Area Scale Drawings

Triangle DGF is a scale copy of Triangle EGD. Find the value of x.

• 4.8

• 6.4

• 7.5

• 8

Scale: 1in.=7ft. The actual width of the backyard is 49 ft, how wide is it in the drawing?

• 14 in 

• 7 in

• 42 in

• 56 in

A blueprint was using a scale of 3cm=4.5m. Find the actual length if it is 5cm on the drawing.

• 7.5

• 13.5

• 1.5

• 1.7

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

The windows in the drawing are 1¾ cm apart, how many meters apart are the actual windows if the scale is 2 cm=10 m?

• 8¾ m

• 7½ m

• 5 m

• 2¼ m

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

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

What is the scale factor from triangle ABC to triangle DEF?

• 1/2

• 7/3

• 2/1

• 10/3

What is the scale factor from ABCD to MNOP?

• 2/3

• 3/2

• 2

• 3

What is the scale factor from the smaller quadrilateral to the larger?

• scale factor = 4

• scale factor = 10

• scale factor = 3

• scale factor = 2