Scale Drawings Word Problems

The distance between two cities on a map is 4.5 centimeters. The map uses a scale in which 1 centimeter represents 20 kilometers. What is the actual distance between these two cities in kilometers?

• 900 km

• 90 km

• 9 km

• 0.225 km

Ann drew a map of the Panama Canal. In the scale Ann used for the map, 4 centimeters represents 25 kilometers. The actual length of the Panama Canal is 82 kilometers. What is the length in centimeters of the Panama Canal on Ann's map?

• 13.12 cm

• 328 cm

• 15 cm

• 3280 cm

Cory made a scale model of the San Jacinto Monument. The monument has an actual height of 604 feet. Cory's model used a scale in which 1.5 inch represents 100 feet. What is the height in inces of Cory's model?

• 9.6 in

• 96 in

• 9.06 in

• 9.006 in

A scale model of a building uses a scale in which 2 inches represents 55 feet. The height of the scale model of th e building is 33 inches. What is the height of the building in feet?

• 1 ft

• 3 ft

• 10.5 ft

• 907.5 ft

The actual distance between two cities is 125 kilometers. A map uses a scale in which 1 centimeter represents 40 kilometers. What is the distance on the map in centimeters?

• 50 cm

• 500 cm

• 31.25 cm

• 3.125 cm

A blueprint for a house has a scale of 1 inch = 10 feet. If the actual length of the living room is 30 feet, what is the length of the living room on the blueprint?

• 20 inches

• 3 inches

• 15 inches

• 5 inches

A map has a scale of 1 inch = 50 miles. If two cities are 250 miles apart, how far apart are they on the map?

• 100 inches

• 5 inches

• 10 inches

• 2 inches

A model car is 6 inches long and the actual car is 15 feet long. What is the scale of the model car?

• 1:30

• 1:15

• 1:20

• 1:10

A rectangular garden is 24 feet long and 18 feet wide. If it is drawn on a scale of 1 inch = 4 feet, what are the dimensions of the garden on the drawing?

• 12 inches by 9 inches

• 3 inches by 2.25 inches

• 8 inches by 6 inches

• 6 inches by 4.5 inches

A blueprint for a room has a scale of 1 inch = 2 feet. If the actual length of the room is 16 feet, what is the length of the room on the blueprint?

• 4 inches

• 8 inches

• 12 inches

• 20 inches