Calculating Actual Size Given the Scale in a Scale Drawing

1. CARS A scale drawing of an automobile has a scale of 1 inch = 0.5 foot. The actual width of the car is 8 feet. What is the width on the scale drawing?

• 12
• 18
• 16
• 24

2. MODELS A model ship is built to a scale of 1 centimeter : 5 meters. The length of the model is 30 centimeters. What is the actual length of the ship? 

• 125 m
• 150 m
• 175 m 
• 6 m

2. MODELS A model ship is built to a scale of 1 centimeter : 5 meters. The length of the model is 30 centimeters. What is the actual length of the ship? 

• 125 m
• 150 m
• 175 m 
• 6 m

3. BUILDING Curtis wants to build a model of a 180-meter tall building. He will be using a scale of 1.5 centimeters = 3.5 meters. How tall will the model be? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

• 77.1m
• 7m
• 7.71m
• 15.7m

4. TRAVEL Merritt is driving to Mount Shasta. On her map, she is a distance of 7 3 /4 inches away. The scale of the map is 1/2 inch = 50 miles. How far must Merritt travel to reach her destination? 

• 25 mi
• 350 mi
• 75 mi
• 775 mi

MAPS A map of Levi’s property is being made with a scale of 2 centimeters: 3 meters. What is the scale factor? 

• 2/500
• 1/150
• 1/3
• 1/300

LANDSCAPING A pond is being dug according to plans that have a scale of 1 inch = 6.5 feet. The maximum distance across the pond is 9.75 inches on the plans. What will be the actual maximum distance across the pond? 

• 1.375 ft
• 8.45 ft
• 63.375 ft.
• 45.76 ft