Worksheet: Scale Drawings and Models

Given a scale drawing, which of the following is equal to the scale?

Given a scale drawing, which of the following is equal to the real length?

Determine the scale factor for .

Determine the scale factor for the following: 1 inch = 4 feet.

The radii of two circles are 12 cm and 4 cm. Find the scale factor of the first circle to the second.

At a scary movie opening, a cardboard model of the monster was 9 inches tall. In the movie, the monster’s actual height was 53 feet. What was the scale of the model?

An engineer makes a model of 600-meter-tall tower to a scale of . What is the model’s height in centimeters?

A scale model of a building is 4.8 inches tall. If 2 inches on the model scale up to 25 feet in reality, determine the actual height of the building.

A map is scaled such that every in is equivalent to 50 mi. How many miles are represented by 4 inches on the map?

An insect’s body is 9 centimeters long with 21-centimeter legs. Determine the length of its legs in a model where its body is 3 meters long.

William is drawing a map to a scale of . If the distance between two cities on the map is 4.5 cm, find the actual distance between them in kilometers.

A model of a tree is made using a scale of . Find the height of the actual tree if the height of the model is in.

If the scale factor from a statue to a reduced model for a display is 16 feet to 7 feet, and the height of the original statue is 55 feet, find the height of the model.

A picture with width 13 mm and height 37 mm is magnified so that its width becomes 3.25 cm and height becomes cm. Find the value of .

Jacob drew a map of his school using a scale of 1 inch for every 10 ft. Determine the distance with which the 800 feet between the playground and the boys restroom would be represented on the map.

Determine the actual area of the given square which is drawn to a scale of 15 cm = 4 km.

Using the shown scale drawing of a room, determine its actual length if its actual width is 36 feet.