TESTNAME: Chapter7ConstructionsandScaleDrawings

TESTID: 974152
GRADE: SeventhGrade
SUBJECT: Mathematics
TESTCATEGORY: MyClassroom

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1.

TheEiffelTowerisoneofthemostrecognizedtowersintheworld.Many
replicashavebeencreatedallovertheworldusingdifferentscalefactors.
PartA.Onescalemodelisapproximately6meterstallandusesa1:54
scale.WhatistheapproximateheightoftheactualEiffelTower?Showor
explainyourwork.
PartB.Thereisanothermodelthatusesascaleof1:27.Usingyour
answerfromPartA,calculatetheheightofthisscalemodel.Showor
explainyourwork.
PartC.Anotherreplicaisapproximately165meterstall.Usingyour
answerfromPartA,calculatethescalethatwasusedtocreatethis
model.Showorexplainyourwork.

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2.

Peterrepresentsthelivingroomandkitchenofhishouseusingthescale
modelshownbelow.Oneinchinthescalemodelcorrespondstoalength
of10feetintheactualroom.

Usethediagramabovetohelpanswerthequestionsbelow.
PartA.Whatarethedimensionsoftheactualkitchen?
PartB.Whatisthescalefactorofthemodel?
PartC.Findtheactualareaofthekitchen.Describehowthescaleorthe
scalefactorcanbeusedtodeterminetheareaoftheactualkitchen.

PartD.Canarectangulartablethatis5ftlongand3ftwidefitintothe
narrowersectionofthelivingroom?
Usewords,numbers,and/orpicturestoshowyourwork.

3.

Jeromewonaschoolcompetitiontodesignamuralforthecafeteriawall.
Jeromesscaledrawingwas12incheswideand9inchestall.Theactual
muralwillbe20feetwide.Howtallwilltheactualmuralbe,infeet?

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4.

Mr.Cagleisplanninganewrectangulargarden.Thegardenwillbe16
feet(ft)long,andthewidthwillbeequaltoonehalfofthelength.

Makeascaledrawingofthegardeninthegridbelow.Leteachunitin
thegridrepresenta2ftby2ftsquareinthegarden.

Whatistheareaofthegardenyoudrew,insquareunits?
Whatistheareaoftheactualgarden?

Usewords,numbers,and/orpicturestoshowyourwork.Writeyour
answer(s)onthepaperprovided.

5.

Onascaledrawing,ahelicopteris2.3feetlong.Thescaleonthe
drawingshowsaratioof1footto10feet.Whatistheactuallengthof
thehelicopter,infeet?

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6.

ThefigurebelowshowsascalediagramSarahdrewofthepatioofher
house.Theactuallengthofthepatiois17.5feet.

PartA.WhatwasthescaleSarahusedtodrawthepatio?

PartB.Whatistheactualwidthofthepatio?

PartC.IfSarahhadusedthescale
beenthelengthandwidthofherscaledrawing?

whatwouldhave

Usewords,numbers,and/orpicturestoshowyourwork.

7.

Hectorconstructedthetrianglebelow.

PartA.CanHectordrawadifferenttrianglewiththesameangle
measurementsof33,51,and96?Ifso,drawthenewtriangle.Make
suretolabeltheanglesandsidesofyourtriangle.

PartB.CanHectordrawadifferenttrianglewiththesamesidelengthsof
5cm,7cm,and9cm?Ifso,drawthenewtriangle.Makesuretolabel
theanglesandsidesofyourtriangle.

Usewords,numbers,and/orpicturestoshowyourwork.

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8.

Mr.Kogeraskedthestudentsinhisclasstoconstructatrianglewitha
rightangle,a3cmside,anda6cmside.
PartA.Sketchatrianglethatmeetstheseconditions.Labeltheright
angleandthe3cmand6cmsides.
PartB.Doanyotherpossibletrianglesfittheseconditions?Ifso,sketch
theotherpossibletrianglesandlabeltherightangleandsides.
Usewords,numbers,and/orpicturestoshowyourwork.

9. Nathanwantstodrawashapewiththefollowingconditions:
Foursides
Atleastonepairofparalelsides
Symmetricabouttheyaxis
Sketchthisdrawingonthecooridategridbelow:

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10.

Inthefigurebelow,linetintersectslinep.

WhatisthemeasureofangleR,indegrees?Showorexplainyourwork.

11.

Whatisthemeasureofx,indegrees,inthefigurebelow?

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12.

Lookatthediagrambelow.

Ifthemeasureof
measureof

is10lessthanthemeasureof

whatisthe

indegrees?

13. Afigureisshown.

Whatisthemeasure,indegrees,oftheanglex?

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