Scale Factor

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

A building is 360 feet tall. On a scale drawing, 1/4 inch = 10 feet. What is the height of the building in the scale drawing?

• 15 in

• 9 in

• 7 in

• 13 in

Edgar drew a scale drawing of the town library. The scale of the drawing was 5 centimeters : 2 meters. The parking lot is 34 meters wide in real life. How wide is the parking lot in the drawing?

• 85 cm

• 68 cm

Norris is doing renovations in the living room of his home. The length of the room is 22 feet, and the width of the room is 19 feet. A proportional scale drawing of the room was created that has width of 38 inches. What is the length in the scale drawing?

• 51 in

• 44 in

• 50 in

• 59 in

A model of a house was built using the scale 5 in:25 ft. If a window in the model is 1.5 in. wide, how wide is the actual window?

• 90 ft

• 7.5 ft 

• 4.5 ft

• 45 in

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

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

If the actual dimensions of the kitchen are 24 ft. by 24 ft., what is the scale of the drawing?

• 1cm : 9ft

• 1cm : 8ft

• 4cm : 1ft

• 1cm : 4ft

What is the scale factor of the large triangle to the small triangle?

• 2 to 1

• 3 to 4

• 1 to 2

• 4 to 3