Scale Drawings Flashcard

Front

Which of the following best describes a scale drawing?

Back

A drawing that shows a real object with accurate sizes reduced or enlarged by a certain amount (called the scale).

Front

If a scale drawing has a scale of 1 inch = 5 feet, what would be the actual length of an object that measures 2 inches on the drawing?

Back

10 feet

Front

In a scale drawing, a garden is represented by a rectangle with dimensions 4 inches by 6 inches. If the scale is 1 inch = 3 feet, what are the actual dimensions of the garden?

Back

12 feet by 18 feet

Front

A rectangular pool is 20 feet long and 10 feet wide. If the scale of a drawing is 1 inch = 4 feet, what will be the dimensions of the pool on the drawing?

Back

10 inches by 5 inches

Front

What happens to the perimeter of a shape when you create a scale drawing using a scale factor of 2?

Back

The perimeter doubles.

Front

A blueprint of a house uses a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot. If the length of the living room is 2 inches on the blueprint, how long is the actual living room?

Back

16 feet

Front

If you have a scale drawing with a scale of 1 cm = 2 meters, and the width of a park is 5 cm on the drawing, what is the actual width of the park?

Back

10 meters

Front

How do you find the scale factor if you are given a scale drawing and the actual measurements?

Back

Divide the drawing measurement by the actual measurement.

Front

On a map, 1 inch represents 50 miles. If the distance between two cities on the map is 3 inches, what is the actual distance between the cities?

Back

150 miles

Front

If the scale factor of a model car is 1:24, what does this mean?

Back

The model is 24 times smaller than the actual car.