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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
