Scale Drawings and Scale Factors

If the scale factor is greater than one, the new figure will be

• reduction

• enlargement

• scale

• not proportional

Robbie made a scale drawing of a neighborhood park. A soccer field in the park is 14 inches long in the drawing. The actual field is 98 yards long. What is the scale of the drawing? 1 inch = _ yards

• 1372

• 5

• 14

• 7

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

What is the scale factor from triangle ABC to triangle DEF?

• 1/2

• 7/3

• 2/1

• 10/3

A Lego model of the Burj Khalifa was created using a scale of 1 foot = 650 feet. If the lego model reaches a height of 4.18 feet, what is the height of the Burj Khalifa?

• 2,717 feet

• 2, 152 feet

• 2, 376 feet

The two rectangles are scale drawings. What is the measurement of x?

• 21

• 1.25

• 20

• 4

The scale for a flagpole is 3 in = 8 ft.  If the drawing of the flagpole is 7.5 inches in height, how tall is the ACTUAL flagpole?

• 180 feet

• 3.1 feet

• 20 feet

• 9 feet

The width of the parking lot is shorter than the length. The width of the actual parking lot is 48 feet. How many feet of the parking lot are represented by 1 centimeter on the scale drawing?

• 15

• 16

• 3.75

• 153.6

The width of the parking lot is shorter than the length. The width of the actual parking lot is 48 feet. How many feet of the parking lot are represented by 1 centimeter on the scale drawing?

• 15

• 16

• 3.75

• 153.6

Choose the correct scale factor:

• 2

• 3

• 1/3

• 1/2