Ratios Scales

You spend 2 hours watching t.v. then spend 8 hours sleeping. What is the ratio of t.v. to sleep?

• 2 : 8

• 8 : 2

• 8 to 2

• 8/2

If you are drawing a map at a scale of 1cm=2Km, how long would you need to draw a line to represent 4Km in real life?

• 1cm

• 2cm

• 3cm

• 4cm

A student measures the length a river on a map as 10cm. They know that in real life the river is 100Km long. What is the scale of the map?

• 1cm=100Km

• 1cm=10Km

• 1cm=1Km

• 1cm=100m

Mr Smith measured his route home along the A30 as 15cm. The map is at a scale of 1cm=3Km. How far is his journey home?

• 3Km

• 5Km

• 15Km

• 45Km

Using the scale 1cm=500Km, calculate the length of the UK as measured by the ruler in the diagram?

• 100Km

• 1,000Km

• 10,000Km

• 100,000Km

If a map has a scale of 1 in: 100 miles and the distance on the map between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. is .45 inches, which of the following is the actual distance between Baltimore and Washington, D.C.?

• .45 miles

• 4.5 miles

• 45 miles

• 450 miles

If a map has a scale of 1 cm: 50 miles and the distance on the map between Chicago and Cincinnati is 5 centimeters, which of the following is the actual distance between Chicago and Cincinnati?

• 5 centimeters

• 50 miles

• 250 miles

• 500 miles

If a map has a scale of 1 in: 25 miles and the distance on the map between Boston and New Haven is 8 inches, which of the following is the actual distance between Boston and New Haven?

• 8 inches

• 80 miles

• 800 miles

• 200 miles

If a model car has a scale of 1:10 and the tires of the model car measure 5 inches across (diameter), then what is the measurement of the width (diameter) of the tires of the actual car?

• 5 inches

• 10 inches

• 50 inches

• 110 inches

If the blueprints of a house has a scale of 2 in:10 ft and the house measures 10 inches wide by 6 inches deep, what is the actual measurement of the house?

• 2 ft by 5 ft

• 50 feet by 30 feet

• 10 feet by 6 feet

• 100 feet by 60 feet