Scale Drawings Quiz

If a scale drawing of a car is made with a scale of 1:20, and the drawing measures 9 inches long, how long is the actual car in inches?

• 180 inches

• 45 inches

• 29 inches

• 90 inches

A map has a scale of 1 inch to 100 miles. If two cities are 3.5 inches apart on the map, how far are they actually apart?

• 350 miles

• 35 miles

• 300 miles

• 3500 miles

What is the scale factor needed to enlarge a photo from 4x6 inches to 8x12 inches?

• 1

• 2

• 0.5

• 4

If a scale drawing uses a scale of 1 cm : 2 m, what is the actual length of a wall that is represented by 8 cm on the drawing?

• 4 meters

• 16 meters

• 8 meters

• 2 meters

A model of a building is created at a scale of 1:100. If the model is 2 feet tall, how tall is the actual building?

• 200 feet

• 100 feet

• 50 feet

• 20 feet

Using proportional reasoning, if a scale drawing has a scale of 3:4 and the actual object is 12 inches wide, how wide is the drawing?

• 9 inches

• 16 inches

• 8 inches

• 4 inches

• 64 inches

• 4 inches

• 8 inches

• 12 inches

In a scale drawing, if the scale is set as 1 inch = 5 feet, how many inches on the drawing would represent 20 feet?

• 5 inches

• 4 inches

• 10 inches

• 20 inches

A blueprint of a house uses a scale of 1 inch = 10 feet. If a room measures 3 inches by 4 inches on the blueprint, what are the actual dimensions of the room?

• 30 feet by 40 feet

• 10 feet by 13 feet

• 3 feet by 4 feet

• 30 feet by 20 feet

A garden layout is drawn on a scale of 1:50. If a tree is represented by a dot that is 0.2 inches in diameter on the drawing, what is the actual diameter of the tree?

• 10 inches

• 1 inch

• 5 inches

• 20 inches