Scale Drawing Perimeter and Area

Amanda made a scale drawing of a square garden, which has a side length of 25 feet. She used the scale 2 inches = 5 feet.

What will be the area of the scale drawing?

• 10 in²

• 25 in²

• 100 in²

• 484 in²

__________: A ratio between the measurements of the drawing and of the actual object.

• scale drawing

• constant of proportionality

• scale

• unit rate

If the scale factor is greater than one, the new figure will be

• reduction

• enlargement

• scale

• not proportional

This scale drawing shows a parking lot. What is the length of the longer side of the actual lot?

• 63 m

• 235 m

• 315 m

• 630 m

Using this scale, what is the area, in square feet, of the playground?

• 19,200 square feet

• 17,600 square feet

• 15,200 square feet

• 12,000 square feet

Jill's room is 12.5 feet long and 11.5 feet wide. She made a scale drawing of the room with a scale of 0.5 inch= 2 feet.  What is the PERIMETER of Jill's room in the drawing described?

• 12 inches

• 24 inches

• 48 inches

• 96 inches 

Lena made a scale drawing of her yard, as shown.

According to the drawing, what is the perimeter of Lena’s yard in meters?

• 170 m

• 85 m

• 54 m

• 44 m

• A

• B

• C

• D

This diagram is a scale drawing of a store.

To the nearest 50 square feet, what is the area of the actual store?

Scale: 1 inch = 16 feet

• 2350 square feet

• 2400 square feet

• 2450 square feet

• 2500 square feet

• 30 cm²

• 22 cm

• 12000 m²

• 440 m