Quiz about Scale Drawings Proportional

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

7 in

Answer

14 in

Answer

42 in

Answer

56 in

Question 2

The distance from Point A to Point B on a scale drawing is 6 cm. If the scale is 1cm : 10m. What is the actual distance from A to B?

Accepted Answer

60 m

Answer

6 m

Answer

10 m

Answer

18 m

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

192 km

Answer

87 km

Answer

216 km

Answer

33 km

Question 4

This scale drawing shows a parking lot. What is the length of the longer side of the actual lot?

Accepted Answer

315 m

Answer

63 m

Answer

235 m

Answer

630 m

Question 5

From Denver to Chicago = 3 in. If the scale is 1 in = 300 miles, find the actual distance.

Accepted Answer

900 miles

Answer

300 miles

Answer

1000 miles

Answer

600 miles

Question 6

A model of a house was built using the scale 5 in:25 ft. If a window in the model is 1.5 in. wide, how wide is the actual window?

Accepted Answer

7.5 ft

Answer

90 ft

Answer

4.5 ft

Answer

45 in

Question 7

On a map, the distance between Louisville, Kentucky, and Nashville, Tennessee, is 1 3/4 inches. The scale of the map is 1 in:100 mi. What is the actual distance between the two cities?

Accepted Answer

175 miles

Answer

200 miles

Answer

100 miles

Answer

125 miles

Question 8

The __________ is the ratio of a length of the image to the corresponding length on the original figure.

Accepted Answer

scale factor

Answer

reduction

Answer

enlargement

Answer

center of dilation

Question 9

On a map, the distance between two towns in 2.6 cm. The scale of the map is 1 cm:50 km. What is the actual distance between the two towns?

Accepted Answer

130 km

Answer

100 km

Answer

70 km

Answer

150 km

Question 10

A picture of flagpole uses the scale 2 in.= 4 ft. If the pole in the picture measures 24 inches, how tall is the actual pole?

Accepted Answer

48 feet

Answer

16 feet

Answer

3 feet

Answer

9 feet

Question 11

The diagram shown represents a garden. The scale is 1 centimeter for every 20 meters. Each square in the drawing measures 1 cm by 1 cm. Find the actual width of the garden based upon the given drawing.

Accepted Answer

80 m

Answer

60 m

Answer

120 m

Answer

160 m

Question 12

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?

Accepted Answer

200 yards

Answer

20 yards

Answer

2 yards

Answer

2000 yards

Question 13

Jessica is visiting Mexico and doesn't know her Spanish numbers. On the map she is 2 inches away from her destination. From the road sign ahead she knows that she is 8 miles away from her destination. What scale is the map using?

1 inch = ______ miles

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

16

Answer

2

Answer

10

Question 14

A model figure of the space station is 4 inches long. If you know the scale for the space station is 1 inch to 5 yards, how long is the actual space station?

Accepted Answer

20 yards

Answer

20 inches

Answer

0.8 inches

Answer

1.25 yards

Question 15

Express the ratio as a fraction in simplest form:

60 inches to 40 inches

Accepted Answer

3/2

Answer

3 to 2

Answer

6/4

Answer

1.5

Question 16

If the scale factor is less than one, the new figure will be

Accepted Answer

a reduction

Answer

an enlargement

Answer

a scale factor

Answer

bigger

Question 17

If the scale factor is greater than one, the new figure will be

Accepted Answer

an enlargement

Answer

a reduction

Answer

a scale

Answer

not proportional

Question 18

If the original is 12 units and the scale factor is 1/4 what is the size of the scale drawing?

Accepted Answer

3 units

Answer

300 units

Answer

4.8 units

Answer

4 units

Question 19

The two rectangles are scale drawings. What is the measurement of x?

Accepted Answer

20

Answer

21

Answer

1.25

Answer

4

Question 20

What is the scale factor if the triangle on the left is the original?

Accepted Answer

1/2

Answer

2

Answer

3/2

Answer

2/3

Question 21

Find the perimeter of the large triangle.

Accepted Answer

36

Answer

24

Answer

12

Answer

54

Question 22

On a map, Memphis, Tennessee, and Jackson, Mississippi, are 5 inches apart. The distance between the cities is actually 210 miles.

What scale was used to create the map?

Accepted Answer

1 inch = 42 miles

Answer

42 inches = 1 mile

Answer

40 inches = 1 mile

Answer

1 inch = 40 miles

Question 23

What is the scale factor?

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

.25

Answer

5

Answer

6

Question 24

Pam drew a scale drawing of a game room. She used the scale 1 inch : 2 feet. If the air hockey table is 5 inches in the drawing, how long is the actual air hockey table?

Accepted Answer

10 Feet

Answer

2.5 Feet

Answer

5 Feet

Answer

15 Feet

Question 25

The original perimeter of a rectangle is 30cm, if we enlarge it by a scale factor of 4 what is the new perimeter?

Accepted Answer

120 cm

Answer

480 cm

Answer

1920 cm

Answer

34 cm

Question 26

Spencer measured a house and its lot and made a scale drawing. He used the scale 3 inches : 2 feet. In the drawing, the deck is 90 inches long. What is the length of the actual deck?

Accepted Answer

60 ft

Answer

6 ft

Answer

180 ft

Answer

270 ft

Question 27

Edgar drew a scale drawing of the town library. The scale of the drawing was 5 centimeters : 2 meters. The parking lot is 34 meters wide in real life. How wide is the parking lot in the drawing?

Accepted Answer

85 cm

Answer

68 cm

Answer

58 cm

Answer

95 cm

Question 28

A building is 360 feet tall. On a scale drawing, 1/4 inch = 10 feet. What is the height of the building in the scale drawing?

Accepted Answer

9 in

Answer

15 in

Answer

7 in

Answer

13 in

Question 29

A blueprint was using a scale of 3cm=4.5m. Find the actual length if it is 5cm on the drawing.

Accepted Answer

7.5

Answer

13.5

Answer

1.5

Answer

1.7

Question 30

The distance between two cities on a map is 4.125 inches. Find the actual distance if the scale on the map is 2 inches = 40 miles.

Accepted Answer

82.5 miles

Answer

165 miles

Answer

50 miles

Answer

41.25 miles

Question 31

To create a model of an artery, a health teacher uses the scale 2.5 cm:0.75 mm. If the diameter of the artery is 2.7 mm, what is the diameter on the model?

Accepted Answer

9 cm

Answer

18 cm

Answer

90 cm

Answer

9 m

Question 32

Vocabulary:  A proportional drawing of an object.

Accepted Answer

scale drawing

Answer

similar figures

Answer

scale

Answer

constant of proportionality

Question 33

Two objects that have the same shape but not the same size are _______.

Accepted Answer

Similar

Answer

Constant

Answer

Equal

Answer

Rational

Question 34

Are these figures similar? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

No, their corresponding sides are not proportional.

Answer

Yes, their shapes are the same

Answer

No, their corresponding sides are not equal.

Answer

Yes, their corresponding sides are proportional

Question 35

A room has an actual width of 20 feet and length of 25 feet.  How should the scale drawing look like if the scale used is 1 unit: 5 feet?

Accepted Answer

D

Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

C

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