1.   In a movie, a child who was 32 inches tall was ''blown up'' to be 160 feet tall. Find the scale needed for the props in the movie.
    A. 1:10 B. 1:60
    C. 1:6 D. 1:160
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  2.   The figure is a scale drawing of the east side of a house. In the drawing, the side of each square represents 4 feet. Find the width and height of the door.
   
    A. 4 feet by 8 feet B. 4 feet by 9 feet
    C. 4 feet by 10 feet D. 4 feet by 12 feet
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  3.   If the actual distance between two airports is 375 kilometers and the distance on a map is 8 centimeters, what is the scale for the map?
    A. 1:4,687,500 B. 1:468,750
    C. 1:46,875 D. 1:4,687.5 = 2:9,375
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  4.   The scale on a map reads inch = 10 miles. How far apart are two cities if their map distance is 3 inches?
    A. 70 miles B. 55 miles
    C. 60 miles D. 65 miles
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  5.   The Washington Monument is about 555 feet tall. Bento wants to make a model of the monument that is between 10 and 12 inches tall. Choose an appropriate scale for Bento to use.
    A. 1 inch = 60 feet B. 1 inch = 50 feet
    C. 1 inch = 70 feet D. 1 inch = 40 feet
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