7th grade math question

Question

A drawing with the scale of 3cm for each meter shows where adam wants to plant flowers. If the actual distance of the flower planting is 25 m long, how long is the scale distance on the drawing?

Answer 1

A drawing with the scale of 3 cm for each meter shows where Adam wants to plant flowers. If the actual distance of the flower planting is 25 m long, how long is the scale distance on the drawing?

SCALE

1 m = 3 cm

fraction = (1 m) / (3 cm)

WRITE UNKNOWN AS VARIABLE

x = scale distance (cm) on drawing

SET UP PROPORTIONAL EQUATION

(25 m) / x = (1 m) / (3 cm)

CROSS OUT meters in numerator of both fractions

25 / x = 1 / (3 cm)

CROSS MULTIPLY

1(x) = 25 (3 cm)

x = 75 cm

Answer 2

Hey Malanda! If we have a scale of 3 cm for each meter and the flower bed is 25 meters long, we just need to multiply them together.

That means we would have 3 * 25 = 75, so 75 cm for the scale distance!

Let me know if you have any questions!