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Using Map Scales
Please answer the following questions on lined paper in your notebook.
1. What does 1 cm to 0.5 km mean?
2. The direct statement scale of a map is 1 cm to 35 km. If the map distance between points A
and B is 9 cm, what is the real distance?
3. The direct statement scale of a map is 1 cm to 250 km. If 2 places are 17 cm apart on the map,
what is the actual distance between them?
4. Using the scale 1 cm to 30 km, calculate the road distance between towns X and Y.
a)
b)
X
X
Y
X
c)
Y
Y
5. Here is a list of distances between Canadian cities.
a) Calgary to Edmonton 299 km
b) Fredericton to Montreal 834 km
c) Regina to Winnipeg 571 km
Draw straight lines in your notebook to show how each would appear on a map. Use the scale of 1
cm to 100 km.
6. Convert the following representative fraction scale to a direct statement scale.
1:63 000 000
7. Convert the following direct statement scale to a representative fraction scale.
1 cm to 160 km
8. The line scale on a map indicates that 4 cm represents 20 km. What is the representative
fraction scale?
9. The line scale on a map indicates that 1.5 cm represents 50 km. What is the representative
fraction scale?
Using Map Scales
**Please answer the following question on lined paper in your notebook.
1. What does 1cm to 0.5km mean?
1cm on a map represents 0.5km on the earth’s surface.
2. The direct statement scale of a map is 1cm to 35km. If the map distance between
points A and B is 9cm, what is the real distance?
9 x 35 = 315km
3. The direct statement scale of a map is 1cm to 250km. It two places are 17cm
apart on the map, what is the actual distance between them?
17 x 250 = 4250km
4.
a)
b)
c)
Using the scale 1cm to 30km, calculate the road distance between towns X and Y.
7 x 30 = 210km
15.5 x 30 = 465km
9 x 30 = 270km
5. Here is a list of distances between Canadian cities.
a) Calgary to Edmonton 299km
b) Fredericton to Montreal 834km
c) Regina to Winnipeg 571km
Draw straight lines in your notebook to show how each would appear on a map.
Use the scale of 1cm to 100km.
6. Convert the following representative fraction scale to a direct statement scale. 1:
63 000 000
1cm = 630km
7. Convert the following direct statement scale to a representative fraction scale.
1cm to 160km
1: 16 000 000
8. The line scale on a map indicates that 4cm represents 20km. What is the
representative fraction scale?
4cm = 20km
1cm = 5km
1:500 000 or 1/500 000
9. The line scale on a map indicates that 1.5cm represents 50km. What is the
representative fraction scale?
1.5cm = 50km
1cm = 33.3km
1:3 333 333