Scale Drawing and Scale Factors

Amanda made a scale drawing of a square garden, which has a side length of 25 feet. She used the scale 2 inches = 5 feet.

What will be the area of the scale drawing?

• 10 in²

• 25 in²

• 100 in²

• 484 in²

Robbie made a scale drawing of a neighborhood park. A soccer field in the park is 14 inches long in the drawing. The actual field is 98 yards long. What is the scale of the drawing?1 inch = _ yards

• 1372

• 5

• 14

• 7

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

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

• 1/2

• 7/3

• 2/1

• 10/3

The two rectangles are scale drawings. What is the measurement of x?

• 21

• 1.25

• 20

• 4

A Lego model of the Burj Khalifa was created using a scale of 1 foot = 650 feet. If the lego model reaches a height of 4.18 feet, what is the height of the Burj Khalifa?

• 2,717 feet

• 2, 152 feet

• 2, 376 feet

The blue triangle is the preimage, the green triangle is the image. The image shows​​ (a)   and the scale factor is​ (b)   ​

• an enlargement

• 2

• a reduction

• 5

• 4

A scale drawing of Mt. Marcy is 17.8 inches high. Determine the actual height of Mt. Marcy if the scale used for the drawing was 1.5 inches = 450 feet.

• 8,010 feet

• 5,340 feet

• 12,015 feet

The blue triangle is the preimage, the green triangle is the image.

The image shows​​ (a)   and the scale factor is​ (b)   ​

• an enlargement

• 2

• a reduction

• 5

• 4

The scale for a flagpole is 3 in = 8 ft.  If the drawing of the flagpole is 7.5 inches in height, how tall is the ACTUAL flagpole?

• 180 feet

• 3.1 feet

• 20 feet

• 9 feet