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Written Instructions:

For each Multiple Choice Question (MCQ), four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. Make your choice (1,2,3 or 4). Write your answers in the brackets provided..

For each Short Answer Question(SAQ) and Long Answer Question(LAQ), write your answers in the blanks provided.

Leave your answers in the simplest form or correct to two decimal places.



 

1)  

Parveen measured the primary school and made a scale drawing. She used the scale 1 centimetre = 2 metres. In the drawing, the school yard is 20 centimetres long. What is the length of the actual school yard





Answer:_______________




2)  

Ramani measured a summer camp and made a scale drawing. The sand volleyball court is 2 centimetres long in the drawing. The actual volleyball court is 18 metres long. What scale did Ramani use for the drawing

1 centimetre =  metres


Answer:_______________




3)  

 Tulasi made a scale drawing of a house and its lot. She used the scale 1 centimetre = 2 metres. If the actual length of the front lawn is 66 metres, how long is the lawn in the drawing

centimetres



Answer:_______________




4)  

Swathi measured the primary school and made a scale drawing. She used the scale 1 centimetre = 2 metres. In the drawing, the school yard is 28 centimetres long. What is the length of the actual school yard





Answer:_______________




5)  

Panimalar measured a summer camp and made a scale drawing. The sand volleyball court is 4 centimetres long in the drawing. The actual volleyball court is 20 metres long. What scale did Panimalar use for the drawing

1 centimetre =  metres


Answer:_______________




6)  

 Poovazhagi made a scale drawing of a house and its lot. She used the scale 1 centimetre = 5 metres. If the actual length of the front lawn is 70 metres, how long is the lawn in the drawing

centimetres



Answer:_______________




7)  

Swathi measured the primary school and made a scale drawing. She used the scale 1 centimetre = 5 metres. In the drawing, the school yard is 25 centimetres long. What is the length of the actual school yard





Answer:_______________




8)  

Swathi measured a summer camp and made a scale drawing. The sand volleyball court is 4 centimetres long in the drawing. The actual volleyball court is 20 metres long. What scale did Swathi use for the drawing

1 centimetre =  metres


Answer:_______________




9)  

 Kumutha made a scale drawing of a house and its lot. She used the scale 1 centimetre = 7 metres. If the actual length of the front lawn is 70 metres, how long is the lawn in the drawing

centimetres



Answer:_______________




10)  

Poongodi measured the primary school and made a scale drawing. She used the scale 1 centimetre = 8 metres. In the drawing, the school yard is 16 centimetres long. What is the length of the actual school yard





Answer:_______________




 

1)  

Parveen measured the primary school and made a scale drawing. She used the scale 1 centimetre = 2 metres. In the drawing, the school yard is 20 centimetres long. What is the length of the actual school yard

Answer: 40



SOLUTION 1 :

Write the ratio of the length of the home in the drawing to the length of the actual home. Write the ratio in fraction form.

1 cm
2 m



Simplify the fraction.

1 cm x 20
2 m x 20
 = 
1 cm
40 m



The scale of the school yards is = 40 metres. 



2)  

Ramani measured a summer camp and made a scale drawing. The sand volleyball court is 2 centimetres long in the drawing. The actual volleyball court is 18 metres long. What scale did Ramani use for the drawing

1 centimetre = Answer: 9  metres


SOLUTION 1 :

Write the ratio of the length of the volleyball court in the drawing to the length of the actual volleyball court. Write the ratio in fraction form.

2 cm
18 m



Simplify the fraction.

2 cm ÷ 2
18 m ÷ 2
 = 
1 cm
9 m



The scale of the drawing is 1 centimetre = 9 metres. 



3)  

 Tulasi made a scale drawing of a house and its lot. She used the scale 1 centimetre = 2 metres. If the actual length of the front lawn is 66 metres, how long is the lawn in the drawing

Answer: 33 centimetres



SOLUTION 1 :

Write the ratio of the length of the home in the drawing to the length of the actual home. Write the ratio in fraction form.

1 cm
2 m



Simplify the fraction.

1 cm x 33
2 m x 33
 = 
1 cm
66 m



The scale of the drawing is 1 centimetre = 66 metres. 



4)  

Swathi measured the primary school and made a scale drawing. She used the scale 1 centimetre = 2 metres. In the drawing, the school yard is 28 centimetres long. What is the length of the actual school yard

Answer: 56



SOLUTION 1 :

Write the ratio of the length of the home in the drawing to the length of the actual home. Write the ratio in fraction form.

1 cm
2 m



Simplify the fraction.

1 cm x 28
2 m x 28
 = 
1 cm
56 m



The scale of the school yards is = 56 metres. 



5)  

Panimalar measured a summer camp and made a scale drawing. The sand volleyball court is 4 centimetres long in the drawing. The actual volleyball court is 20 metres long. What scale did Panimalar use for the drawing

1 centimetre = Answer: 5  metres


SOLUTION 1 :

Write the ratio of the length of the volleyball court in the drawing to the length of the actual volleyball court. Write the ratio in fraction form.

4 cm
20 m



Simplify the fraction.

4 cm ÷ 4
20 m ÷ 4
 = 
1 cm
5 m



The scale of the drawing is 1 centimetre = 5 metres. 



6)  

 Poovazhagi made a scale drawing of a house and its lot. She used the scale 1 centimetre = 5 metres. If the actual length of the front lawn is 70 metres, how long is the lawn in the drawing

Answer: 14 centimetres



SOLUTION 1 :

Write the ratio of the length of the home in the drawing to the length of the actual home. Write the ratio in fraction form.

1 cm
5 m



Simplify the fraction.

1 cm x 14
5 m x 14
 = 
1 cm
70 m



The scale of the drawing is 1 centimetre = 70 metres. 



7)  

Swathi measured the primary school and made a scale drawing. She used the scale 1 centimetre = 5 metres. In the drawing, the school yard is 25 centimetres long. What is the length of the actual school yard

Answer: 125



SOLUTION 1 :

Write the ratio of the length of the home in the drawing to the length of the actual home. Write the ratio in fraction form.

1 cm
5 m



Simplify the fraction.

1 cm x 25
5 m x 25
 = 
1 cm
125 m



The scale of the school yards is = 125 metres. 



8)  

Swathi measured a summer camp and made a scale drawing. The sand volleyball court is 4 centimetres long in the drawing. The actual volleyball court is 20 metres long. What scale did Swathi use for the drawing

1 centimetre = Answer: 5  metres


SOLUTION 1 :

Write the ratio of the length of the volleyball court in the drawing to the length of the actual volleyball court. Write the ratio in fraction form.

4 cm
20 m



Simplify the fraction.

4 cm ÷ 4
20 m ÷ 4
 = 
1 cm
5 m



The scale of the drawing is 1 centimetre = 5 metres. 



9)  

 Kumutha made a scale drawing of a house and its lot. She used the scale 1 centimetre = 7 metres. If the actual length of the front lawn is 70 metres, how long is the lawn in the drawing

Answer: 10 centimetres



SOLUTION 1 :

Write the ratio of the length of the home in the drawing to the length of the actual home. Write the ratio in fraction form.

1 cm
7 m



Simplify the fraction.

1 cm x 10
7 m x 10
 = 
1 cm
70 m



The scale of the drawing is 1 centimetre = 70 metres. 



10)  

Poongodi measured the primary school and made a scale drawing. She used the scale 1 centimetre = 8 metres. In the drawing, the school yard is 16 centimetres long. What is the length of the actual school yard

Answer: 128



SOLUTION 1 :

Write the ratio of the length of the home in the drawing to the length of the actual home. Write the ratio in fraction form.

1 cm
8 m



Simplify the fraction.

1 cm x 16
8 m x 16
 = 
1 cm
128 m



The scale of the school yards is = 128 metres.