Question

Bob measured a restaurant and made a scale drawing. The scale of the drawing was 8 millimeters = 4 meters. What is the drawing's scale factor?

Answer 1

meter =1,000 millimeters. So, the scale is:

7 mm:1,000 mm Divide both sides by 7

1 mm:142 6/7 mm - This is the scale that Tess used.