Scale Drawings

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The distance from the police station to the harbor on the map is 6 inches. In real life, the police station is 36 miles from the harbor. Which one of the following gives the scale used on the map?

Mike is drawing a map of his town. He uses a scale of 1 inch = 5 miles. If the distance from the library to the museum is 15 miles, how far will the library be from the museum on the map?

Jess drew a scale drawing of a movie theater. The scale she used on the drawing was 4 inches = 5 feet. In real life, the walkway at the movie theater was 30 feet long. What will be the length of the walkway on Jess's drawing

Mr. Ortiz used similar triangles to make a design. Which statement about the triangles in the design must be true?

Triangle MNO is similar to triangle PQR. What is the measure of the missing angle of triangle PQR?

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Manny drew a map of his village. He used a scale of 3 inches = 5 miles. If the distance from his house to the gate of his village is 12.5 miles, what was the distance from his house to the gate of the village on the map?

A man is standing near a lamp post. The man is 72 inches tall and is casting a shadow on the ground that is 8 inches long. If the lamp post's shadow is 12 in long, how much taller is the lamp post than the man?

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Harry made a scale model of a water tank. The scale he used on the model was 2 inches to 7 meters. If the water tank model was 9 inches tall, what was the actual height of the water tank?

The distance from the coffee shop to the school is 10 miles. On the map, the coffee shop is 7.5 inches from the school. Which one of the following gives the scale used on the map?

Carl drew a scale drawing of a pyramid. The scale he used on the drawing was 1 inch = 25 meters. If the pyramid was 5 inches tall in the drawing, what was the actual height of the pyramid?

The two triangles are similar. What is the measure of the missing length?

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Find the length of side DE in the triangle below.

The tree on the sidewalk stands 24 feet tall. Nearby there is a lamp post that stands 12 feet tall. On a sunny morning the tree is casting a shadow that is 3 feet long on the ground. How long is the shadow of the lamp post?

Robert made a scale model of a swimming pool. The scale he used on the model was 2 inches = 5 feet. In real life, the swimming pool was 35 feet long. What will be the length of the swimming pool on the scale model that Robert made?

Bernard drew a scale drawing of a tower. The scale he used on the drawing was 1 inch = 4 meters. If the tower was 8 inches tall in the drawing, what was the actual height of the tower?

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The distance from the mall to the clock tower on the map is 5 inches. In real life, the mall is 17.5 miles from the clock tower. Which one of the following gives the scale used on the map?

Jake is drawing a map of his hometown. He uses a scale of 1 inch = 8 miles. If the distance from the airport to the City Hall on the map is 7 inches. What is the actual distance from the airport to the City Hall?

Kim made a scale model of her bedroom. The scale she used on the model was 1 inch = 1 meter. In real life, her bedroom has a perimeter of 16 meters. What will the perimeter of the bedroom be in her scale model?