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Scale drawings: lengths in half centimetres

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 6 km. Two towns are 4 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  2. A map scale says 1 cm represents 5 km. Two towns are 10.5 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 2 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  4. A map scale says 1 cm represents 8 km. Two towns are 1.5 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  5. 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?
  6. A map scale says 1 cm represents 5 km. Two towns are 9.5 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  7. A map scale says 1 cm represents 9 km. Two towns are 7 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  8. A map scale says 1 cm represents 5 km. Two towns are 4 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  9. A map scale says 1 cm represents 13 km. Two towns are 13 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  10. A map scale says 1 cm represents 6 km. Two towns are 2.5 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  11. A map scale says 1 cm represents 5 km. Two towns are 2 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  12. A map scale says 1 cm represents 15 km. Two towns are 3.5 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  13. A map scale says 1 cm represents 10 km. Two towns are 12 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  14. A map scale says 1 cm represents 4 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 18 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 11 km. Two towns are 25 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  17. A map scale says 1 cm represents 3 km. Two towns are 5.5 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  18. A map scale says 1 cm represents 28 km. Two towns are 3 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  19. A map scale says 1 cm represents 26 km. Two towns are 8 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
  20. A map scale says 1 cm represents 14 km. Two towns are 12.5 cm apart on the map. What is the real distance in km?
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Answer key: Scale drawings: lengths in half centimetres

  1. 24
  2. 52.5
  3. 16
  4. 12
  5. 132
  6. 47.5
  7. 63
  8. 20
  9. 169
  10. 15
  11. 10
  12. 52.5
  13. 120
  14. 64
  15. 108
  16. 275
  17. 16.5
  18. 84
  19. 208
  20. 175