Scale Drawing

Jamie made a scale drawing of his apartment building.  The building is 300 ft tall.  He wants his scale to be 1 inch : 10 ft.  How tall should his building be in his scale drawing?

• 25 inches

• 60 inches

• 1/30 inch

• 30 inches

A scale drawing of a house shows 9cm ×10cm. If 6cm=12 ft, what are the actual dimensions?

• 9ft x 10ft

• 1ft x 2ft

• 12ft x 6ft

• 18ft x 20ft

A two-dimensional drawing that is similar to the object it represents

• Scale model

• Scale drawing

• Proportion

• Ratio

Jane made a scale drawing of a house where

1 in = 10 ft

 

 

If she wants to change the scale to 1 in = 20 ft what would her new scale drawing look like?

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A scale factor less than one creates ....

• a reduction

• an enlargement

• an exact copy

• none of the above

A scale factor less than one creates ....

• a reduction

• an enlargement

• an exact copy

• none of the above

The table describes two dilations with the center of dilation at the origin. Which rule describes each dilation?

What kind of scale drawing will take place when given the Scale Factor of 3.

• Enlargement

• Reduction

True or False: The scale tells us what some length on the scale drawing represents in actual length

• True

• False

Your scale is 1 inch to 5 miles. If the drawing shows a road that is 2 inches long, how many miles is the actual road?

• 5 miles

• 2.5 miles

• 10 miles

• 7 miles