Exploring Scale Factors: Grade 5 Scale Drawings Quiz

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

• 25 miles

• 20 miles

• 15 miles

• 10 miles

A blueprint of a house is drawn at a scale of 1:100. If the living room is 2 inches long on the blueprint, what is the actual length of the living room in feet?

• 16.67 feet

• 12.5 feet

• 20 feet

• 10 feet

A model car is built at a scale of 1:24. If the actual car is 12 feet long, how long is the model car?

• 1 foot

• 2 feet

• 0.25 feet

• 0.5 feet

A garden is designed using a scale drawing where 1 cm represents 2 meters. If the length of the garden on the drawing is 10 cm, what is the actual length of the garden?

• 30 meters

• 20 meters

• 15 meters

• 25 meters

A school is planning to build a new playground. The scale drawing shows the playground as 4 inches long. If the scale is 1 inch to 3 feet, how long will the actual playground be?

• 15 feet

• 10 feet

• 9 feet

• 12 feet

A scale model of a ship is made at a scale of 1:50. If the model is 1.5 feet long, how long is the actual ship in feet?

• 75 feet

• 60 feet

• 100 feet

• 50 feet

A park is represented on a map with a scale of 1:200. If the distance between two playgrounds on the map is 0.5 inches, what is the actual distance between them in feet?

• 10 feet

• 6 feet

• 12.5 feet

• 8.33 feet

A scale drawing of a room shows the width as 3 inches. If the scale is 1 inch to 4 feet, what is the actual width of the room in feet?

• 10 feet

• 8 feet

• 12 feet

• 16 feet

A city planner creates a scale drawing of a new road. If the scale is 1:500 and the road is 6 inches long on the drawing, how long will the actual road be in feet?

• 300 feet

• 250 feet

• 200 feet

• 150 feet

A scale model of a bridge is built at a scale of 1:100. If the model is 2 feet long, how long is the actual bridge in feet?

• 250 feet

• 200 feet

• 100 feet

• 150 feet