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Apollo Institute of Engineering and Technology

Subject: Engineering Graphics and Design


Topic: Types of Scales

Plain Scales
1. Construct a scale of 1:40 to read metres and decimetres and long enough to measure 6 m.
Mark on it a distance of 4.7 m

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More Question for Practice


1 Construct a scale of 1:40 to read meters and decimeters and long enough to
measure 6 m. Mark on it a distance of 4.7 m and 3.2 m.
2 Explain Representative Fraction. Construct a plain scale of R.F. = 1:50 to show
meters and decimeters and long enough to measure 8 meters. Indicate 5.7 m
distance on it.
Diagonal Scales:
2. The distance between Delhi and Agra is 200 km. In a railway map it is represented by a line 5
cm long. Find its R.F. Draw a diagonal scale to show single km. And maximum 600 km.
Indicate on it following distances. 1) 222 km 2) 336 km 3) 459 km 4) 569 km

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More Question for Practice
1 The distance between Ahmedabad and Surat is 200 km. In a railway map it is
represented by a line 5 cm long. Find its R.F. Draw a diagonal scale to show single
km. And maximum 600 km. Indicate on it following distances. (1) 222km (2) 569
km.
2 Construct a scale to measure km, 1/8 km and 1/40 of a km, in which 1 km is
represented by 4 cm. Mark on this scale a distance of 2.775 km.
3 Construct a diagonal scale of RF = 1/4000 to show 374 meters and long enough to
measure up to 500 meters.
4 Construct a scale of 1cm = 1 m to read meters and decimetres and long enough to
measure up to 14 meters. Show on this scale a distance equal to 12.4 meters.
5 Draw a diagonal scale of R.F, 1:5 showing decimetres, centimetres and millimetres
and long enough to measure up to 8 decimetres. Show a distance of 5.35 dm.

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