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Directions: Read carefully.

1.
Polygon A is a scaled drawing for polygon B using a scale factor of 1:5. Polygon A's area is what fraction of polygon B's area?

Choose:
1/5
5/1
1/25
25/1
congused bear

 

 

2.
In a catalog, a scale drawing of a rectangular rug measures 2 inches by 3 inches, as shown. If the width of the actual rug is 4.5 feet, what is the area of the actual rug, in square feet?
Choose:
13.5 sq.ft.
30.375 sq.ft.
30.25 sq.ft. 32.275 sq.ft.
rug

 

 

3.
 A scale drawing has a ½ inch = 5 feet scale.
a) The actual area of a square patio is 400 square feet. What is the area of the scale drawing of the patio, in square inches?
Choose:
2 sq.in.
4 sq.in.
16 sq.in.
20 sq.in.
patio
 

b) The actual patio is going to be extended an additional 15 feet. How many inches must the scale drawing of the patio be increased?
Choose:
3 inches
3 feet
 1½ inches 1½ feet

 

 

4.
 The blueprint of a rectangular cement driveway has a scale of 1 inch = 12 feet. The actual driveway is 96 feet long, with an area of 2,304 square feet.
a) What is the width of the driveway, on the blueprint, in inches?
Choose:
1½ inches
4 inches
2 inches
 6 inches
people
  b) What is the area of the driveway on the blueprint, in square inches?
Choose:
16 sq.in.
20 sq.in.
 24 sq.in. 26 sq.in.

 

 

5.
A scale drawing of the square sign at the entrance to Kenya National Park has a side length of 24 inches. If the scale of the drawing is 1 inch = ¾ feet, what is the actual area, in square feet, of the entrance sign?

Choose:
144 sq. ft.
324 sq. ft.
480 sq. ft.
576 sq. ft.
kenha

 

 

6.
The square traffic sign shown at the right measures 20 inches on each side. In a scale drawing of the sign, ¼ inch = 2 inches. What will be the area of the sign in the scale drawing?

Choose:
400 sq. in.
100 sq. in.
8¾ sq. in.
6¼ sq. in.
lowclearance

 

 

7.
A small triangle is being enlarged, as shown at the right.
a) What is the height of the original, small triangle, in inches?
Choose:
0.5 in.
0.4 in.
1½ in.
¾ in.
STenalrge
  b) What is the ratio of the area of the small triangle to the area of its enlargement?
Choose:
1 : 30
1 : 60
1 : 300
1 : 900

 

 

8.
A toy car measures 2.6 inches in length.
The actual car measures 15.6 feet in length.
a) Which choice expresses the scale ratio in this situation?
Choose:
1 in. = 4.8 ft.
1 in. = 5 ft.
1 in. = 6 ft.
 1 in. = 7.2 ft.
toycar
b) The toy car is sold in a small box. The length of the box is 2.8 inches, the width is 1.75 inches, and the height is 0.9 inches. If the actual car could be put in a similar box, what would be the volume of that box?
Choose:
4.41 cu.ft.
687.96 cu.ft.
176.4 cu.ft.
 952.56 cu.ft.

 


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