Scale Factor and Scale Drawings

From Denver to Chicago = 3 in. If the scale is 1 in = 300 miles, find the actual distance.

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

What is the scale factor from ΔABC to ΔDEF?

• 1/2

• 7/3

• 2

• 10/3

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CCSS.8.G.A.4

CCSS.HSG.SRT.A.2

What is the scale factor if the triangle on the left is the original?

• 2

• 3/2

• 2/3

• 1/2

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

A map has a scale of 1 cm=5km.  On the map, two cities are 3 cm apart. What is the actual distance between these cities? 

• 7 km

• 5 km

• 15 km

• 17 km 

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2C

Pam drew a scale drawing of a game room. She used the scale 1 inch : 2 feet. If the air hockey table is 5 inches in the drawing, how long is the actual air hockey table?

• 10 Feet

• 2.5 Feet

• 5 Feet

• 15 Feet

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

Irene measured a shopping center and made a scale drawing. The scale she used was 2 inches : 1 foot. If a bakery in the shopping center is 104 inches in the drawing, how long is the actual bakery?

• 52 ft

• 208 ft

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

Alan drew a scale drawing of a house and its lot. The scale he used was 1 millimeter : 5 meters. In the drawing, the lawn in the backyard is 10 millimeters long. What is the length of the actual lawn?

• 50 m

• 2 m

• 10 m

• 5 m

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

Kenny drew a scale drawing of a swimming pool. The scale of the drawing was 2 centimeters : 1 meter. If the pool is 26 centimeters in the drawing, how wide is the actual pool?

• 13 m

• 2 m

• 1 m

• 52 m

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

What is the scale factor?

• 4

• 25

• 5

• 6

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

On a map, the distance between Louisville, Kentucky, and Nashville, Tennessee, is 1 3/4 inches. The scale of the map is 1 in:100 mi. What is the actual distance between the two cities?

• 200 miles

• 175 miles

• 100 miles

• 125 miles

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B