Question

In and her brother each created a scale drawing of the backyard, but at different scales. Lin used a scale of 1 inch to 1 foot. Her brother used a scale of 1 inch to 1 yard. Express the scales for the drawings without units.

Whose drawing is larger?

Answer 1

Lin's drawing is larger.

Explanation:

Say that their backyard is 1 yard, her brother's scale drawing would only be 1 inch, but Lin's scale drawing would be 3 inches. From this you can take away that the smaller the scale the bigger the scale drawing, (does that sentence make any sense?)