Question

A game room has a floor that is 300 feet by 70 feet. A scale drawing of the floor on grid paper uses a scale of 1 unit:5 feet. What are the dimensions of the scale drawing? Enter your answer as length by width.

Answer 1

60 by 14 units

Explanation:

What are the dimensions of the scale drawing?

We know the real-life size: 300 feet by 70 feet.

We know the scale of the drawing: 1 unit per 5 feet, so 5 feet per unit.

So, all we have to do is convert the feet from the life-size game room into units on the drawing board.

For the 300 feet long measurement, we need to divide it by 5, like this:

`(300 feet)/(5 feet / unit)  = 60 units`

We repeat the operation for the width of the room (70 feet):

`(70 feet)/(5 feet / unit)  = 14 units`

So, the scale drawing will measure 60 x 14 units.