Scale Drawings

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1.
A map has a scale of . What does this mean?
1. a)1 cm in real life = 10,000 cm on the map
2. b)1 cm on the map = 10,000 cm in real life
3. c)Every 10,000 cm is shown as 10,000 cm
4. d)The map is 10,000 times bigger than reality
2.
A map has a scale of . A road is 5 cm on the map. How many cm is it in real life?
3.
To create a scale drawing of your room, you need to make it smaller. Should you multiply or divide the actual measurements?
1. a)Multiply by the scale factor
2. b)Add the scale factor
3. c)Divide by the scale factor
4. d)Subtract the scale factor
4.
A room is 800 cm long. You want to draw it at scale . How many cm long will the drawing be?
5.
On a map with scale , two towns are 8 cm apart. What is the actual distance in kilometers?
6.
A model car is 15 cm long. The real car is 450 cm long. What is the scale of the model?
1. a)
2. b)
3. c)
4. d)
7.
On a blueprint at scale , a window is 2.4 cm wide. What is the actual width in cm?
8.
A bedroom is 5 m by 4 m. You want to draw it at scale . What will the dimensions be in cm?
9.
A floor plan has scale . A couch measures 2 cm on the plan. How long is the actual couch?
1. a)200 cm (2 m)
2. b)2,000 cm (20 m)
3. c)0.02 cm
4. d)20 cm
10.
A model building is 45 cm tall. The actual building is 90 m tall. What scale was used?
11.
On a map with scale , how many cm on the map represents 3.5 km in reality?
12.
An architect's blueprint uses scale . A corridor measures 4 cm on the blueprint. How long is the actual corridor?
1. a)30 cm
2. b)3 m
3. c)3.75 m
4. d)300 cm
13.
A park is drawn at scale . The drawing measures 8 cm by 5 cm. What is the actual area of the park in square meters?
14.
A toy train is built at scale . The real train is 174 cm tall. How many cm tall is the toy?
15.
You want to fit a floor plan of a 12 m by 9 m room on an A4 paper (21 cm by 29.7 cm). What is the largest scale you can use? (Choose from , , or )