Question

A building is 200ft long and 140 ft wide a 1/500 model is built of the building how long and how wide is the model?

Answer 1

Let's start with the length. All you need to do is multiply is by 1/500.
You could also find the decimal equivalent to 1/500.
1/500= .002
200×.002= .4
So length of the model is .4 ft.
The width:
.002×140=.28
The width of the model is .28 ft.
The length of the model is .4 ft and the width of the model is .28 ft.