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.

mcqeasy1 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?

mcqmedium2 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?

tfmedium1 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.

subjectivemedium3 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.

subjectivehard3 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?