Scale Drawings

Given a scale factor of 1:50, what is the actual length of a wall that appears as 3 cm on a scale drawing?

• 150 cm

• 150 m

• 50 cm

• 50 m

A map has a scale of 1 inch to 5 miles. If two cities are 3 inches apart on the map, how far are they actually apart?

• 8 miles

• 15 miles

• 10 miles

• 5 miles

A model car is made at a scale of 1:24. If the actual car is 192 inches long, how long is the model car?

• 6 inches

• 8 inches

• 10 inches

• 12 inches

A blueprint of a new office building uses a scale where 1 inch represents 20 feet. If the length of the office building on the blueprint is 9 inches, what is the actual length of the building?

• 180 feet

• 200 feet

• 160 feet

• 220 feet

A scale drawing of a swimming pool is 10 cm long and 4 cm wide. If the scale is 1 cm to 2 meters, what are the actual dimensions of the swimming pool?

• 20 meters by 8 meters

• 10 meters by 4 meters

• 5 meters by 2 meters

• 15 meters by 6 meters

A garden is represented on a plan by a rectangle measuring 8 cm by 6 cm. If the scale used is 1 cm to 1 meter, what is the actual area of the garden in square meters?

• 48 sq m

• 14 sq m

• 28 sq m

• 54 sq m

A scale model of a building is created at a scale of 1:100. If the model's height is 2 feet, what is the actual height of the building?

• 200 feet

• 100 feet

• 150 feet

• 250 feet

• 40 miles

• 20 miles

• 30 miles

• 50 miles

A rectangular plot of land shown on a scale drawing measures 3 cm by 5 cm. If the scale is 1 cm to 30 meters, what is the perimeter of the actual plot of land?

• 240 meters

• 120 meters

• 160 meters

• 180 meters

Desmond measured a city park and made a scale drawing. The scale he used was 1 cm : 9 m. The actual width of the soccer field is 54 meters. How wide is the field in the drawing?