Grade 7 Scale Drawing Worksheet

Scale Drawing Practice

Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show all your work for full credit.

1. If a map has a scale of 1 cm = 5 km, what actual distance does 3 cm on the map represent?

2. A model car is built with a scale of 1:24. If the model car is 20 cm long, what is the actual length of the car in meters?

3. A scale drawing is a drawing that shows a real object with accurate   but different  .

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

5. A dinosaur model has a scale of 1 inch = 10 feet. If the real dinosaur was 40 feet tall, how tall is the model?

6. A map scale indicates that 2 cm represents 10 km. How many kilometers are represented by 5 cm on the map?

7. A rectangular room is 8 meters long and 6 meters wide. Draw a scale drawing of the room using a scale of 1 cm = 2 meters. Label the dimensions.

8. If a scale is 1:100, it means that 1 unit on the drawing represents 100 units in real life.

9. A scale factor greater than 1 means the drawing is larger than the actual object.

10. A map has a scale where 1 inch represents 20 miles. If two cities are 3.5 inches apart on the map, what is the actual distance between them?