What are scale drawings?

Scale drawings are everywhere!

Scale Drawings

Vehicle design

On Maps

Footprints of houses
 Scale Drawings

Architecture Product Design

Maps Scientific Imaging

Scale Drawing
• Scale drawing allows us to draw large objects on a smaller scale while
keeping them accurate.

• All scale drawings must have a scale written on them. Scales are
usually expressed as ratios.

• Example: 1cm : 100cm

• The ratio 1cm:100cm means that for every 1cm on the scale drawing
the length will be 100cm in real life
Scale Drawings
Definition

A scale of

1 cm = 2m

…means for every 1cm measured on a

drawing this represents 2m in real-life.
 If we want an accurate drawing of a real-life object we must use a scale.
The scale tells us how many times larger or smaller the real object is.
Each of these drawings are at different scales: how big is each real-life measurement?
4 lots of 3 metres
3m
12 m
3 cm 4 cm

1 cm = 1 metre 1 cm = 3 metres

15 m
10 cm
1 cm = 0.5 cm 6 lots of 0.5 cm

10 lots of 1.5 metres

6 cm
1 cm = 1.5 metres 3 cm
Scale Drawings
4x25= 100cm
4cm

2cm

2x25 = 50cm
The scale of this drawing is 1cm = 25cm

What is the actual width and height of the TV ?

What is the area of the TV in real life?
Scale Drawings
• Using a scale of 1cm : 9m accurately draw this right angled triangle in
your books.

45m 5cm
27m 3cm

36m 4cm
Scale Drawings Each of these drawings are at different scales.
Measure the arrow & calculate the real-life measurement.

1 cm = 3.5 cm 1 cm = 2.5 cm
1 cm = 2 cm

1 cm = 5 cm
1 cm = 4 cm

1 cm = 1.5 m
1 cm = 5 mm

Mini-Map 1 Find the distance from A to B, from B to C & from C to D. Mini-Map 2 Find the distance from A to B, from B to C & from C to D.

D D
C

A
B B
A
1 cm = 2 m 1 cm = 4 km
Scale Drawings Each of these drawings are at different scales.
7 cm 7.5 cm
Measure the arrow & calculate the real-life measurement.

12 cm 20 cm

1 cm = 3.5 cm 1 cm = 2.5 cm
1 cm = 2 cm

1 cm = 4 cm
1 cm = 5 cm 1.5 cm

16 cm 6m 1 cm = 1.5 m
1 cm = 5 mm

Mini-Map 1 Find the distance from A to B, from B to C & from C to D. Mini-Map 2 Find the distance from A to B, from B to C & from C to D.

D
6.5 cm 13 m C D 7.5 cm
30 km

6 cm 12 m
3.5 cm C

14 km
A 7 cm
B
5 cm
A B
28 km
1 cm = 2 m
10 m 1 cm = 4 km