Gabriel measured a house and made a scale drawing. The garage, which is 12 meters long in real life, is 4 millimeters long in the drawing. What scale did Gabriel use for the drawing?

Question

1 millimeter : meters

Answer 1

To find the scale, divide the length of the garage in real life by the length of the garage in the drawing:

12 meters / 4 millimeters = <<12/4=3>>3 millimeters per meter

Therefore, Gabriel used a scale of 1 millimeter per 3 meters for the drawing.

Answer 2

What’s the answer

Answer 3

The answer is that Gabriel used a scale of 1 millimeter per 3 meters for the drawing.