Scale Drawings

A rectangular garden is 45 ft wide and 70 ft long. On a blueprint, the width is 9 in. Identify the length on the blueprint. 

On the map the distance from Denver to Chicago is 3 in. If the scale is 1 in : 300 mi, find the actual distance.

• 300 miles

• 1000 miles

• 900 miles

• 600 miles

A model of a house was built using the scale 5 in : 25 ft. If a window in the model is 1.5 in. wide. How wide is the actual window?

• 90 ft

• 7.5 ft 

• 4.5 ft

• 45 in

The scale of a mug in a picture is 1/2 in : 3 cm. Find the actual length of the 4 in. coffee mug.

• 24 cm

• 6 cm

• 30 cm

• 13 cm

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?

Which of the following best describes a scale drawing?

• A drawing that shows a real object with accurate sizes reduced or enlarged by a certain amount (called the scale).

• A drawing where all sides are of equal length.

• A drawing where only the height is changed.

• A drawing with no connection to the actual size of the object.

If a scale drawing has a scale of 1 inch = 5 feet, what would be the actual length of an object that measures 2 inches on the drawing?

• 10 feet

• 7 feet

• 5 feet

• 2 feet

In a scale drawing, a garden is represented by a rectangle with dimensions 4 inches by 6 inches. If the scale is 1 inch = 3 feet, what are the actual dimensions of the garden?

• 12 feet by 18 feet

• 4 feet by 6 feet

• 3 feet by 9 feet

• 9 feet by 12 feet

What happens to the perimeter of a shape when you create a scale drawing using a scale factor of 2?

• The perimeter doubles.

• The perimeter is halved.

• The perimeter stays the same.

• The perimeter increases by 4 times.

If you have a scale drawing with a scale of 1 cm = 2 meters, and the width of a park is 5 cm on the drawing, what is the actual width of the park?

• 10 meters

• 5 meters

• 20 meters

• 2 meters