Question

A model of a ship is built to scale of 1 cm:5 meters.The length of the model ship is 30 cm. What is the actual length of the ship?

Answer 1

The actual length of the ship is 150 meters.

Explanation:

The scale of the model is 1 cm:5 meters, which means that every 1 cm on the model represents 5 meters on the ship. Since the model ship is 30 cm long, that means it represents 150 meters on the real ship.