Scale Drawing Reduction

Is the drawing of the house a reduction or enlargement of the actual house?

• Reduction

• Enlargement

Is the bee on the right a reduction or an enlargement of the bee on the left?

• Reduction

• Enlargement

Indiana is 36,418 mi² in area. Does the map shown represent a reduction or enlargement of the actual state of Indiana?

• Reduction

• Enlargement

Jamal is making a scale drawing of his property. The drawing is 15 inches long (y). Jamal's actual property is 225 feet long (x). What is the scale factor that Jamal is using in his drawing?

• 1/15

• 210

• 15

• 230

Thomas has a scale drawing for his club house. The measurements are 4 in. by 8 in. What is the scale factor being used if the scale on the drawing is 1 in. = 2 ft?

• k = 1/2

• k = 1

• k = 3

• k = 0.25

Alexander is drawing a map of the Federal Triangle in Washington, D.C. The actual Federal Triangle has a base of 3,000 feet (x). Alexander needs his drawing to fit on his paper, so he decides to make the base of his triangle 10 inches (y). What is the scale factor that Alexander is using?

• k = 1/300

• k = 300

• k = 3

• k = 1/3

A map is drawn with a scale of 1 inch = 15 miles. Nicole measured the distance to the next town as 3.5 inches. How many miles does she have to travel to get to the next town?

• 52.5 miles

• 4.29 miles

• 11.5 miles

• 3.5 miles

Mr. Lloyd wants to build a doll house for his daughter that is proportional to their house. He measured the living room of his house and it is 12.25 ft by 16 3/4 feet. What will be the dimensions of the doll house living room if every foot of the actual house is equal to 1/2 inch in the doll house?

• 6.125 inches by 8 3/8 inches

• 24.50 inches by 33 1/2 inches

• 6.125 inches by 33 1/2 inches

• 24.50 inches by 8 3/8 inches

The scale drawing represents a plot of ground for growing vegetables. In the scale drawing: 1/8 inch corresponds to 5 feet.

What is the actual area of ground, in square feet, for growing vegetables?

• 4,950 square feet

• 145 square feet

• 2.02 square feet

• 495 square feet

The triangle shown is a scale drawing of an actual triangle sculpture. The scale used to make the drawing was 2 units in the drawing = 3 meters in the actual triangle. What is the area of the actual triangle.

Area=1/2bh

• 18 m²

• 72 m²

• 32 m²

• 36 m²