Scale Drawings

What is a scale drawing?

• A drawing that shows a real object enlarged or reduced
• A drawing of the weight of an object
• A life size drawing of an object
• A drawing that shows all the sides of a building

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Indiana is 36,418 mi² in area. Does the map shown represent a reduction or enlargement of the actual state of Indiana?

• Reduction

• Enlargement

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What does the scale on the map mean?

• Every 1in in the map equals 125mi

• Every 125mi in the map equals 1in

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Scale: 1in.=7ft. The actual width of the backyard is 49 ft, how wide is it in the drawing?

• 14 in

• 7 in

• 42 in

• 56 in

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A model of a planned baseball stadium is 2 ft wide. The scale for the model is 1 foot = 100 yards. What is the width of the actual stadium?

• 20 yards
• 2 yards
• 200 yards
• 2000 yards

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On the map, from Denver to Chicago is 3 in. If the scale is 1 inch = 300 miles, find the actual distance.

• 300 miles
• 1000 miles
• 900 miles
• 600 miles

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Jackson made a scale drawing of a neighborhood park. The scale of the drawing was 1 millimeter = 3 meters. If the actual length of the volleyball court is 12 meters, how long is the volleyball court in the drawing?

• 5 mm
• 3 mm
• 4 mm 
• 2 mm

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Scale is 1cm = 8km. Hatboro and Smithville are 24cm apart on the map, what is the actual distance between the 2 cities?

• 87 km
• 216 km 
• 33 km
• 192 km

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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 

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A flagpole is 1 in.= 4 ft. If the pole measures 12 inches, how tall is the actual pole?

• 16 feet
• 3 feet
• 48 feet
• 9 feet

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