Map scale - math word problems

The scale of the map expresses how many cm is really 1 cm on the map. Or how many meters, kilometers. It is the ratio of the reduction of the dimensions of real objects when plotting on a map (mapping).

Thus, a scale of 1: 1000 means that 1 cm on the map is 1000 cm in reality. Or that one piece on the map is 1000 pieces in fact.

  1. Two villages
    mapa On the map with a scale of 1:40000 are drawn two villages actually 16 km away. What is their distance on the map?
  2. Geometric plan
    map_1 At what scale the building plan if one side of the building is 45m long and 12mm long on a plan?
  3. Scale of plan
    zahrada_4 On the plan of the village in the scale of 1: 1000 a rectangular garden is drawn. Its dimensions on the plan are 25mm and 28mm. Determine the area of the garden in ares.
  4. Map scale
    mapa_14 The rectangular plot has in a scale of 1: 10000 area 3 cm2 on the map. What content does this plot have on a 1:5000 scale map?
  5. Scale of the map
    city_5 The distance between two cities is actually 30 km and the map is 6 cm. What is the scale of the map?
  6. Fence and scale
    ctverec_mo_4 The garden with 80 m of fencing is draw on plan as a square with a side length of 4 cm. At what scale is this plan made?
  7. Scale of map
    map_9 James travels one kilometer in 12 minutes. The route walked for half an hour measured on the map 5 cm. Calculate how many kilometers James walked for half an hour. Find the scale of the map.
  8. Plot
    parcela_1 The plot on which Mr. Kalous is to build a house has the shape of a rectangle. On a 1: 500 scale, its dimensions are 7cm and 5.5cm. Find out the dimensions of the plot. Calculate the parcel size.
  9. Two monuments
    mapka The distance between two historical monuments on a map with a scale of 1: 500000 is 48 mm. Find the actual distance between these monuments in km.
  10. Scale of the map
    meritko Determine the scale of the map if the actual distance between A and B is 720 km and distance on the map is 20 cm.
  11. Car model
    cars_2 Car model is 52 mm long and the real car is 4524 mm long. What was the scale of model car?
  12. Map scale
    garden_5 Garden has on plan on a scale of 1: 150 width 22 cm and length 35 cm. What is the real area of the garden?
  13. Image scale
    mazanina The actual image dimensions are 60 cm x 80cm and has a reduced size 3 cm x 4 cm. At what scale the image was reduced?
  14. Scale of the map
    map_5 Determine the scale of the map, which is the actual distance of 120 km l represented by segment long 6 cm.
  15. Square garden
    garden_4 On the plan with a scale of 1:1500 is drawn as a square garden with area 81 cm2. How many meters is long garden fence? Determine the actual acreage gardens.
  16. Scale 3
    cuboid_4 Miriam room is 3.2 meters wide. It is draw by line segment length 6.4 cm on floor plan. In what scale it is plan of the room?
  17. Plan scale
    geodet At what scale is drawn plan of the building, where one side of the building is 45 meters long is on the plan expressed by a straight line 12 mm long.
  18. Plan of the village
    mapa_1 Plan of the municipality in 1:1000 scale has plotted garden with dimensions 25 mm and 28 mm. Determine the area of gardens in ares in reality.
  19. Hřiště
    playground Map scale is 1: 5000. The playground is rectangular and on the map has dimensions 10 cm and 5 cm What is area of playground in square meters in reality?
  20. Map 2
    world_map_atlas At what scale is made map if the distance 8.2 km corresponds on the map segment 5 cm long?

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