Scale Drawings and Real Measurements

The video tutorial explains how to calculate real-life dimensions from model scales. It covers examples of model cars, buildings, fields, and boxes, demonstrating how to use scale ratios to find real lengths and heights. The tutorial also includes exercises for viewers to practice these calculations, emphasizing the conversion between different units such as centimeters and meters.

If a model car is 12 cm long and the scale is 1:40, what is the real length of the car in meters?

• 0.48 meters

• 4.8 meters

• 48 meters

• 480 meters

A model building is 40 cm tall with a scale of 1:500. What is the real height of the building in meters?

• 200 meters

• 2 meters

• 2,000 meters

• 20 meters

In a scale drawing, 8 cm represents 40 meters. What is the scale of the drawing?

• 1:50

• 1:500

• 1:5000

• 1:5

If a small box is 2 cm on a drawing and represents 30 cm in real life, what is the real height of a large box that is 3 cm on the drawing?

• 60 cm

• 30 cm

• 45 cm

• 15 cm

The distance between two towns is 5.8 cm on a map with a scale of 1:50,000. What is the real distance in kilometers?

• 290 km

• 0.29 km

• 29 km

• 2.9 km

If the real distance between two towns is 15 km, what is the distance on a map with a scale of 1:50,000 in centimeters?

• 3 cm

• 300 cm

• 0.3 cm

• 30 cm

A room is 3 meters long in real life. On a scale drawing of 1:40, what is the length of the room in centimeters on the drawing?

• 7.5 cm

• 75 cm

• 750 cm

• 0.75 cm