Question

Fill in the scale dimensions in the table to the nearest thousandth.

The scale of a blueprint is 1/4 inch = 1 foot. A house has 1 bedroom measuring 10 feet 6 inches by 11 feet, a living room measuring 25 feet by 18 feet 8 inches, a kitchen measuring 13 feet 6 inches by 8 feet, and a dining room measuring 12 feet by 10 feet.

Put the shortest length in the first box for each room. Give all answers to three decimal places (thousandths place).

bedroom ___ inches by ___ inches
living room ___ inches by ___ inches
kitchen ___ inches by ___ inches
dining room ___ inches by ___ inches

Answer 1

To convert the inches portion of the measurement to feet, divide the inches by 12. Then add that number to the feet. Multiply the sum by 0.25 to get the number of inches on the scale drawing.

When you have this many to do, a spreadsheet or calculator is helpful.

br: 2.625 by 2.750

lr: 6.250 by 4.667

kit: 3.375 by 2.000

dr: 3.000 by 2.500

The dimensions are listed here in the order given in the problem statement. Your answer is requested to be shortest dimension first, so you will need to reverse the numbers for all but the first one.