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STATION 1
1. Find the length of the model airplane. 2. A tarantula is being enlarged for a
movie. Its actual leg span is 8 inches.
The movie model of this tarantula has a
leg span of 32 feet. What is the scale of
the model?
3. A customer is quoted a price of $390
for carpet installation for one bedroom
in her house. She wants to use the same
carpet in the living room, which has
double the length and width of her
bedroom. If the cost per square foot is
the same for both rooms, what is the
total cost for carpeting the bedroom and
the living room, in dollars?
**HINT: DRAW A DIAGRAM**
5. Frank is mixing a sports drink for his
friends from a powder mix. The
instructions on the mix say to add 1
scoop of powder for every 3 cups of
water. Frank's pitcher holds 16 cups.
How many scoops of powder should
Frank add if he fills his pitcher full of
water?
4. The fastest horse to run the
Kentucky Derby from 1875 through
2008 was Secretariat, with a time of 1
minute, 59.4 seconds. The Kentucky
Derby has a track that is 1 ¼ miles long.
Assuming that Secretariat ran at about
the same pace, what is the best
estimate for the amount of time it took
Secretariat to run 1 ½ miles at the
Belmont Stakes?
6. A scale drawing for a square playbox
for the park is 1 in. to 2 ft. If the length
of one side is 3.5 inches, what is the
actual length in inches?