Question

The Space Needle is 605 feet tall. A model of the building is 15 inches tall. What is the ratio of the height of the model to the height of the actual Space Needle?

Answer 1

Below

Explanation:

15 inches is 1 foot 3 inches or 1 foot 3/12 foot = 1.25 ft

so the ratio of the model to the Needle is

1.25 : 605 if we multiply through by 4 to get whole numbers

5 : 2420 is the scale