Scale Drawing Classwork

A scale drawing uses a scale of 1 cm represents 3 m.

2 cm on the drawing represents 2 × 3 = ............. m in real life

• 5

• 2

• 6

• 1

A scale drawing uses a scale of 1 cm represents 3 m

5 cm on the drawing represents 5 × 3 = ............. m in real life.

• 20

• 15

• 8

• 9

Marsile draws a scale drawing of a playing field. He uses a scale of 1 cm represents 10 m

On his drawing the playing field is 18 cm long

Mr.Mahmoud says that in real life the playing field will be 18 x 10 = 180 m long

• True
• False

A map has a scale of 1 : 25 000

On the map the distance between two villages is 12 cm

What is the distance, in km, between the two villages in real life?

This is part of Faisal’s homework.

Explain the mistakes that Faisal has made.