1.   A model car has a scale factor of The diameter of a tire on the model is 0.4 inches. What is the diameter of a tire on the actual car?
    A. 25.6 inches B. 22.7 inches
    C. 20 inches D. 19.4 inches
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  2.   A map has a scale of 1 inch = 15 miles. What is the map distance of two cities that are actually 120 miles apart?
    A. 8 inches B. 6 inches
    C. 9 inches D. 7 inches
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  3.   Preston is designing a room that will be feet long and feet wide. He wants to create a scale drawing of the room using a scale of inch = feet. What should be the dimensions of the room on Preston's scale drawing?
    A. inches by 3 inches B. inches by inches
    C. inches by inches D. inches by inches
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  4.   An architect built a model of a building using a scale of 1 inch = 50 feet. If the model is 6.5 inches tall, how tall is the actual building?
    A. 325 feet B. 312.5 feet
    C. 300 feet D. 337.5 feet
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  5.   A blueprint of a house shows a closet with a width of 1.75 inches. The actual closet will have a width of 2.5 feet. What is the scale of the blueprint?
    A. 7 inches = 10 feet B. 7 inches = 8 feet
    C. 10 inches = 7 feet D. 8 inches = 1 foot
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