Scale Drawings and Proportions

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

• 21

• 1.25

• 20

• 4

Jamie made a scale drawing of his apartment building.  The building is 300 ft tall.  He wants his scale to be 1 inch : 10 ft.  How tall should his building be in his scale drawing?

• 25 inches

• 60 inches

• 1/30 inch

• 30 inches

Pam drew a scale drawing of a game room. She used the scale 1 inch : 2 feet. If the air hockey table is 5 inches in the drawing, how long is the actual air hockey table?

• 10 Feet

• 2.5 Feet

• 5 Feet

• 15 Feet

A map has a scale of 1 cm=5km.  On the map, two cities are 3 cm apart. What is the actual distance between these cities? 

• 7 km

• 5 km

• 15 km

• 17 km 

A scale drawing of 

      a billboard is shown below.

What will be the length of the bat on the billboard, in feet?

• 3 feet

• 6.25 feet

• 18.75 feet

• 37.50 feet

A scale drawing of Mt. Marcy is 17.8 inches high. Determine the actual height of Mt. Marcy if the scale used for the drawing was 1.5 inches = 450 feet.

• 8,010 feet

• 5,340 feet

• 12,015 feet

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

Triangle DGF is a scale copy of Triangle EGD. Find the value of x.

• 4.8

• 6.4

• 7.5

• 8

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

Figure A is a scale image of Figure B. What is the value of x?

• 56

• 60

• 64

• 72

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