1.   Travel Jim wants to drive from Pleasant Plain, Ohio, to Port Clinton, Ohio, for a weekend vacation on Lake Erie. The two towns are 16.5 inches apart on his map. If the scale indicates that 1 inch represents 10 miles, what is the actual distance between the towns?
    A. 120 miles B. 150 miles
    C. 10 miles D. 165 miles
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  2.   A blueprint of an office building has a scale of inch = 2 feet. What are the dimensions of a storage closet that measures 3 inches by inches on the blueprint?
    A. feet by 4 feet
    B. feet by 10 feet
    C. 6 feet by 9 feet
    D. 8 feet by 12 feet
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  3.   A scale drawing of a room has a scale of 1 inch = 2.5 feet. How long is a wall that is 7 inches?
    A. 2.8 ft B. 17.5 ft
    C. 175 ft D. 0.36 ft
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  4.   A scale drawing of a room has a scale of 0.5 centimeters: 2.7 meters. How long is a wall that is 3 centimeters?
    A. 16.2 m B. 8.1 m
    C. 0.56 m D. 4.05 m
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  5.   The actual distance stated is 135 miles. If the scale is 0.5 inches = 15 miles, what is the scale length?
    A. 4.5 in. B. 18 in.
    C. 3.8 in. D. 4050 in.
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