Grade 9 Scale Drawing Worksheet
A Grade 9 math worksheet focusing on scale drawings, including calculating scale factors, real-world distances, and drawing scaled objects.
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Scale Drawing Practice
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Read each question carefully and show all your work. Use the given scale to calculate real distances or draw scaled objects.
1. A map has a scale of 1 cm : 50 km. If the distance between two cities on the map is 7 cm, what is the actual distance between the cities?
2. On a blueprint, a wall is drawn as 10 inches long. If the actual wall is 20 feet long, what is the scale of the blueprint? (Express in inches : feet)
1. If a drawing has a scale of 1:100, then 1 unit on the drawing represents units in real life.
2. A model car is built with a scale factor of 1:24. If the real car is 4.8 meters long, the model car will be centimeters long.
3. The Empire State Building is approximately 443 meters tall. If a scale model is 80 cm tall, the scale factor of the model is 1 : .
1. A photograph of an insect is enlarged so that its length in the photo is 12 cm. If the actual insect is 2 cm long, what is the scale of the photograph?
1:6
6:1
1:2
2:1
1. Draw a rectangle with actual dimensions of 6 meters by 4 meters using a scale of 1 cm : 1 meter. Label the dimensions of your drawing.
2. A scale model of a building is 30 cm tall. If the actual building is 150 meters tall, and the model's base is 10 cm by 8 cm, what are the actual dimensions of the building's base?