Scale Factors and Scale Drawings

Amanda made a scale drawing of a square garden, which has a side length of 25 feet. She used the scale 2 inches = 5 feet.

What will be the area of the scale drawing?

• 10 in²

• 25 in²

• 100 in²

• 484 in²

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

Robbie made a scale drawing of a neighborhood park. A soccer field in the park is 14 inches long in the drawing. The actual field is 98 yards long. What is the scale of the drawing? 1 inch = _ yards

• 1372

• 5

• 14

• 7

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2C

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

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

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

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

Choose the correct scale factor:

• 2

• 3

• 1/3

• 1/2

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.2

The width of the parking lot is shorter than the length. The width of the actual parking lot is 48 feet. How many feet of the parking lot are represented by 1 centimeter on the scale drawing?

• 15

• 16

• 3.75

• 153.6

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

If the scale factor is greater than one, the new figure will be

• reduction

• enlargement

• scale

• not proportional

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

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.

• 165 miles

• 50 miles

• 82.5 miles

• 41.25 miles

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scale factors

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

• Enlargement

• Reduction

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

If the scale factor is less than one, the new figure will be

• an enlargement

• a reduction

• a scale factor

• bigger

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CCSS.8.G.A.3