Solve Scaling Problems (Verbal Descriptions)

<p>Steve is a mechanical engineer who is designing a new model of motorbike for his company. </p><p>He has prepared a model of the motorbike that has a scale of `2` inches : `7` inches. The actual height of the motorbike will be `42` inches when it is finished. </p><p>What would be the height of the motorbike in Steve's model?</p>

<p>The actual length of Lyra's flower bed is `7` meters. She makes a scale drawing of her garden using a scale of `2` cm`=5` meters to help her place new flowers and garden ornaments. </p><p>What would be the length of the flower bed in Lyra's scale drawing?</br><highlight data-color="#666" data-style="italic">Write your answer as an exact decimal or simplified fraction/mixed number.</highlight></p>

<p>Before updating the deck on his house, Larry measured his house and made a scale drawing using the scale `1/2` inch`=3` feet. Larry would like the actual length of his new deck on the back of the house to be is `21` feet in length. </p><p>How long would the deck be on Larry's scale drawing?</br><highlight data-color="#666" data-style="italic">Write your answer as an exact decimal or simplified fraction/mixed number.</highlight></p>

<p>Arbella is creating a miniature `3`-dimensional model of a historical landmark for a Social Studies project. The scale of her model is `0.5` inch: `61` feet. The actual height of the landmark she has made a model of is `305` feet. </p><p>What is the height of Arbella's miniature model?</br><highlight data-color="#666" data-style="italic">Write your answer as an exact decimal or simplified fraction/mixed number.</highlight></p>

<p>The tallest giraffe in the world is `19` feet tall. A model of this giraffe was built using a scale of `2` inches : `5` feet. </p><p>How tall is the model of the giraffe?</br><highlight data-color="#666" data-style="italic">Write your answer as an exact decimal or simplified fraction/mixed number.</highlight></p>

<p>Sally took a photo from her trip to Florida to a shop to enlarge it into a poster for her office. </p><p>The store used a scale of `2` inches: `7 1/2` inches to make the poster. The finished poster is `26 1/4` inches in length. </p><p>What is the length of the photograph that was enlarged to make the poster?</p>

<p>The map of a city playground includes a sandpit and a swing. the map has been made with a scale where `0.5` cm on the map is equal to `0.2` meters in the playground. If the actual distance between the sandpit and the swing is `2.4` meters, what is the distance between them on the map?</p>

<p>A toy manufacturing company creates a model kit for a sports car. </p><p>The model is made to a scale where `1/2` inch on the model represents `1 3/5` feet on the actual car. </p><p>What is the model toy car's length if the car's actual length is `16` feet?</p>