Mastering Scale Drawing: Dimensions and Comparisons

A map has a scale of 1 inch to 5 miles. If two cities are 3 inches apart on the map, how many miles apart are they in real life?

• 15 miles

• 10 miles

• 5 miles

• 20 miles

A blueprint of a house shows the living room as 4 inches by 6 inches. If the scale is 1 inch to 2 feet, what are the actual dimensions of the living room in feet?

• 4 feet by 10 feet

• 8 feet by 12 feet

• 6 feet by 8 feet

• 10 feet by 12 feet

A model car is built at a scale of 1:20. If the actual car is 15 feet long, how long is the model car?

• 1.5 feet

• 2 feet

• 0.5 feet

• 0.75 feet

A park is represented on a map with a scale of 1 cm to 10 m. If the distance between two playgrounds on the map is 7 cm, what is the actual distance between them?

• 50 m

• 100 m

• 30 m

• 70 m

A drawing of a garden shows a rectangular area that is 5 inches wide and 8 inches long. If the scale is 1 inch to 3 feet, what are the actual dimensions of the garden in feet?

• 10 feet wide and 15 feet long

• 12 feet wide and 20 feet long

• 18 feet wide and 30 feet long

• 15 feet wide and 24 feet long

Two similar triangles are drawn on a piece of paper. Triangle A has sides of 3 cm, 4 cm, and 5 cm. If Triangle B is scaled up by a factor of 2, what are the lengths of the sides of Triangle B?

• 6 cm, 8 cm, 10 cm

• 8 cm, 10 cm, 12 cm

• 4 cm, 5 cm, 6 cm

• 5 cm, 6 cm, 7 cm

A scale model of a building is made with a scale of 1:50. If the model is 2 meters tall, how tall is the actual building in meters?

• 50 meters

• 75 meters

• 100 meters

• 120 meters

A city map shows a distance of 10 cm between two landmarks. If the scale of the map is 1 cm to 100 m, how far apart are the landmarks in real life?

• 2000 m

• 500 m

• 1000 m

• 1500 m

A drawing of a rectangular swimming pool is 6 inches long and 4 inches wide. If the scale is 1 inch to 2 yards, what are the actual dimensions of the pool in yards?

• 14 yards by 10 yards

• 10 yards by 6 yards

• 12 yards by 8 yards

• 8 yards by 4 yards

A scale drawing of a car shows it to be 5 inches long. If the scale is 1 inch to 3 feet, how long is the actual car in feet?

• 15 feet

• 10 feet

• 12 feet

• 18 feet