A building is 200ft long and 140 ft wide a 1/500 model is built of the building how long and how wide is the model?

Let's start with the length. All you need to do is multiply is by 1/500.

You could also find the decimal equivalent to 1/500.

1/500 =.002

200*.002 =.4

So length of the model is. 4 ft.

The width:

.002*140=.28

The width of the model is. 28 ft.

The length of the model is. 4 ft and the width of the model is. 28 ft.