CST Level 1 Land Surveyor Certification Practice

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How would you express a scale of 1,000 feet in a 1 inch to actual size?

1/1000
1/63,360
1/200
1/10

The correct answer is: 1/63,360

To express a scale of 1,000 feet in terms of inches, we first need to convert feet into inches. Since 1 foot equals 12 inches, 1,000 feet is equivalent to 1,000 x 12, which equals 12,000 inches. In a scale of 1 inch to the actual size, we express this as a ratio, where 1 inch on the drawing represents a certain number of inches in reality. In this case, if 1 inch represents 12,000 inches of actual size, the appropriate scale can be represented as: 1 inch : 12,000 inches, which can also be expressed as 1 : 12,000. To express this in fractional form, you can find the ratio of the drawing measurement (1 inch) to the actual measurement (12,000 inches). This results in the ratio of 1/12,000. When looking at the choices given, 1/63,360 is a standard ratio for a scale of 1 inch representing 5,280 feet (1 mile), but in terms of the specific question, the representation of 1 inch to 12,000 inches incorrectly correlates with a scale representation of 1 :