5.6 Scale Drawings Quiz

A model rocket is built to the scale 1:20 or 1 inch = 20 feet.

The actual rocket is 4440 feet tall.

How is the model rocket in inches?

• 11.1 inches

• 18.5 inches

• 222 inches

• 240 inches

Mrs. Rodriguez has a blueprint for her new house.

The actual living room has a with of 20 feet and a height of 24 feet.

If the scale is used to make the blueprint is 1/2 inch = 4 feet, what is the length of the living room on the blueprint?

• 12 inches

• 6 inches`

• 5 inches

• 3 inches

What is the actual area of the rectangle in square yards if the scale is 1cm = 7 yards?

• 308 square yards

• 2,156 square yards

• 210 square yards

• 1,050 square yards

The distance between 2 cities on a map is 4.125 inches.

Find the actual distance if the scale on the map is 2 inches = 40 miles.

• 82.5 miles

• 165 miles

• 50 miles

• 41.25 miles

A map has a scale of 128 miles = 6 inches.

The distance between Springfield and Lakeview is 2 feet on the map.

What is the actual distance between Springfield and Lakeview?

• 1.13 miles
• 42.7 miles
• 384 miles
• 512 miles

To make a monster appear larger in a movie, a human actor wore a costume and walked through a scale model of a city.

The scale used was 1 inch = 15 feet.

The actor is 60 inches tall, or 5 feet tall.

How tall does the monster appear in the movie?

• 4 feet
• 75 feet
• 720 feet
• 900 feet

Marcus drew a scale drawing of the rectangular park in his neighborhood.

On his drawing, the length of the park is 8 inches and the width of the park is 6 inches.

The key on his drawing shows 1 inch = 20 feet.

What is the actual area of the park?

• 560 square feet

• 960 square feet

• 5,600 square feet

• 19,200 square feet

Aidan has a map with the following scale.

The distance on the map from Clarksville to Jackson is 2 inches.

What is the actual distance from Clarksville to Jackson?

• A
• B
• C
• D

A scale drawing has a scale of 1 inch : 250 feet.

What is the actual length of a segment that is 5 inches?

• 50 feet

• 250 feet

• 1000 feet

• 1250 feet

A map of the state where your friend lives has the scale 1/2 in. : 10 mi.

Your friend measured the distance between her town and the state capital on the map.

Her measurement was 4 1/2 inches.

Based on your friend’s measurement, what is the actual distance (in miles) between her town and the state capital?