Scale Drawings

Taking a close look at the

Statue of Liberty

Statue of Liberty She is big!• She weighs 450,000

pounds• Gift from France in late

1800’s• 154 steps from pedestal to

head of statue• On her tablet is the date

July 4, 1776• Located on Ellis Island

near New York

Scale drawings

• The scale for the drawing of the statue of liberty is 1 cm: 12 ft

• How do we know the real size of her nose if we are given the scaled measurement?

• __1 cm_ = ___.4cm__

12 ft y ft

Her Head

• Head from ear to ear =.8 cm actual size?• Length of nose =.4 cm actual size?• Width of mouth =.2 cm actual size?• Distance across eyes =.3 cm actual size?• Head from chin to top=1.4 cm actual size?

Hand viewLength of hand 16.5 feet = scale size?Length of index finger 7.9 feet = scale size?Width of fingernail = 1.2 foot = scale size?

Total ViewBase of statue to torch– 151 feet = scale size?Base of foundation to torch– 25.4 cm =actual size?

For those who want to go beyond!

• Take the scale measurements and draw a scale drawing of the Statue of Liberty.

• If you are interested, see me for details