Scale Calculation
Geography ⇒ Geographical Skills and Techniques
Scale Calculation starts at 7 and continues till grade 12.
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A map has a scale of 1 cm = 2.5 km. What is the RF of the map?
A map has a scale of 1:1,00,000. If a lake is 3.5 cm long on the map, what is its actual length in kilometers?
A map has a scale of 1:1,00,000. If a road is 5 cm long on the map, what is its actual length in kilometers?
A map has a scale of 1:1,00,000. What distance on the map will represent 25 km on the ground?
A map has a scale of 1:2,00,000. If a road is 7.5 cm long on the map, what is its actual length in kilometers?
A map has a scale of 1:2,00,000. If two cities are 3 cm apart on the map, what is the actual distance between them in kilometers?
A map has a scale of 1:50,000. If a river is 12 cm long on the map, what is its actual length in kilometers?
A map has a scale of 2 cm = 1 km. What is the representative fraction (RF) of this map?
A railway line is 120 km long. On a map, it measures 24 cm. What is the scale of the map in RF?
Explain the difference between a large scale map and a small scale map.
Explain the process of converting a statement scale to a representative fraction (RF).
Explain why a linear scale is useful on a map.
Explain why it is important to know the scale of a map when measuring distances.
If 1 cm on a map represents 4 km on the ground, what is the scale in RF?
If 2.5 cm on a map represents 5 km on the ground, what is the scale in RF?
If 3 cm on a map represents 9 km on the ground, what is the scale in RF?
If 5 cm on a map represents 2.5 km on the ground, what is the scale of the map in RF?
If a map has a scale of 1 cm = 500 m, what is the scale in representative fraction (RF) form?
If a map has a scale of 1:1,00,000, what is the ground distance represented by 1 mm on the map?
If a map has a scale of 1:25,000, what is the ground distance represented by 4 cm on the map?
