Scale

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Simon Homer

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Scale

How to work out Scale

Scale is all about Proportion (how much bigger something is compared to something else)

If a scale on a plan/map/drawing is 1:1250 that means everything in real life is 1250 times bigger.
For example, if scale is 1:500, 3cm on the map/drawing will be 3cm x 500 (1500cm) in real life.
Likewise, if the scale is 1:500, 750cm in real life will be 750 ÷ 500 (1.5cm) on the map/drawing

Multiple Choice

Pam drew a scale drawing of a game room. She used the scale 1 inch : 2 feet. If the air hockey table is 5 inches in the drawing, how long is the actual air hockey table?

10 Feet

2.5 Feet

5 Feet

15 Feet

Multiple Choice

Jamie made a scale drawing of his apartment building. The building is 300 ft tall. He wants his scale to be 1 inch : 10 ft. How tall should his building be in his scale drawing?

25 inches

60 inches

1/30 inch

30 inches

Multiple Choice

A map has a scale of 1 cm=5km. On the map, two cities are 3 cm apart. What is the actual distance between these cities?

1.7 km

5 km

15 km

17 km

Multiple Choice

Hatboro and Smithville are 24 cm apart on the map. What is the actual distance between the two cities if the scale is 1 cm = 8 km?

87 km

216 km

33 km

192 km

Multiple Choice

Kenny drew a scale drawing of a swimming pool. The scale of the drawing was 2 centimeters : 1 meter. If the pool is 26 centimeters in the drawing, how wide is the actual pool?

13 m

2 m

1 m

52 m

Multiple Choice

The actual width of the backyard is 49 ft, how wide is it in the drawing if the

scale is 1 in = 7 ft?

14 in

7 in

42 in

56 in

Multiple Choice

The scale for a blueprint of a home is 1 cm: 3 meters. What is the actual length of the living room if the length of the living room shown in the drawing is 2.4 centimeters?

1.25 m

3.6 m

7.2 m

6 m

Multiple Choice

If a map has a scale of 1 cm: 50 miles and the distance on the map between Chicago and Cincinnati is 5 centimeters, which of the following is the actual distance between Chicago and Cincinnati?

5 centimeters

50 miles

250 miles

500 miles

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