Scale Drawings Practice

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

Which of the following is a scaled copy of figure A?

• B

• C

• D

Here is a polygon on a grid. If you were to draw a scaled copy with a perimeter of 30 units, what would be the length of the longest side?

• 9

• 6

• 3

• 12

On a map, the distance between two towns in 2.6 cm. The scale of the map is 1 cm:50 km. What is the actual distance between the two towns?

• 100 km

• 130 km

• 70 km

• 150 km

Two objects that are the same shape but not the same size are _______.

• Congruent

• Vertical

• Similar

• Complementary 

Find the perimeter of the large triangle.

• 24

• 36

• 12

• 54

This scale drawing shows a parking lot. What is the actual (real) length of the longer side of the lot? 

• 63 m

• 235 m

• 315 m

• 630 m

A blueprint was using a scale of 1 : 150.

Find the actual length if it is 5 cm on the drawing.

• 7.5 m

• 750 m

• 7.5 cm

• 75 cm

Scale is 1cm = 8km. Hatboro and Smithville are 24 cm apart on the map, what is the actual distance between the 2 cities?

On a map, the distance between two towns in 2.6 cm. The scale of the map is 1 cm : 50 km. What is the actual distance between the two towns?

• 100 km

• 130 km

• 70 km

• 150 km