Proportionality Scale Drawing

A model of a planned baseball stadium is 2 ft wide. The actual stadium will be 200 yd wide. What is the scale?

• 2 feet = 50 yards

• 1 foot = 200 yards

• 1 foot = 100 yards

• 1 foot = 50 yards

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

• 300 miles

• 1000 miles

• 900 miles

• 600 miles

What is the measure of the side that corresponds with FE? 

• 10

• 6

• 8

• 15

Are these figures similar? Why or why not?

• Yes, their shapes are the same

• No, their corresponding sides are not equal.

• No, their corresponding sides are not proportional.

• Yes, their corresponding sides are proportional

A drawing of a flagpole uses the scale 1 in = 4 ft. If the pole measures 12 inches in drawing, how tall is the actual pole?

• 16 feet

• 3 feet

• 48 feet

• 9 feet

What is the length of the rope?

• 8 ft

• 12 ft

• 12.5 ft

• 25 ft

A room has an actual width of 20 feet and length of 25 feet.  How should the scale drawing look like if the scale used is 1 unit: 5 feet?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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

• Constant

• Equal

• Similar

• Rational

Find missing side

• 5

• 7

• 9

• 11

If the actual width of the backyard is 49 feet, how wide is it in the drawing?

• 14 in

• 7 in

• 42 in

• 56 in