Question

A game room has a floor that is 100 feet by 30 feet. A scale drawing of the floor on grid paper uses a scale of 3 units:5 feet. What are the dimensions of the scale drawing? Enter your answer as length by width.

Answer 1

3 units/ 5 feet = 60 units/ 100 feet
3 units/ 5 feet = 18 units/ 30 feet

The dimensions of the scale drawing are 60 units by 18 units.

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Answer 2

60 units by 18 units.

Explanation:

Find the number of feet represented by 1 unit in the drawing.

3 units ÷ 3

5 feet ÷ 3 = 1 unit

5 3 feet

1 unit in this model is about

5

3

feet in the actual room.

Find the width of the scale model represented by 30 feet in the actual room.

1 unit × 18

5

3

ft × 18

=

18 units

30 ft

The width of the scale model represented by 30 feet in the actual room is 18 units.

Find the length of the scale model represented by 100 feet in the actual room.

1 unit × 60

5

3

ft × 60

=

60 units

100 ft

The length of the scale model is 60 units.

The scale model is 60 units by 18 units.