Proportions Using Scale Drawings

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

• 14 in

• 7 in

• 42 in

• 56 in

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?

• 6 m
• 10 m
• 18 m
• 60 m

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

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

• 63 m
• 235 m
• 315 m
• 630 m

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

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

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?

• 90 ft
• 7.5 ft 
• 4.5 ft
• 45 in

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?

• 200 miles
• 175 miles
• 100 miles
• 125 miles

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

• reduction
• enlargement
• scale factor
• center of dilation

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?

• 100 km
• 130 km
• 70 km
• 150 km

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?

• 16 feet

• 3 feet

• 48 feet

• 9 feet