Scale Drawing and Proportions

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? Choose the correct proportion.

The scale drawing of a giraffe has a scale in which 2 inches represents 15 feet. How tall is the actual giraffe?

• 14.25 ft

• 18.75 ft

• 18.65 ft

• 16.50

• 200 ft

• 12.5 ft

• 100 ft

• 50 ft

The art class is planning to paint a mural on an outside wall. This figure is a scale drawing of the wall. If the height of the scale drawing is 11 inches, what is the height of the actual drawing?

• 7.5 ft

• 13.5 ft

• 14.75 ft

• 16.5 ft

The art class is planning to paint a mural on an outside wall. This figure is a scale drawing of the wall. If the width of the scale drawing is 28 inches, what is the width of the actual drawing?

• 48 ft

• 42 ft

• 36 ft

• 56 ft

The distance between two cities on a map is 4.125 inches.  Find the actual distance if the scale on the map is 2 inches = 40 miles.

• 165 miles

• 50 miles

• 82.5 miles

• 41.25 miles

Solve the proportion.

• k=5

• k=3.3333333

• k=60

• k=90

Solve the proportion.

• p=31.3

• p=308

• p=924

• p=532

A cake recipe calls for 1.5 cups of milk and 3 cups of flour. Seth made a mistake and used 5 cups of flour. How many cups of milk should he use to keep the proportions correct?

• 2.5 cups milk

• 1.75 cups milk

• 2 cups flour

• 2.25 cups milk

Solve the proportion:

• 4

• 8

• 14

• 10