Quiz about Actual Size Scale Drawings

Question 1

Find the height of the tree.

Accepted Answer

15 ft

Answer

8 ft

Answer

12 ft

Answer

13 ft

Question 2

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 3

A rectangular garden is 45 ft wide and 70 ft long. On a blueprint, the width is 9 in. Identify the length on the blueprint.

Accepted Answer

14 in

Answer

7 in

Answer

9 in

Answer

12 in

Question 4

Find missing side

Accepted Answer

7

Answer

5

Answer

9

Answer

11

Question 5

Are the following similar? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

No, the ratios of the corresponding sides are not equal.

Answer

Yes

Answer

No, the corresponding angles are not equal.

Question 6

To find the height of a very tall pine tree, you place a mirror on the ground and stand where you can see the top of the pine tree.  How tall is the tree?

Accepted Answer

72 feet

Answer

144 feet

Answer

36 feet

Question 7

The scale drawing car length is 3 cm. If the scale is 1 cm:4 ft, what is the actual car length?

Accepted Answer

12 feet

Answer

16 feet

Answer

10 feet

Answer

4 feet

Question 8

A flagpole is 1 in.= 4 ft. If the pole measures 12 inches, how tall is the actual pole?

Accepted Answer

48 feet

Answer

16 feet

Answer

3 feet

Answer

9 feet

Question 9

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 10

If the actual dimensions of the kitchen are 24 ft. by 24 ft., what is the scale of the drawing?

Accepted Answer

1cm : 8ft

Answer

1cm : 9ft

Answer

4cm : 1ft

Answer

1cm : 4ft

Question 11

Scale: 1in.=7ft. 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 12

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 13

The scale drawing car length is 3 cm. If the scale is 1 cm:4 ft, what is the actual car length?

Accepted Answer

12 feet

Answer

16 feet

Answer

10 feet

Answer

4 feet

Question 14

Using 2 inches = 35 miles, solve: The distance between Troy City and Ben City is 315 miles. How far apart are they on the map?

Accepted Answer

18 inches

Answer

18 miles

Answer

5512.5 inches

Answer

5512.5 miles

Question 15

Using 2 inches = 35 miles, solve: Marking City is 5 inches away from Jamming City on the map. What is the actual distance between the two cities?

Accepted Answer

87.5 miles

Answer

0.28 miles

Answer

28 miles

Answer

87.5 inches

Question 16

A blueprint of a house has a scale of 1 in = 6 ft. The living room has dimensions (width by length) of 18 ft by 24 ft. What are the dimensions of the living room on the blueprint? (Hint: Use 2 different proportions!)

Accepted Answer

w = 3 in, l = 4 in

Answer

w = 108 in, l = 144 in

Answer

w = 3 in, l = 144 in

Answer

w = 3 ft, l = 4 ft

Question 17

A model of a car has a scale of 3 cm: 2 m. The length of the actual hood of the car is 1 m. What is the length of the hood of the model?

Accepted Answer

1.5 cm

Answer

1.5 m

Answer

15 cm

Answer

6 cm

Question 18

The scale of the map is 1/4 inch: 18 miles. The state capitol is 252 miles from the border. How far is the state capitol from the border on the map?

Accepted Answer

3.5 in

Answer

3.5 mi

Answer

1008 mi

Answer

2.5 mi

Question 19

A model length of 12 cm represents an actual length of 102 feet. The model has a width of 48 cm. What is the width of the actual object?

Accepted Answer

408 ft

Answer

40.8 ft

Answer

408 cm

Answer

5.65 cm

Question 20

A map is drawn to the scale of 1 cm = 2 km. If the distance between the school and post office measures 5 cm on the map, what is the actual distance between them?

Accepted Answer

10 km

Answer

10 cm

Answer

1 cm

Answer

2.5 km

Question 21

Using 1 cm = 2 km: The highway that runs from one end of the city to the opposite end measures 3.5 cm on the map. What is the actual distance of this section of the highway?

Accepted Answer

7 km

Answer

2 km

Answer

1.75 km

Answer

70 km

Question 22

A scale model of a skyscraper is 1.6 inches long, 2.8 inches wide, and 11.2 inches high. The scale is 8 inches = 250 feet. What is the height of the real skyscraper?

Accepted Answer

350 feet

Answer

2800 feet

Answer

350 inches

Answer

2800 inches

Question 23

A scale model of a house is 1 inch long. The actual house is 50 feet long. In the model, the window is 1 1/5 inches tall. How many feet is the actual window?

Accepted Answer

60 ft

Answer

75 ft

Answer

0.024 ft

Answer

50 ft

Question 24

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 25

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

Accepted Answer

235 m

Answer

63 m

Answer

315 m

Answer

630 m

Question 26

Two windows on a blueprint are 1 3/4 cm apart. How many meters apart are the actual windows if the scale is 2 cm = 10 m?

Accepted Answer

8 3/4 m

Answer

5 m

Answer

7 1/2 m

Answer

2 1/4 m

Question 27

A scale model of a house is 1 ft long. The actual house is 36 ft long. In the model, the door is 2 inches high. How many feet high is the actual door? (Hint: you will need to convert between inches and feet for one of the numbers!)

Accepted Answer

6 ft

Answer

12 ft

Answer

18 ft

Answer

4 ft

Question 28

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 29

How many inches long would the train model be?

Accepted Answer

7.5 in

Answer

5.5 in

Answer

6.5 in

Answer

9.5 in

Question 30

How many centimeters would the model of the arch be?

Accepted Answer

48 cm

Answer

40 cm

Answer

46 cm

Answer

44 cm

Question 31

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?

Accepted Answer

150 m

Answer

125 m

Answer

175 m

Answer

6 m

Question 32

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

Accepted Answer

77.1 m

Answer

7.71 m

Answer

7 m

Answer

15.7 m

Question 33

On this map, the distance from Raleigh to Wilson is 4 inches. What is the scale of the map?

Accepted Answer

1 inch = 10 miles

Answer

1 inch = 80 miles

Answer

1 inch = 40 miles

Answer

1 inch = 1 mile

Question 34

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

Accepted Answer

175 miles

Answer

200 miles

Answer

100 miles

Answer

125 miles

Question 35

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

Accepted Answer

9 cm

Answer

90 cm

Answer

18 cm

Answer

9 m

Question 36

Kari is traveling to the mountains with her family. On a map the scale is 1 inch = 10 miles. If it is 276 miles to the mountains, what is the distance on the map?

Accepted Answer

27.6 in

Answer

2760 in

Answer

27600 in

Answer

2.76 in

Question 37

The length of a highway is 900 miles. If 0.5 inch on a map represents 50 miles, what is the length of the highway on the map?

Accepted Answer

9 inches

Answer

9,000 miles

Answer

90,000 miles

Answer

2 inches

Question 38

A model is built to a scale of 1 in = 5 yd. If a model airplane is 4 inches long, how long is the actual plane?

Accepted Answer

20 yards

Answer

15 yards

Answer

1/5 yards

Answer

5 yards

Question 39

To solve scale drawing problems, what do you need to use?

Accepted Answer

Proportions

Answer

Your friend

Answer

Formulas

Answer

Pictures

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