To scale a drawing from a scale of 1 box = 5 meters to a scale of 1 box = 20 meters, you need to understand how scaling works.
Since the new scale is 4 times larger than the original scale (20 meters / 5 meters = 4), you should also enlarge the entire drawing by a factor of 4. This means that any dimensions in the original drawing will need to be multiplied by 4 to convert to the new scale.
For example, if you had previously measured a swing set that was 2 boxes long (which equates to 10 meters at the original scale), it would now be 8 boxes long at the new scale (to represent 40 meters).
To reproduce the playground with the new scale, simply increase all measurements by a factor of 4 and redraw the elements accordingly.
- List the dimensions of the original playground items.
- Multiply each dimension by 4.
- Redraw the items according to the new dimensions, using the new scale where 1 box = 20 meters.
If you are given choices of drawings, the one that most closely represents the increased dimensions while maintaining the relationships (e.g., the distance between the swings and the slide) to each other will be the correct one that shows the new scale.