Grade 11 Scale Drawing Worksheet

Scale Drawing Practice

Read each question carefully and show all your work. Use the provided space for your answers.

1. A map has a scale of 1:50,000. If two cities are 5 cm apart on the map, what is the actual distance between them?

2. A model car is built to a scale of 1:24. If the actual car is 4.8 meters long, what is the length of the model car in centimeters?

3. The ratio of a length on a drawing to the corresponding length on the actual object is called the  .

4. If a scale drawing has a scale of 1:100, an object that is 5 meters long in reality would be   cm long in the drawing.

5. A blueprint for a house uses a scale of 1 inch : 4 feet. If a room measures 3.5 inches by 4 inches on the blueprint, what are the actual dimensions of the room?

6. An architect is designing a new park. On her drawing, a circular pond has a diameter of 10 cm. If the actual pond is to have a diameter of 20 meters, what is the scale of her drawing?

7. Consider the rectangle below, which is a scale drawing of a rectangular garden. The drawing has a scale of 1 cm : 2.5 meters.

8. A scale factor of 2:1 means the drawing is twice as large as the actual object.