Problem-Solving and Data AnalysisVery hardReal distance from a map scale
Problem-Solving and Data Analysis practice question
A map has a scale of 1 to 25,000. Two towns are 14 centimetres apart on the map. What is the actual distance between the towns, in kilometres?
Answer: 3.5 or 7/2
14 cm × 25,000 = 350,000 cm = 3,500 m = 3.5 km.
Common wrong answers
- If you answered 35
- 35 converts to metres wrongly.
- If you answered 350
- 350 stops at 350,000 centimetres read as metres.
- If you answered 0.35
- 0.35 divides by 1,000 one time too many.
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