Question

A scale drawing of a living room is shown below. The scale is 1 : 40.

A rectangle is shown. The length of the rectangle is labeled 6 inches. The width of the rectangle is labeled 4 inches.

Show your work to determine the area of the room in square feet.

Answer 1

What is the area of the scale drawing?

Answer 2

24?

Answer 3

ya! so what should you do if the area for the scale drawing is the smaller value (in the given ratio)?

Answer 4

@adamaero i multipy?

Answer 5

right again!
=)
but try to be a little more specific (multiply by 40)

Answer 6

ok that would be 960