Intro to Scale Drawings

Scale: 1in.=7ft. The actual width of the backyard is 49 ft, how wide is it in the drawing?

• 14 in 

• 7 in

• 42 in

• 56 in

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The windows in the drawing are 1¾ cm apart, how many meters apart are the actual windows if the scale is 2 cm=10 m?

• 8¾ m

• 7½ m

• 5 m

• 2¼ m

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The scale of a mug in a picture is ½ in.=3 cm. Find the actual length of the 4 in. coffee mug.

• 24 cm

• 6 cm

• 30 cm

• 13 cm

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The scale drawing car length is 3 cm. If the scale is 1 cm:4 ft, what is the actual car length?

• 12 feet

• 16 feet 

• 10 feet

• 4 feet

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From Denver to Chicago = 3 in. If the scale is 1 in = 300 miles, find the actual distance.

• 300 miles

• 1000 miles

• 900 miles

• 600 miles

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

• x = 4.8

• x = 5.4

• x = 9.6

• x = 7.2

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What is a scale drawing?

• A two-dimensional representation of an actual object or place.

• This line segment from the center of a circle to a point on the circle.

• When two lines cross, they form two pairs of vertical angles across from one another.

• An image that has been made bigger and all the angles change size.

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True or False: The scale tells us what some length on the scale drawing represents in actual length

• True

• False

Your scale is 1 inch to 5 miles. If the drawing shows a road that is 2 inches long, how many miles is the actual road?

• 5 miles

• 2.5 miles

• 10 miles

• 7 miles

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Kiran drew a floor plan of his classroom using the scale 1 inch to 6 feet. Kiran's drawing is 4 inches wide and 5.5 inches long. What are the dimensions of the actual classroom?

• 4 inches wide and 5.5 inches long

• 0.66 inches wide and 0.91 inches long

• 1.5 feet wide and 0.72 feet long

• 24 feet wide and 33 feet long

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