Question

A scale drawing of a kitchen is shown below. The scale is 1 : 20.



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

Answer 1

What is the question?

Answer 2

to determine the area of the room in square feet.

Answer 3

multiply both sides by 20.

so 4x20, and 5x20.
then yo multiply those values to get your area.

which will be 80x100
= 8000 {insert units} squared

Answer 4

that will give u the answer in square inches. then you convert to feet.

which is 8000/12
= 666.67

Answer 5

no the conversion factor of sq inches to square feet is 144

Answer 6

so its 8000 / 144 sq ft

Answer 7

how is that? @welshfella

Answer 8

@welshfella is correct

Answer 9

there are 12 inches in a foot
so there 12*12 = 144 square inches in a square foor

Answer 10

ya you are correct