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Scale Calculation

Geography ⇒ Geographical Skills and Techniques

Scale Calculation starts at 7 and continues till grade 12. QuestionsToday has an evolving set of questions to continuously challenge students so that their knowledge grows in Scale Calculation. How you perform is determined by your score and the time you take. When you play a quiz, your answers are evaluated in concept instead of actual words and definitions used.
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A map has a scale of 1:100,000. If the distance between two points is 15 cm on the map, what is the real distance in km?
A map has a scale of 1:100,000. What does 1 cm on the map represent on the ground?
A map has a scale of 1:250,000. If two points are 3 cm apart on the map, what is the real distance between them in km?
A map has a scale of 1:50,000. If the distance between two villages is 12 cm on the map, what is the actual distance in km?
A map has a scale of 1:500,000. If the distance between two points on the map is 8 cm, what is the real distance in km?
A map shows a distance of 7 cm between two towns. If the scale is 1 cm = 3 km, what is the actual distance between the towns?
If 1 cm on a map represents 5 km on the ground, what is the scale of the map in representative fraction (RF) form?
If 4 cm on a map represents 8 km on the ground, what is the scale in the form 1 cm = ? km?
If a map has a scale of 1:1,000,000, how many centimeters on the map will represent 100 km on the ground?
If a map has a scale of 1:200,000, how many centimeters on the map will represent 10 km on the ground?
If a map scale is 1:100,000, how many centimeters on the map will represent 25 km on the ground?
If a map scale is 1:250,000, what is the ground distance represented by 2 cm on the map?
If a map scale is given as 5 cm = 20 km, what is the representative fraction (RF)?
If a map scale is written as 2 cm = 1 km, what is the representative fraction (RF)?
If the distance between two cities is 120 km and it is shown as 6 cm on a map, what is the scale of the map?
What does the term 'RF' stand for in map scale?
What is a 'statement scale'?
What is meant by the 'scale' of a map?
What is the difference between a large scale map and a small scale map?
What is the importance of scale in map reading?