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Scale Models and Drawings

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

Carly lives in Scottsdale, AZ and plans to go visit downtown Glendale, AZ. The map with a scale of 2 cm for every 4 km shows the actual distance to be 10 km. What is the scale distance on the map?

a)

40 cm

b)

20 cm

c)

2/ 5 cm

d)

2.5 cm

2.

Adam drafts his favorite modular home on a scale drawing. The drawing scale is 2 inches for each foot. If the drawing is

60 inches long, how long is the actual modular home?

a)

120 in

b)

120 ft

c)

30 in

d)

30 ft

3.

A farmer drafts his garden on a scale drawing. The drawing scale is 8 inches for every 30 m. If the actual garden is 30 m long, how long is the drawing?

a)

8 in

b)

8 m

c)

1in

d)

1m

4.

Bob drafts his favorite race car on a scale drawing. The drawing scale is 2 inches for each foot. If the drawing is 30 inches long, how long is the actual race car?

a)

60 in

b)

60 ft

c)

15 in

d)

15 ft

5.

Adam drafts his favorite tractor trailer on a scale drawing. The drawing scale is 3 inches for each foot. If the drawing is 20 inches long, how long is the actual tractor trailer?

a)

1/3 ft

b)

60 ft

c)

6 2/3 ft

d)

3/20 ft

6.

The scale on a particular drawing is 5 cm for every 75 miles. If the drawing shows that a plane flies a distance of 25 cm, how many miles did the plane actually fly?

a)

15 mi

b)

375 mi

c)

125 mi

d)

3 mi

7.

A map has a scale of 2 cm for every 25 miles. The distance on the map between Griffin Park and the San Diego Zoo is 10 cm. How far is the actual distance?

a)

125 mi

b)

250 mi

c)

20 mi

d)

5 mi

8.

In Virginia, the Grand Caverns is approximately 35 kilometers from the Frontier Culture Museum. You make a drawing of the two locations with a scale of 6 inches representing 35 kilometers. How far apart do you draw the Grand Caverns and Frontier Culture Museum?

a)

6 in

b)

6 km

c)

210 in

d)

210 km

9.

Zayed made a scale model of a local bridge. The model spans 6cm; the actual bridge spans 50m. What is the scale of the model? What scale factor did he use to build the model?

a)

3cm25m\frac{3cm}{25m}  ,  32500\frac{3}{2500}  

b)

25m3cm\frac{25m}{3cm}  , 25003\frac{2500}{3}  

10.

Using the map and scale, and given that the distance between Maine and Houlton as 3in, find the actual distance between these towns

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