Exercise 1

Scale

Drawing/Scaled
Length

Actual Length

1 : 100

2 cm

2 x 100 = 200 cm

1 : 1000

3 mm

3 x 1000 = 3000 mm

1 : 10

5 cm

1 : 10

2m

1:5

2m

1 : 20

10 mm

1 : 300

20 cm

1 : 80

9m

1 : 10 000

4 mm

1 : 75

3 cm

1 : 50

11 mm

1 : 1000

3 cm

1 : 20 000

8 mm

1 : 150 000

2 cm

1 : 70

70 m

1 : 55

12 cm

1 : 1 000 000

1 mm

1 : 1 000 000

1 cm

1 : 600

2 cm

1 : 750

3 cm

1 : 8000

5 cm

1 : 20 000

15 mm

1 : 13 000

9 cm

1 : 500

17 mm

1 : 15 000

18 mm

1 : 20 000

4 cm

1 : 35 000

23 mm

Convert the following lengths (into more appropriate units)

1 000 000 cm
= (1 000 000 100) m
= 10 000 m
= (10 000 1000) km
= 10 km

100 000 mm
= (100 000 1000) m
= 1000 m
= (1000 1000) km
= 1 km

30 000 mm
= (30 000 1000) m
= 30 m

1 000 000 cm
= 10 000 m
= 10 km

200 000 mm
= 2000 m
= 2 km

30 000 mm
= 30 m

50 000 cm
= 500 m

1 450 000 cm
= 14 500 m
= 14.5 km

2 600 000 cm
= 26 000 m
= 2.6 km

200 mm

5000 m

6000 cm

550 mm

40 000 mm

3000 cm

160 000 mm

300 000 cm

490 cm

660 cm

1 000 000 mm

1 000 000 cm

1200 cm

2250 cm

40 000 cm

300 000 mm

117 000 cm

85 000 cm

270 000 mm

80 000 cm

805 000 mm

355 000 cm

285 300 mm

59 200 m

Exercise 2

Scale

Drawing/Scaled
Length

Actual Length

1 : 100

2 cm

2 x 100 = 200 cm

1 : 1000

3 mm

3 x 1000 = 3000 mm

1 : 100

60 cm

1 : 10 000

2 mm

1 : 500 000

3 cm

1 : 100

10 cm

1 : 1 000 000

20 mm

Convert the following lengths (into more appropriate units)

1 000 000 cm
= (1 000 000 100) m
= 10 000 m
= (10 000 1000) km
= 10 km

100 000 mm
= (100 000 1000) m
= 1000 m
= (1000 1000) km
= 1 km

30 000 mm
= (30 000 1000) m
= 30 m

50 000 cm
= 500 m

1 450 000 cm
= 14 500 m
= 14.5 km

2 600 000 cm
= 26 000 m
= 26 km

6000 cm

20 000 mm

1 500 000 cm

1000 cm

20 000 000 mm

3500 mm

Find the actual length of the given scaled lengths, and then convert to the actual lengths
into more appropriate units.
Scale = 1 : 100
Scaled length = 3 cm
Actual!= Scaled length x Scale factor
!
= 3 x 100
!
= 300 cm
!
=3m

Scale = 1 : 20 000
Scaled length = 80 mm
Actual!= 80 x 20 000
!
= 1 600 000 mm
!
= 1600 m
!
= 1.6 km

Scale = 1 : 800
Scaled length = 5 cm

Scale = 1 : 15 000
Scaled length = 10 cm

Scale = 1 : 500
Scaled length = 8 mm

Scale = 1 : 100 000

Scaled length = 23 mm

Scale = 1 : 1 000 000

Scaled length = 2 mm

Scale = 1 : 1870
Scaled length = 29 cm

Scale = 1 : 550
Scaled length = 34 cm

Scale = 1 : 90 000
Scaled length = 13 mm

Scale = 1 : 62 000
Scaled length = 71 mm

Scale = 1 :

1
10
Scaled length = 50 cm

Exercise 3

Find the scaled length of the given actual length (you may need to convert the lengths into
more appropriate units)
Scale = 1 : 100
Actual length = 300 cm
Scaled length = Actual length Scale factor
!
= 300 100
!
= 3 cm

Scale = 1 : 1000
Actual length = 3000 m
Drawing = 3000 1000
=3m

Scale = 1 : 100
Actual length = 800 cm

Scale = 1 : 100
Actual length = 750 m

Scale = 1 : 500
Actual length = 10 m

Scale = 1 : 10
Actual length = 25 cm

Scale = 1 : 50
Actual length = 600 mm

Scale = 1 : 1000
Actual length = 35 000 cm

Scale = 1 : 20
Actual length = 40 m

Scale = 1 : 10 000
Actual length = 22 500 cm

Scale = 1 : 5
Actual length = 200 mm

Scale = 1 : 100
Actual length = 60 000 mm

Scale = 1 : 2000
Actual length = 80 m
= 8000 cm
Scaled length = 8000 2000
= 4 cm

Scale = 1 : 100
Actual length = 8 m

Scale = 1 : 50
Actual length = 10 cm

Scale = 1 : 5
Actual length = 2 m

Scale = 1 : 200
Actual length = 8 km

Scale = 1 : 90
Actual length = 9 m

Scale = 1 : 1000
Actual length = 800 cm

Scale = 1 : 100
Actual length = 23 mm

Scale = 1 : 10 000
Actual length = 80 km

Scale = 1 : 100
Actual length = 8.2 km

Scale = 1 : 10 000
Actual length = 6 km

Scale = 1 : 10 000
Actual length = 167 km