Scale Drawings Examples vs Nonexamples

What is the scale factor from ΔDEF to ΔABC?

• 1/2

• 7/3

• 2

• 10/3

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

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

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

What is the scale factor if the triangle on the left is the original?

• 2

• 3/2

• 2/3

• 1/2

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

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

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

A scale factor less than one creates ....

• a reduction

• an enlargement

• an exact copy

• none of the above

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

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

• 6 cm

• 486 cm

• 9 cm

• 54 cm

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

Alan drew a scale drawing of a house and its lot. The scale he used was 1 millimeter : 5 meters. In the drawing, the lawn in the backyard is 10 millimeters long. What is the length of the actual lawn?

• 50 m

• 2 m

• 10 m

• 5 m

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2C

Brody drew a scale drawing of a campsite. He used the scale 1 inch : 3 feet. If the actual width of the tent is 6 feet, how wide is the tent in the drawing?

• 2 in

• 1 in

• 3 in

• 18 in

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

Kenny drew a scale drawing of a swimming pool. The scale of the drawing was 2 centimeters : 1 meter. If the pool is 26 centimeters in the drawing, how wide is the actual pool?

• 13 m

• 2 m

• 1 m

• 52 m

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

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 

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B