Proportional Relationships and Scale Drawings

Lin has a scale model of a modern train. The model is created at a scale of 1 to 48. The height of the model train is 102 millimeters. What is the actual height of the train?

• 4,896,000 millimeters

• 4,896 millimeters

• 48.96 meters

• 2.125 millimeters

A map has a scale of 1 cm=5km.  On the map, two cities are 3 cm apart. What is the actual distance between these cities? 

• 7 km

• 5 km

• 15 km

• 17 km 

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

ABCD is the original, EFGH is the copy. If angle E is 30^o, what is angle A?

• 15^o

• 30^o

• 60^o

• 90^o

A scale drawing of a rectangular park is 5 inches wide and 7 inches long. The actual park is 280 yards long. How wide is the actual park?

• 40 yd

• 56 yd

• 200 yd

• 378 yd

On a map, the distance between Louisville, Kentucky, and Nashville, Tennessee, is 1 3/4 inches. The scale of the map is 1 in:100 mi. What is the actual distance between the two cities?

• 200 miles

• 175 miles

• 100 miles

• 125 miles

A two-dimensional drawing that is similar to the object it represents

• Scale model

• Scale drawing

• Proportion

• Ratio

A scale drawing of a rectangular park is 5 inches wide and 7 inches long. The actual park is 280 yards long. WHAT IS THE SCALE?

• 1 in to 40 yd

• 1 in to 52 yd

• 1 in to 56 yd

• 1 in to 64 yd

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.

A three dimensional model that is similar to the object it represents

• Scale model

• Scale drawing

• Length

• Distance