Question

you have been asked to build a scale model of your school out of toothpicks . Imagine your school is 30ft tall . your scale is 1 foot : 1.26 cm. if a toothpick is 6.3 cm tall , how many toothpicks tall will your model be ?

Answer 1

1.26cm/1ft * 30ft = 37.8cm
37.8cm/6.3cm=6
Your model would be six toothpicks tall.