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Class

Lesson 4-6

Date

Maps and Scale Drawings

Lesson Objective

Common Core Standards

To use proportions to solve problems

involving scale

Ratios and Proportional Relationships:

7.G.1, 7.RP.1

Vocabulary
the
actual object.

A scale is the ratio that compares a length in a drawing or model to the

corresponding
length in the actual object.


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A scale drawing is an enlarged or reduced drawing of an object that is similar to

Example
1 Using a Scale Drawing The scale of a drawing is 1 in. : 6 ft. The length of a
wall is 4.5 in. on the drawing. Find the actual length of the wall.
You can write the scale of the drawing as

1 in.
. Then write a proportion.
6 ft

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Let n represent the actual length.

d drawing (in.)
4.5
drawing (in.) 1

5
n
actual (ft) 6
d actual (ft)

1 n 5 6 (4.5) d Write the cross products.

n 5 27

d Simplify.

The actual length is 27 ft.

Quick Check
1. T
 he chimney of a house is 4 cm tall on the drawing. How tall is
the chimney of the actual house?

10 m

1 cm  2.5 m

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Examples
2 F inding the Scale of a Model The actual length of the wheelbase of a mountain
bike is 260 cm. The length of the wheelbase in a scale drawing is 4 cm. Find the
scale of the drawing.
scale length 4
44 4
5

actual length 260

260 4 4

1
65

d Write the ratio in simplest form.

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The scale is 1 cm : 65 cm.

3 Multiple Choice You want to make a scale model of a house that is 72 feet
long and 24 feet tall. You plan to make the model 12 inches long. Which
equation can you use to find x, the height of the model?
A.

24
12
12
72
x
x
x
x
5 B.
5 C.
5 D.
5
72
72
24
12
12
72
24
24

model (in.) 12
5

actual (ft)

72
12
72

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The correct answer is

?
?
x
24

d model (in.)
d actual (ft)

d Write a proportion.

d Fill in the information you know. Use x

for the information you dont know.

B .

Quick Check
2. The length of a room in an architectural drawing is 10 in. Its actual length is
160 in.What is the scale of the drawing?

1 in. : 16 in.
3. You want to make a scale model of a sailboat that is 51 ft long and 15 ft wide.
You plan to make the sailboat 17 in. long. How wide should the model be?

5 in.

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