Question

The length of a pencil is 7 inches. Shawna created a scale model of the pencil for art class. The model is 35 inches long. What is the scale of the model?

Answer 1

The scale of the model is 1:5

Explanation:

Here, we want to know the scale of the model

From the question, we shall be comparing 7 inches against 35 inches

Thus, the scale of the model in this case will be;

7 inches : 35 inches

= 1:5