Scale Drawings Word Problems Practice

A blueprint for a house has a scale of 1 inch = 10 feet. If the actual length of the living room is 30 feet, what is the length of the living room on the blueprint?

• 20 inches

• 3 inches

• 15 inches

• 5 inches

A map has a scale of 1 inch = 50 miles. If two cities are 250 miles apart, how far apart are they on the map?

• 100 inches

• 5 inches

• 10 inches

• 2 inches

A model car is 6 inches long and the actual car is 15 feet long. What is the scale of the model car?

• 1:30

• 1:15

• 1:20

• 1:10

A rectangular garden is 24 feet long and 18 feet wide. If it is drawn on a scale of 1 inch = 4 feet, what are the dimensions of the garden on the drawing?

• 12 inches by 9 inches

• 3 inches by 2.25 inches

• 8 inches by 6 inches

• 6 inches by 4.5 inches

If the actual dimensions of the kitchen are 24 ft. by 24 ft., what is the scale of the drawing?

• 1cm : 9ft

• 1cm : 8ft

• 4cm : 1ft

• 1cm : 4ft

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

The pair of figures is similar. Find the missing side.

• x = 9

• x = 28

• x = 7

• x = 63

Solve for X.

• 2 ft

• 3 ft

• 4 ft

• 6 ft

A blueprint for a room has a scale of 1 inch = 2 feet. If the actual length of the room is 16 feet, what is the length of the room on the blueprint?

• 4 inches

• 8 inches

• 12 inches

• 20 inches

A map has a scale of 1 inch = 100 miles. If a distance on the map is 2.5 inches, how far is it in actual miles?

• 25 miles

• 100 miles

• 500 miles

• 250 miles