Introduction to Scale Drawings

What does the scale on the map mean?

The scale on a highway construction drawing is 0.5 inches for every 45 miles. If the drawing shows the highway is 4 inches long, how long is the actual highway

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 scale drawing showing the distance from your house to the school has a scale of 1.5 cm to 5 km. If the actual distance from your house to the school is 30 km, what is the distance on the drawing?

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?

Find the width of a parking spot on a scale drawing if the parking spot is 2.5 meters wide and the scale is 1 centimeter = 2 meters

The scale on a map is 1 cm for every 400 km. If Maine and Japan are 22 cm apart on the map, what is the distance between Maine and Japan?

Find the height of a door on a scale drawing if the door is 2 meters tall and the scale is 1 centimeter = 4 meters. Round to the nearest tenth