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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. |
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1:160 |
B. |
1:60 |
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C. |
1:6 |
D. |
1:10 |
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A model of a sports car is 9 inches long. If the actual car is 12 feet long, find the scale model. |
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A. |
1:12 |
B. |
1:8 |
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C. |
1:20 |
D. |
1:16 |
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3. |
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. |
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4 feet by 10 feet |
B. |
4 feet by 9 feet |
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C. |
4 feet by 8 feet |
D. |
4 feet by 12 feet |
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4. |
On a map with a scale of 1 inch = 100 miles, the distance between two cities is 7.5 inches. If a person travels 55 miles per hour, how long will it take to travel from one town to the other? |
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about 12 hours and 44 minutes |
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B. |
about 13 hours and 9 minutes |
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C. |
about 13 hours and 38 minutes |
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D. |
about 12 hours and 30 minutes |
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5. |
On a map, the scale is  inch = 300 miles. Find the actual distance between two cities that have a map distance of 5 inches. |
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3,300 miles |
B. |
1,650 miles |
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C. |
3,000 miles |
D. |
2,727 miles |
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