Scale Drawings and Actual Size

True or False: The scale tells us what some length on the scale drawing represents in actual length

• True

• False

Your scale is 1 inch to 5 miles. If the drawing shows a road that is 2 inches long, how many miles is the actual road?

• 5 miles

• 2.5 miles

• 10 miles

• 7 miles

Kiran drew a floor plan of his classroom using the scale 1 inch to 72 inches. Kiran wants to make a larger scale drawing of the same classroom. Which of these scales could he use?

• 1 to 50

• 1 to 72

• 1 to 100

Kiera measured a farm and made a scale drawing. In real life, the goat pen is 18 meters long. It is 6 centimeters long in the drawing. What scale did Kiera use for the drawing?

• 1 cm = 6 meters

• 1 m = 18 centimeters

• 18 centimeters = 6 meters

• 1 cm = 3 meters

What are some good ways to prepare for your Scale Drawings Quiz? Select All that apply and click Submit.

• Read the lesson summaries at the end of each lesson.

• Stay up late watching Netflix and forget you have a quiz tomorrow.

• Take your workbook home.

• Do the practice problems at the end of each lesson.

What is the scale factor between figure A and figure B?

• 2

• 2.5

• 0.5

• 1.5

What angle corresponds to angle STQ?

• UXW

• QRT

• XWV

• UVW

Which figure is a scaled copy of the Original (A)

• B

• C

• D

• None of the above

If a 6 inch line is drawn to a scale of 2.5 times it's original size, then how long would the line be?

• 8.5 inches

• 12.5 inches

• 3.5 inches

• 15 inches

Using the scale at the bottom, what would be the actual length of the kitchen?

• 1.5 ft

• 18 ft

• 9 ft

• 6 ft