Proportions Using Scale Drawings

Jackson made a scale drawing of a neighborhood park. The scale of the drawing was 1 millimeter = 3 meters. If the actual length of the volleyball court is 12 meters, how long is the volleyball court in the drawing?

• 5 mm

• 3 mm

• 4 mm 

• 2 mm

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

A model of a planned baseball stadium is 2 ft wide. The scale for the model is 1 foot = 100 yards. What is the width of the actual stadium?

• 20 yards

• 2 yards

• 200 yards

• 2000 yards

On the map, from Denver to Chicago is 3 in. If the scale is 1 inch = 300 miles, find the actual distance.

• 300 miles

• 1000 miles

• 900 miles

• 600 miles

A to-scale figure of the space station is 4 inches long. If you know the scale for the space station is 1 inch to 5 yards, how long is the actual space station?

• 20 inches

• 20 yards

• 0.8 inches

• 1.25 yards

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

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 scale on a hiking map shows that 3 inches represents 1.25 miles. What number of inches on the map represent 10 actual miles?

• 24 inches

• 12.5 inches

• 30 inches

• 3 inches

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

• 87 km

• 216 km 

• 33 km

• 192 km

Jonathan drew a scale drawing of a house. The scale of the drawing was 1 millimeter : 2 meters. If the actual width of the garage is 8 meters, how wide is the garage in the drawing?

• 4 mm

• 16 mm