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1.
A drawing of a cereal box, as shown at the right, has a scale of 1 inch to 1 foot.
What is the actual height, in inches, of the cereal box?

Choose:
1.5"
12"
18"
24"
cereal

 

 

2.
Elaina rides her scooter along a path in the orchard to inspect the trees. The drawing below shows a section of her path where
1 inch = 150 feet. How far, in feet, does she travel on the path from point A, through point B, up to point C?
Choose:
465 feet
558 feet
645 feet
 725 feet
orchard

 

 

3.
The layout of the Smith's new kitchen shows a scale of 1 centimeter = 3¼ feet. If the length of the kitchen is 4¾ cm on the scale drawing, what is the actual length, in feet, of the kitchen?

Choose:
kit1
kit2
kit3
kit4
planhouse

 

 

4.
The scale on a treasure-map shows that 5 centimeters = 4 kilometers.
a) What number of centimeters on the map represents an actual distance of 10 kilometers?
Choose:
2.5 cm
5.5 cm
10.5 cm
12.5 cm

b) What is the actual number of kilometers that is represented by 2 centimeters on the map?
Choose:
1.2 kilometers
1.6 kilometers
1.8 kilometers
2 kilometers
treasuremap

 

 

5.
A new stuffed gator is being advertised with small stickers of the gator being handed out at local toy stores. The scale of the sticker height to the actual gator height is 1" to 6". If the height of the sticker is 2.5 ", what is the actual height of the gator?
Choose:
12 in.
14 in.
15 in.
18 in.

gator

 

 

6.
On a drawing, a length of 48 feet is represented by 12 inches. Under this scale, ¼ inch represents ___ feet.
Choose:
1 foot
1.2 feet
1.5 feet
2 feet
dinosaur

 

 

7.
An antique truck is 5 feet wide and 8.5 feet long. A model replica of the truck is 1.5 inches wide. What is the length of the model, in inches?

Choose:
2.5 in.
2.55 in.
3.1 in.
3.5 in.
truck

 

 

8.
A scale drawing is made of a triceratops, as shown. If the scale for the drawing is ¼" = 2.5 ft., what is the actual length of the triceratops being modeled, in feet?

Choose:
15'
20'
25'
30'
tritops

 

 

9.
Karen drew a scale drawing of a swimming pool. The scale of her drawing is 1 inch = 5 feet. If the length of pool is 35 feet, how long was the pool in her drawing?
pool
Choose:
5 inches
6 inches
6.5 inches
7 inches

 

 

10.
ΔABC is similar to ΔDEF.
If the scale factor between the triangles is 1 to 2.5, what is the height of the larger triangle?

Choose:
3.5
3.9
3.8
4.2
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