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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)  

Indra measured the primary school and made a scale drawing. She used the scale 1 centimetre = 6 metres. In the drawing, the school yard is 24 centimetres long. What is the length of the actual school yard





Answer:_______________




2)  

Poovazhagi measured a summer camp and made a scale drawing. The sand volleyball court is 3 centimetres long in the drawing. The actual volleyball court is 24 metres long. What scale did Poovazhagi use for the drawing

1 centimetre =  metres


Answer:_______________




3)  

 Ramani made a scale drawing of a house and its lot. She used the scale 1 centimetre = 6 metres. If the actual length of the front lawn is 60 metres, how long is the lawn in the drawing

centimetres



Answer:_______________




4)  

Tulasi measured the primary school and made a scale drawing. She used the scale 1 centimetre = 5 metres. In the drawing, the school yard is 30 centimetres long. What is the length of the actual school yard





Answer:_______________




5)  

Mithra 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 24 metres long. What scale did Mithra use for the drawing

1 centimetre =  metres


Answer:_______________




6)  

 Kumutha made a scale drawing of a house and its lot. She used the scale 1 centimetre = 3 metres. If the actual length of the front lawn is 42 metres, how long is the lawn in the drawing

centimetres



Answer:_______________




7)  

Panimalar measured the primary school and made a scale drawing. She used the scale 1 centimetre = 7 metres. In the drawing, the school yard is 21 centimetres long. What is the length of the actual school yard





Answer:_______________




8)  

Thamarai 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 Thamarai use for the drawing

1 centimetre =  metres


Answer:_______________




9)  

 Swathi 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 42 metres, how long is the lawn in the drawing

centimetres



Answer:_______________




10)  

Ovini 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)  

Indra measured the primary school and made a scale drawing. She used the scale 1 centimetre = 6 metres. In the drawing, the school yard is 24 centimetres long. What is the length of the actual school yard

Answer: 144



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
6 m



Simplify the fraction.

1 cm x 24
6 m x 24
 = 
1 cm
144 m



The scale of the school yards is = 144 metres. 



2)  

Poovazhagi measured a summer camp and made a scale drawing. The sand volleyball court is 3 centimetres long in the drawing. The actual volleyball court is 24 metres long. What scale did Poovazhagi use for the drawing

1 centimetre = Answer: 8  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.

3 cm
24 m



Simplify the fraction.

3 cm ÷ 3
24 m ÷ 3
 = 
1 cm
8 m



The scale of the drawing is 1 centimetre = 8 metres. 



3)  

 Ramani made a scale drawing of a house and its lot. She used the scale 1 centimetre = 6 metres. If the actual length of the front lawn is 60 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
6 m



Simplify the fraction.

1 cm x 10
6 m x 10
 = 
1 cm
60 m



The scale of the drawing is 1 centimetre = 60 metres. 



4)  

Tulasi measured the primary school and made a scale drawing. She used the scale 1 centimetre = 5 metres. In the drawing, the school yard is 30 centimetres long. What is the length of the actual school yard

Answer: 150



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 30
5 m x 30
 = 
1 cm
150 m



The scale of the school yards is = 150 metres. 



5)  

Mithra 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 24 metres long. What scale did Mithra use for the drawing

1 centimetre = Answer: 6  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
24 m



Simplify the fraction.

4 cm ÷ 4
24 m ÷ 4
 = 
1 cm
6 m



The scale of the drawing is 1 centimetre = 6 metres. 



6)  

 Kumutha made a scale drawing of a house and its lot. She used the scale 1 centimetre = 3 metres. If the actual length of the front lawn is 42 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
3 m



Simplify the fraction.

1 cm x 14
3 m x 14
 = 
1 cm
42 m



The scale of the drawing is 1 centimetre = 42 metres. 



7)  

Panimalar measured the primary school and made a scale drawing. She used the scale 1 centimetre = 7 metres. In the drawing, the school yard is 21 centimetres long. What is the length of the actual school yard

Answer: 147



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 21
7 m x 21
 = 
1 cm
147 m



The scale of the school yards is = 147 metres. 



8)  

Thamarai 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 Thamarai 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. 



9)  

 Swathi 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 42 metres, how long is the lawn in the drawing

Answer: 6 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 6
7 m x 6
 = 
1 cm
42 m



The scale of the drawing is 1 centimetre = 42 metres. 



10)  

Ovini 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.