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Worksheet

Scale drawings
1 This is a plan of a block of land. The shaded rectangle indicates the position of the house. Using the given
scale, find:
a the perimeter of the land
b the area of the land
c the area taken up by the house.

1 cm to 10 m

2 You are to draw a scale drawing of a courtroom. It is 12 m square. The bench, 3 m 3 0.25 m, is centred
on one wall and is 0.75 m from the wall. The bar table, 4 m 3 0.5 m, is 4 m from the bench and directly
in front of it. The public gallery is 2 m behind the bar table and has a rail right across the room dividing
it from the court. The dock, 2 m 3 0.5 m, is attached to the wall on the judge’s left,
4 m from the gallery rail. The witness box, 1.25 m 3 1.25 m, is attached to the end of the bench on the
judge’s right. Label each part of your drawing.
3 This is a plan for the ground floor of a townhouse. Using the given scale, find:
a the dimensions of the kitchen
b the area of the storage room
c the length of the lounge

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d if the lounge/dining area is to be carpeted, how many square metres would be needed?

Kitchen

Lounge

Dining

Laundry
Storage
and WC

1 : 200

4 This is a design for a built-in wardrobe. Draw an exact scale drawing of this
design using a scale of 1 : 20. All measurements are in millimetres.

290
shelves

2240
1950
drawers

900

450 450 1280 450 450

Rails for hanging clothes (_ _ _ _). Top rails are 150 mm
below the shelves above. The design is symmetrical.

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Answers
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1 a 175 m b  1750 m c  300 m
2  Teacher to check
2 2
3 a 3 m 3 4 m b  12 m c  8 m d  52 m
4  Teacher to check

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