Grade 12 Scale Drawing Worksheet

Grade 12 Scale Drawing

Read each question carefully and provide your answers in the space provided. Show all your work for calculations.

1. A map has a scale of 1:25,000. If two cities are 10 cm apart on the map, what is the actual distance between them?

2. A scale model of a building is 1.5 meters tall. If the actual building is 30 meters tall, what is the scale of the model?

1. A scale drawing is a drawing of a real object with accurate   reduced or enlarged by a certain amount (called the  ).

2. If a scale is 1 cm : 5 km, then 1 cm on the map represents   km in real life.

1. A rectangular park measures 200 meters by 150 meters. If you want to create a scale drawing of the park with a scale of 1:500, what would be the dimensions of the park in your drawing? Show your calculations.

2. An architect is designing a new house. The living room is 6 meters long in the actual house. On the blueprint, the living room is 12 cm long. What is the scale of the blueprint?

Determine the scale factor for the following scenarios. Express your answer as a ratio (e.g., 1:100).

Use the ruler illustration to help you answer the following question.

1. Draw a line segment that represents an actual length of 3 meters using a scale of 1:100. Label the length of your drawn line segment.