Exploring Scale Drawings: Ratios in Real Life for Grade 5

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?

• 20 miles

• 15 miles

• 10 miles

• 25 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?

• 12.5 feet

• 16.67 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?

• 0.5 feet

• 1 foot

• 0.25 feet

• 2 feet

A park is represented on a map with a scale of 1 cm to 20 m. If the playground is 4 cm from the entrance on the map, how far is it in meters?

• 60 m

• 80 m

• 40 m

• 100 m

Two similar triangles are drawn on a scale of 1:2 and 1:3. If the smaller triangle has a base of 4 cm, what is the base of the larger triangle?

• 8 cm

• 6 cm

• 12 cm

• 10 cm

A scale drawing of a garden shows a flower bed that is 5 inches long. If the scale is 1 inch to 2 feet, how long is the flower bed in feet?

• 15 feet

• 10 feet

• 5 feet

• 20 feet

A scale model of a ship is 3 feet long and is built at a scale of 1:48. What is the actual length of the ship in feet?

• 96 feet

• 120 feet

• 180 feet

• 144 feet

A city map shows a distance of 6 inches between two parks. If the scale is 1 inch to 1 mile, how far apart are the parks in miles?

• 7 miles

• 5 miles

• 6 miles

• 10 miles

A scale drawing of a classroom shows the length of the room as 8 cm. If the scale is 1 cm to 3 meters, what is the actual length of the classroom in meters?

• 24 meters

• 30 meters

• 18 meters

• 12 meters

A model of a skyscraper is built at a scale of 1:100. If the model is 1.5 meters tall, how tall is the actual skyscraper in meters?

• 150 meters

• 200 meters

• 75 meters

• 100 meters