches apart. The scale on his map is 1 inch = 20 miles. How far is Greenville from North Valley?

On a map, Mesquite is 5 inches from Dallas. If the map's scale is 1 inche = 3 miles, what is the actual distance from Mesquite to Dallas?

• 15

• 5

• 10

• 14

Using 2 in = 35 miles, solve: The distance between Troy City and Ben City is 315 miles. How far apart are they on the map?

On a map, the distance between Louisville, Kentucky, and Nashville, Tennessee, is 1 3/4 inches. The scale of the map is 1 in:100 mi. What is the actual distance between the two cities?

• 200 miles

• 175 miles

• 100 miles

• 125 miles

Scale is 1cm = 8km. Hatboro and Smithville are 24cm apart on the map, what is the actual distance between the 2 cities?

• 87 km

• 216 km 

• 33 km

• 192 km

Fairview and Rockville are 104 miles from each other. How far apart would the cities be on a map that has a scale of 1 cm : 13 miles? Solve the proportion.

• 7 cm

• 1352 cm

• 8 cm

• 4 cm

• 24 in

• 96 in

• 72 in

• 62 in

A scale model of a whale is being built. The actual length of the whale is 65 feet. The scale of the model is 2 in : 3 ft. What will be the length of the model?

• 97.5 inches

• 30.6 inches

• 41.56 inches

• 43.33 inches

A scale drawing of a billboard uses the scale 4 cm:9 ft. The length of the billboard in the drawing is 11 cm. How long is the actual billboard?

• 13 ft

• 20.75 ft

• 24.75 ft

• 22 ft

Solve the proportion.

• k=5

• k=3.3333333

• k=60

• k=90