Engineering Graphics

Polytechnic 1st Sem

SHEET NO 2 (Scales)

1. Construct a scale of 1:5to show decimeter and centimeter and to read upto 1m. Show
the length of 7.6dm on it.
2. A 3.2 cm long line represents a length of 4m. Extend the line to measure length upto
25m and show on it unit of m and 5 meters. Show the length of 17m on this line.
3. A rectangular garden of area 16 km2 is shown on a map by a similar rectangle of 1cm2
. Construct a plain scale to show units of the 10km and 1km and long enough to read
upto 60km. Find the R.F. of the scale . Also show a distance of 53km on it.
4. A cube of 5cm side represents a tank of 8000 cubic meter volume. Find the R.F and
construct a scale to measure upto 60m and mark on it a distance of 47m and 24m on
it.
5. Construct a diagonal scale of 3:200 showing meter, decimeter and centimeter and to
measure upto 6m and show on scale 3m 5dm and 7cm.
6. Construct a diagonal scale of R.F = 1/6250 . Construct a plain scale to read upto 1km
and it should read meters on it .show a length of 653m on it.
7. On a building plan a line 20cm long represents a distance of 10m. Devise a diagonal
scale for the plan to read upto 12m showing meter , decimeter and centimeter. Show
on your scale the length 6.48m and 11.14m

Draw a diagonal scale of RF = 3/100, showing meters, decimeters and centimeters and to
measure up to 5 meters. Show the length of 3.69 meters on it.
Construct a scale of R.F = 1/(2.5) to show decimeters and centimeters and to measure up to 4
decimeters. Show on it lengths 2.3 dm.

*An area of 144 sqcm on a map represents an area of 9 sqkm on the field. Find the R.F. of the
scale for this map and draw a diagonal scale to show kilometers, hectametres and decameters
and to measure upto 6 kilometres. Indicate on the scale a distance of 4 kilometres, 5
hectametres and 6 decameters
*Construct a Diagonal scale of RF = 3:200 showing meters, decimeters and centimeters. The
scale should measure up to 6 meters. Show a distance of 4.56 meters.
*The distance between city A and City B is 15km. On inspection of the road map, its
equivalent distance measures 3cm. Draw a diagonal scale to read 50m minimum. Show on it
a distance of 3.85km.
*Construct a diagonal scale to read kilometers, hectometers and decameters and long enough
to measure up to 6 kilometers. When a line of length l cm on the map represents a distance of
0.5 kilometers. Calculate the R.F and indicate a distance of 2.45 kilometers on the scale.
Construct a scale to read distances on a map in which the actual distances are reduced in the
ratio of 1:40000. The scale should be long enough to measure 6 kilometres. Mark on the scale
the lengths of 3.3 km and 0.7 km.
*The actual length of 300m is represented by a line of 10cm on a drawing. Draw a scale to
read up to 400m. Mark on the scale a length of 360km.
*Draw a diagonal scale of R.F. = (3/100) , showing meters, decimeters and centimeters, and
to measure up to 5 meters. Show the length of 3.69 meters on it
*The distance between two stations is 100 km and on a road map it is shown by 30 cm. Draw
a scale and indicate distances of 56 km and 22 km on it.