Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Scale Model of the Great Pyramid
You can build a model of the Great Pyramid, but first you need to scale it down. To do this, you will need to
make the pyramid 3,000 times smaller than it really is! To achieve that, every 30 meters of the pyramid is
represented as 1 centimeter.
Object
Actual
Height
Scale
Height
(1 cm =
30 m)
Object
to represent
scaled-down
height
Great Pyramid 146.5 m 4.9 cm paper pyramid
Statue of Liberty 92 m 3 cm small paper clip
Sears Building 443 m 14.8 cm ball-point pen
Average person 1.7 m .05 cm (.5 mm) grain of salt
Eiffel Tower 300 m ? ?
Leaning
Tower of Pisa 55 m ? ?
Try finding the scale heights for other objects, such as the tallest building in your neighborhood, your home, or
your height. To do this, divide the object's height in meters by 30 to get its scale height in centimeters. Then
find an object to represent it next to your paper pyramid.
