Question

If you are making a scale drawing of a giraffe that is 6m tall, and the height of the giraffe in your drawing is 3cm, what is the scale of the drawing? Thank you and please explain how you obtained your answer.

Answer 1

The scale would be 200

Explanation:

If your giraffe is 3 cm and the scale drawing of the giraffe is 6m, in one meter, there are 100 cm, and 6/2=3 you multiply 2 by the 100 cm in the meter which gives you 200. You could also say 6m divided by 3cm which would also give you 200 or 600/300=200.