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Scale drawings: find the real distance

Year 8 maths · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

Multiply the length on the map by what one centimetre stands for.

  1. A map scale says 1 cm represents 9 km. Two towns are 11 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  2. A map scale says 1 cm represents 4 km. Two towns are 8 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  3. A map scale says 1 cm represents 8 km. Two towns are 11 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  4. A map scale says 1 cm represents 2 km. Two towns are 3 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  5. A map scale says 1 cm represents 7 km. Two towns are 4 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  6. A map scale says 1 cm represents 11 km. Two towns are 12 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  7. A map scale says 1 cm represents 5 km. Two towns are 15 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  8. A map scale says 1 cm represents 7 km. Two towns are 13 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  9. A map scale says 1 cm represents 14 km. Two towns are 12 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  10. A map scale says 1 cm represents 5 km. Two towns are 20 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  11. A map scale says 1 cm represents 12 km. Two towns are 13 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  12. A map scale says 1 cm represents 7 km. Two towns are 8 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  13. A map scale says 1 cm represents 16 km. Two towns are 15 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  14. A map scale says 1 cm represents 2 km. Two towns are 16 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  15. A map scale says 1 cm represents 4 km. Two towns are 6 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  16. A map scale says 1 cm represents 12 km. Two towns are 30 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  17. A map scale says 1 cm represents 17 km. Two towns are 31 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  18. A map scale says 1 cm represents 24 km. Two towns are 35 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  19. A map scale says 1 cm represents 25 km. Two towns are 36 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  20. A map scale says 1 cm represents 30 km. Two towns are 26 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
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Answer key: Scale drawings: find the real distance

  1. 99
  2. 32
  3. 88
  4. 6
  5. 28
  6. 132
  7. 75
  8. 91
  9. 168
  10. 100
  11. 156
  12. 56
  13. 240
  14. 32
  15. 24
  16. 360
  17. 527
  18. 840
  19. 900
  20. 780