ScaleDrawingProject
Name:________________________________________
PartI Period:______________________
Yourtask:Createscaledrawingsoftworoomsofyournewapartment:thebedroomandthe
living/diningarea.Eachroommustbedrawnonitsownsheetofgraphpaper.Youmustuse
thesamescalefactortocreatebothscaledrawings.Followthedemonstrationofdrawingour
classroomgivenbyMs.Ferreiratocreateyourscaledrawing.
1.
Recordthebasicdimensionsofyourroomsandyourgraphpaper.
Youneedyourscaleddrawingstofitonyourgraphpaper,soyoufirstneedto
collectyourdata.Markoffa4-unitboarderaroundyourgraphpaper.Thiswillallow
forsomeunusedspacearoundyourscaledrawing.Donotcountthisboarderinthe
dimensionsofyourgraphpaper.
Yourroomsmaynotbeperfectrectangles.Togetabasicideaofhowmuchspace
eachwillneed,imagineeachroomonasheetofrectangularpaper.Howlongandhow
widewouldthepaperneedtobetoaccommodateyourroom?
Paper/Roombeingmeasured
Length(longside)
Width(shortside)
GraphPaper(Notincluding4-unitboarder)
Living/Dining(actualininches)
Bedroom(actualmeasurementsininches)
2.
Chooseascalefactorforyourdrawing.Howmanyinchesshouldeachunitonthegraph
paperrepresentsothatthedrawingofthelargestroomwillfitonthepaper?Tryafew
scalestohelpyoudecide.(Example:could1unit=10inches?)
Besurethatyourscalefactorwillworkforbothroomsandalldimensions!
Scale:
1unit=
MultiplicativeInverse:
ScaleFactor:
3.
Includethisheadingoneachsheetofgraphpaper:
Name ApartmentName
ClassPeriod Room(BedroomorLivingroom?)
Scale
4.
yourscaletoconverteachwall,window,anddoormeasurementtoscale.Createatable
inNumberstolistallofyouracutalandconvertedmeasurements.Formatyourtableas
shownbelow:
Bedroom
Living/Dining
Living/Dining
(Actual)
(Scale)
Bedroom(Actual)
Bedroom(Scale)
x
x(scalefactor)
x
x(scalefactor)
Topopulateyourtable,followthedirectionsbelow:
•
Typeinallactualmeasurementsintothecorresponding“Actual”column
•
Opencelladjacenttofirstactualmeasurementinthe“Scale”column
•
Selectthegreen“…”,thenthe“=”
•
Enteryourrulenexttotheequalsignandselectthegreencheckmarkatright
•
Selectthecellinthe“Scale”columnagain
•
Tapthebluecircleontheoutlineofthecell
•
Select“Fill”
•
PullOrangewindowdowntofillformulasinto“Scale”column
5.
Useastraightedgetolightlysketchthescaleddimensionsofeachroomongraphpaper.
6.
Darkenalllinesandaddinnotationforwindows,doors,andentryways.Labeleach
doorwayandentrywaywiththenameoftheadjacentroom.