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 1:100,000. If the distance between two points is 12 cm on the map, what is the actual distance in km?
A map has a scale of 1:100,000. If the distance between two points is 7 cm on the map, what is the actual distance in km?
A map has a scale of 1:100,000. If two points are 3 cm apart on the map, what is the actual distance between them in km?
A map has a scale of 1:50,000. If the distance between two villages is 4 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 cities is 15 cm on the map, what is the actual distance in km?
A map has a scale of 2 cm = 1 km. What is the representative fraction (RF) of this map?
A map shows a distance of 8 cm between two towns. If the scale is 1:250,000, what is the real distance in km?
Explain how to convert a statement scale to a representative fraction (RF).
Explain the difference between a large scale map and a small scale map.
If 1 cm on a map represents 250 m on the ground, what is the scale in RF?
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 3 cm on a map represents 12 km on the ground, what is the scale in statement form?
If 5 cm on a map represents 20 km on the ground, what is the scale in statement form?
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 has a scale of 1:25,000, how many centimeters on the map will represent 5 km on the ground?
If a map has a scale of 1:250,000, how many centimeters on the map will represent 25 km on the ground?
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 in RF?
What is a 'verbal scale' in map reading?
What is meant by the 'scale' of a map?
What is the importance of scale in map making?
