Evaluate the quotients of the corresponding dimensions, choose the greater result, and round it to the larger integer.
Example Answer: 1in.=2ft Ramp's Dimensions: 6in.*4in.
Practice makes perfect
We are given that a skateboarding ramp has dimensions of 12feet* 8feet and asked to choose an appropriate scale of the ramp to fit on a sheet of graph paper with dimensions of 10inches*8inches. First, we will evaluate the quotients of the corresponding dimensions.
12feet/10inches&=1.2feet per inch
8feet/8inches&=1feet per inch
To choose an appropriate scale, we will round the greater of the results to the nearest integer that is greater than this number. Since 1.2>1, we will round 1.2 to the nearest integer that is not less than this number.
1.2≈ 2
Therefore, an appropriate scale of the court will be 1in.=2ft. Notice that this is only a sample answer. Next, we are asked to evaluate the ramp's dimensions. We will start with evaluating the width, which will be represented by w. To do this, we will use a scale we just found.
