Question

Quincy measured a picnic area near the river and made a scale drawing. He used the scale 1 inch : 10 yards. In the drawing, the picnic area is 17 inches long. What is the length of the actual picnic area?

Answer 1

170 yards

Explanation:

1:10

2:20

3:30

4:40

5:50

6:60

7:70

8:80

9:90

10:100

11:110

12:120

13:130

14:140

15:150

16:160

17:170

or you could just use fractions or find the formula

the formula for this equation: number of yards = number of inches times ten