The Empire State Building is just over 1,450 feet tall. In anticipation of visiting this
landmark on your vacation, you create a model of it using blocks.
a) Suppose you are making a model where one block represents 2 feet. About how
many blocks tall is your model of the Empire State Building? What is the scale
factor? (2 points)
b) Suppose you are making a model where one block represents 5 feet. About how
many blocks tall is your model of the Empire State Building? What is the scale
factor? (2 points)
c) Look at the scale factor from parts a and b. Do they represent a reduction or an enlargement of the Empire State Building? How do you know? (2 points)
d) Use your knowledge of scale drawings and image sizes to fill in the missing
information in the table. (3 points)
A) your model would be 725 blocks tall because 1,450/2=725 B) your model would be 290 blocks tall because 1,450/5=290. C)reduction of the Empire State Building because you are building a model that takes blocks representative of a larger unit than what it signifies D)don’t have the table to fill in
