Chapter 4

Scale Drawing
LESSON & DISCUSSION
QUESTION 1
There are r red marbles, b blue marble and w white marbles in a bag. Write the ratio
of the number of blue marbles to the total number of marbles in terms of r,b and w.

QUESTION 2
There are 600 pupils in a school. The ratio of boys to girls in this school is 3:5. How
many girls and how many boys are in this school?
QUESTION 3
The perimeter of a rectangle is eqqual to 280 metres. The ratio of its length to
its width is 5:2. Find the area of the rectangle.

QUESTION 4
The angles of a triangle are in the ratio 1:3:8. Find the measures of the three
angles of this triangle.
SITUATION
This drawing has a scale of 1:10 means anything drawn with the size of “1” would have a
size of “10” in the real world.
Example:
A measurement of 2cm in a drawing would be 20cm in the real world.
M:N
Measurement on SCALE DRAWING : Measurement on real OBJECT
REASONING

The scale of a drawing is 5cm : 1mm. Is the scale drawing larger or smaller than the
actual figure? Explain.

5cm : 1mm
5cm : 0.1cm
1cm : 0.02cm

CONCLUSION (With the same unit)

Example
A scale drawing has a scale of 3cm:10m. Find the actual length for each drawing length
(a)21 cm
(b)15cm
(c) 1.5 cm
(d)19cm
.

Exercise:
The scale of a map is 1cm : 3.75km. Find the actual distance for each map distance.
(a) 8cm
(b) 24mm
(c) 28cm
(d) 50mm
Example
The scale of a drawing is ¼ cm : 6 m. FInd the length on the drawing for each actual length.
(a)18 m
(b)66 m

Exercise:
The scale of a drawing ½ cm : 7 m . Find the length on the drawing for each actual length.
(a) 204 m
(b) 84 m
EXAMPLE
A building is drawn with a scale of 1cm : 3 m. The height of the drawing is 1 m 62 cm.
After a design change, the scale is modified to be 1 cm : 4 m. What is the new height of
the drawing?
Exercise
1. The scale of a blueprint is 1cm: 6.5 m. What are the actual dimensions of a room if the blueprint’s dimensions are
3cm x 4cm?
A. 19.5 m x 26 m
B. 39 m x 52 m
C. 26m x 39 m
D. 6 m x 8 m

1. The scale of a map is 1cm : 5 km. The distance between two cities is 112km. How far apart are they on a map?
A. 11.2 cm
B. 22.4 cm
C. 56 cm
D. 560 cm

MIXED REVIEW EXERCISES

1. Find the values of x and y in the similar triangle below.

1. Solve each equation.

(a) 3x+2=17
(b) 2x-4=8
(c) x/5+5=21
TRIGONOMETRY
LESSON & DISCUSSION
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