Victor measured a city park and made a scale drawing. The soccer field is 23 millimeters long in the drawing. The actual field is 115 meters long. What is the scale of the drawing?

Question

1 millimeter : meters

Answer 1

To find the scale of the drawing, we divide the length of the actual field (115 meters) by the length of the field in the drawing (23 millimeters). We get:

scale = 115 meters / 23 millimeters = 5 meters/ millimeter

So, the scale of the drawing is 1 millimeter : 5 meters.