Intro to Scale Drawings

If the perimeter of a rectangle was 20in and now it is is 80in, what is the scale factor that was used?

• 4

• 2

• 40

• 20

Desmond measured a city park and made a scale drawing. The scale he used was 1 centimeter : 9 meters. The actual width of the soccer field is 54 meters. How wide is the field in the drawing?

• 6 cm

• 486 cm

• 9 cm

• 54 cm

Alan drew a scale drawing of a house and its lot. The scale he used was 1 millimeter : 5 meters. In the drawing, the lawn in the backyard is 10 millimeters long. What is the length of the actual lawn?

• 50 m

• 2 m

• 10 m

• 5 m

Brody drew a scale drawing of a campsite. He used the scale 1 inch : 3 feet. If the actual width of the tent is 6 feet, how wide is the tent in the drawing?

• 2 in

• 1 in

• 3 in

• 18 in

Kenny drew a scale drawing of a swimming pool. The scale of the drawing was 2 centimeters : 1 meter. If the pool is 26 centimeters in the drawing, how wide is the actual pool?

• 13 m

• 2 m

• 1 m

• 52 m

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

• 63 m

• 235 m

• 315 m

• 630 m

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

The scale for this house plan is 1 : 150

What is the actual length of the main bedroom in metres?

On a map, the distance between two towns in 2.6 cm. The scale of the map is 1 cm : 50 km. What is the actual distance between the two towns?

• 100 km

• 130 km

• 70 km

• 150 km

A blueprint was using a scale of 1 : 150.

Find the actual length if it is 5 cm on the drawing.

• 7.5 m

• 750 m

• 7.5 cm

• 75 cm