practice sheet
Scale Drawings: Practice Sheet (7.G.A.1)
Total Marks: 10Passing: 60%
Show your working for each problem. Watch your units, and remember that area scales by the square of the scale factor.
mcq • easy1 Marks
Q1.
A floor plan uses a scale of 1 cm : 1.5 m. A bedroom wall is 6 cm on the plan. What is its actual length?
mcq • medium2 Marks
Q2.
A model car is built to a scale of 1 : 24. The real car is 480 cm long. How long is the model?
tf • medium1 Marks
Q3.
True or False: A rectangle on a scale drawing is 2 cm by 3 cm at a scale of 1 cm : 4 m. Its actual area is 96 m².
subjective • medium3 Marks
Q4.
A rectangular garden is drawn 5 cm by 4 cm using a scale of 1 cm : 3 m. Calculate the actual area of the garden. Show your working.
subjective • hard3 Marks
Q5.
A drawing has a scale of 1 cm : 6 m. You want to redraw it at a scale of 1 cm : 2 m. A wall that was 3 cm on the original drawing will be how long on the new drawing?