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Technical Drawing - Scales Questions

The document provides instructions for constructing various types of scales, including plain scales and diagonal scales. It lists 22 problems that involve constructing scales with specific ratios and measurements to read lengths up to certain values and with specified levels of accuracy. The scales are to be used to measure lengths, distances, contents of containers, and to solve geometry problems involving shapes with given side lengths.

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Technical Drawing - Scales Questions

The document provides instructions for constructing various types of scales, including plain scales and diagonal scales. It lists 22 problems that involve constructing scales with specific ratios and measurements to read lengths up to certain values and with specified levels of accuracy. The scales are to be used to measure lengths, distances, contents of containers, and to solve geometry problems involving shapes with given side lengths.

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SCALES.

Plain Scales.

1 Construct a plain scale of 1½ times full size to read up to 60mm.


2. Construct a plain scale of 1:200, to give a maximum reading of 60m and a minimum reading of 0.5m.
3. The 50mm mark on a dipstick for measuring palm oil content of a drum represents three quarters of a litre.
Design your own dipstick for measuring up to 6 litres of the content of the container.
4. Draw a plain scale of 40mm to 1m to read to 3m
5. To draw a plain scale of 50mm to 1km to read to 3km.
6. Construct a plain scale of 50mm equal to 300mm to read to 10mm up to 1200mm.
7. Construct a plain scale of 30mm = 10mm, 50mm long to read to 1mm.

Diagonal Scales.
1. Construct a diagonal scale of 50mm to 1km to read to 3km in Decameters and decimeters.
2. Construct a diagonal scale of 3:2 to read up to 300mm.
3. Construct a diagonal scale to measure lengths up to 100mm to an accuracy 0f 0.1mm.
4. Construct a diagonal scale of 1:50 (20mm represents 1000mm or 1 meter) to give readings to an accuracy of
two decimal places..
5. Construct a diagonal scale of 1:10,000 (100mm to 1km) to read up to 3km, to an accuracy of two decimal
places.
6. Construct a diagonal scale of 1/4 full size to read up to 5dm in cm and mm.
7. Construct a diagonal scale of twice full size to read up to 6cm in mm and tenths of a mm.
8. Construct a diagonal scale of 25mm to represent 1m, capable of reading one-hundredth of a meter, up to a
maximum of 5m. Mark on the scale two points A and B such that AB = 3.72m.
9. Construct a diagonal scale of cm to read up to 11cm in mm and tenths of a mm.
10. Construct a diagonal scale of twice full size to read up to 6cm in mm and 1/10ths of a mm.
11. Construct a diagonal scale of 3cm equal to 1m to read up to 4m in dm and cm.
12. Construct a diagonal scale of 1/4 full size to read up to 5dm in cm and mm.

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13. Construct a diagonal scale of 30mm equal to 1m 4m long to read to 10mm.
14. Construct a diagonal scale of 50mm equal to 1mm, 3mm long to read 0.01mm.
15. Construct a diagonal scale of 40mm to represent 1m to read down to 10mm to cover a range of 5m.
16. Construct a diagonal scale of 25mm equal to 1m which can be used to measure m and 10mm up to 8m.
Use the scale above to construct a quadrilateral abcd. Base ab = 4m720mm, bc = 3m530mm, ad =
4m170mm, angles abc = 1200, adc = 900. Measure, to the nearest 10mm, the vertical height of the
quadrilateral and the lengths of the diagonals.
17. Construct a diagonal scale of ten times full size to show mm and tenths of a mm to read to a maximum of
20mm.
Using the scale above, construct a triangle abc with ab = 17.4mm, bc = 13.8mm and ac = 11mm.
18. Construct a diagonal scale, 50mm = 1mm, 3mm long to read to 1/100th 0f a mm.
19. Construct a diagonal scale, 30mm = 1m, 4m long to read to 10mm.
20. Construct a diagonal scale of 20mm = 10mm, 60mm long to read to 0.1mm.
21. Construct a diagonal scale of 1:1000 that is accurate to two decimal places to give a maximum reading of
300m.
22. A science department at school requires a suitable scale for measuring lengths of steel rod, to a maximum
length of 200mm. The scale should be accurate to within 0.1mm. Construct the scale.

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