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Sec 2 Map Scale Assignment Solutions

This document contains solutions to 10 questions about map scales. It provides the steps and calculations to determine actual distances and areas based on measurements on maps with given scales, and vice versa. It also expresses scales in the form 1:n and finds the scale of new maps.

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Sec 2 Map Scale Assignment Solutions

This document contains solutions to 10 questions about map scales. It provides the steps and calculations to determine actual distances and areas based on measurements on maps with given scales, and vice versa. It also expresses scales in the form 1:n and finds the scale of new maps.

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M Rameez Ul Hassan
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Map Scale - Solutions


Question 1
On a map, a length of 1 cm represents an actual distance 7 km.
(a) Calculate the actual distance in kilometers, represented by 5 cm on the map.
(b)Calculate the distance in the map, if the actual distance is 56 km.
(c) If there is another map, where the same distance of 56 km is represented by 4 cm, find the
scale of this new map.

Solution:
(a)To find the actual distance
Scale = 1 cm : 7 km
Actual distance = 5 × 7 km
= 35 km

(b) To find the distance in the map


Scale = 1 cm : 7 km
Actual distance = 56 km
Distance in the map = 56 km  7 km
= 8 cm

(c) To find the scale of the second map

Actual distance = 56 km
Distance in the map = 4 cm
Scale = 4 cm : 56 km
= 1 cm : 14 km
= 1: 1 400 000

Question 2
On a map, a length of 1 cm represents an actual distance 8 km.
(a) If a road has a length of 64 km, calculate its length on the map.
(b) If the length in the map is 2.5 cm, calculate the actual distance.
(c) Find the scale of a new map, where 2.5 cm represents 50 km.
Solution:
(a) To find the length on the map
Scale = 1 cm : 8 km
Distance on the map = 64 km ÷ 8 km
= 8 cm

(b) To find the actual distance

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Scale = 1 cm : 8 km
Actual distance = 2.5 × 8 km
= 20 km

(c) To find the scale of a new map

Distance in the map = 2.5 cm


Actual distance = 50 km
Scale = 2.5 cm : 50 km
= 1 cm : 20 km
= 1 : 2 000 000

Question 3
A map is drawn to a scale of 5 cm to 1 km. A road on the map has a length of 15 cm.
Find
(a) the actual length of the road in km,
(b) the area of a park, in cm2, on the map if the actual area of the park is 4 km2,
(c) the scale of another map if the area of the park in (b) is represented by 64 cm2 on
this second map.

Solution:
(a)To find the actual length of the road
Scale = 5 cm : 1 km
Scale = 5 cm : 100 000 cm
Scale = 1 cm : 200 m
Actual length of the road = 15 × 200 m
= 3000 m
= 3 km

(b) To find the area of the park on the map


Scale = 1 cm : 20 000 cm
= 1 cm : 0.2 km
Area Scale = 1×1 cm 2 : 0.2 × 0.2 km 2
Area Scale = 1 cm 2 : 0.04 km 2
Area on the map = 4  0.04
=100 cm2

(c) To find the scale of the new map

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Area scale of the new map = Area on the map : Actual area
= 64 cm 2 : 4 km 2
= 1 cm 2 : 0.0625 km 2

Scale of the new map = 1 cm 2 : 0.0625 km 2


= 1 cm : 0.25 km
= 1 : 25000

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Question 4
A map is drawn to a scale of 2 cm : 0.8 km.
(a) Express the scale of the map in the form 1 : n.
(b) Calculate the actual distance between two towns, in km, if their distance apart on the
map is 7.5 cm.
(c) Calculate the area of a reservoir on the map, in cm2, which represents an actual area
of 32 km2.

Solution:
(a)To express the scale of the map in the form of 1:n
Scale = 2 cm : 0.8 km
= 1 cm : 0.4 km
= 1 : 40 000
(b) To calculate the actual distance between two towns
The actual distance = 7.5 × 0.4 km
= 3 km
(c) To calculate the area of a reservoir on the map
Scale = 1 cm : 0.4 km
Area Scale = (1×1) cm 2 : (0.4  0.4) km 2
= 1 cm 2 : 0.16 km 2
Area of the reservoir = 32 km 2
Area on the map = 32 km 2 ÷ 0.16 km 2
= 200 cm 2

Question 5
A map is drawn to a scale of 1 : 75 000. Calculate, in km2, the actual area of the field if
the area of the field on the map is 80 cm2.

Solution:

Scale = 1 : 75 000
Scale = 1 cm : 0.75 km
Area Scale = (1×1) cm 2 : (0.75 × 0.75) km 2
= 1 cm 2 : 0.5625 km2
Area on the map = 80 cm 2
Actual area = 80 × 0.5625 km 2
= 45 km2

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Question 6
Building A has a height of 175 m tall. On a plan drawing, its height is 2.5 cm.
(a) Find the scale of the drawing in the form of 1:n
(b) Find the height of building B, which is drawn with the height of 3 cm

Solution:

(a) To find the scale


Scale = 2.5 cm : 175 m
= 1 cm : 70 m
= 1 : 7000
(b)To find the height of building B
Height of building B = 3 × 70 m
= 210 m
Question 7
Given that 5 cm on map A represents 10 km on the ground.
(a) Express the scale of the map in the form 1 : n.
(b) Calculate the actual area, in km2, of a region R which is represented by 8 cm2 on
map A.
(c) Calculate the area, in cm2, which represents the region R on a second map B,
whose scale is 1 : 50000.

Solution:
(a) To find the scale in the form 1: n
Scale = 5 cm : 10 km
= 1 cm : 2 km
= 1 : 200 000
(b) To calculate the actual area in km2
Area Scale = (1 1) cm 2 : (2  2) km 2
= 1cm 2 : 4 km 2
Area in map = 8 cm 2
Actual area = 8  4 km 2
= 32 km 2

(c) To calculate the area on the second map in cm2


Scale = 1: 50 000
= 1 cm : 0.5 km
Area Scale = (11) cm 2 : (0.5  0.5 ) km 2
= 1cm 2 : 0.25 km 2
Area on the 2nd map = 32 km 2 : 0.25 km 2
= 128 cm 2

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Question 8
The diagram shows part of a floor plan of a house. The actual length of the living room
is 16 m.

2.5 cm 3 cm

1.75 cm Toilet

Living 4 cm
Room
Bedroom

Find
(a) the scale of the floor plan,
(b) the actual width of the living room, in metres,
(c) the actual area of the bedroom, in metres.

Solution:
(a) To find the scale of the floor plan
Scale = 4 cm : 16 m
= 4 cm : 1600 cm
= 1: 400
(b) To find the actual width of the living rooms
The actual width of living room = 3 cm  400
= 1200 cm
= 12 m
(c) To find the actual area of the bedroom
Bedroom width on the map = 2.5 cm
Bedroom length on the map = 4 cm 1.75 cm
= 2.25 cm
Actual bedroom width = 2.5 cm  400
= 1000 cm
= 10 m
Actual bedroom length = 2.25 cm  400
= 900 cm
=9m
Actual bedroom area = 10 m  9 m
= 90 m2

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Question 9

The google maps above shows that the distance between NEX mall and Airport Boulevard is
10 cm..
(a) Find the scale of the google maps above, if the actual distance between NEX and Airport
Boulevard is 12.44 km.
(b)Ann would like to find a house which is situated right in the middle of NEX and Airport
Boulevard since she often visited this two places for working. Please suggest the possible
address (road name) for Ann so that she can start inquiring the housing availability.

Solution:
(a) To find the scale
Scale = 10 cm : 12.44 km
= 1 cm : 1.244 km
= 1 : 124400

(b) To suggest the possible area


Right in the middle between NEX and Airport Boulevard means 6.22 km away from either
of the two places. If we convert it to the distance in the map, it will be:
6. 22 km  1.244 km = 5 cm from either of the points
We can suggest places close to Tampines Ave 10 or Tampines Ave 1.

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Question 10
The scale of a map is 2 cm to 8 km.
(a) Find the scale of the map in the form 1 : n.
(b) If the distance between Town A and Town B on the map is 0.5 cm, find the actual
distance between the two towns.
(c) Find the distance on the map if the actual distance between Town C and Town D is
36 km.
(d) A plot of land has an area of 30 cm2 on the map. Find the actual area of the plot of
land.
Solution:
(a) To find the scale of the map
Scale = 2 cm : 8 km
= 1 cm : 4 km
= 1 : 400 000

(b) To find the actual distance between Town A and Town B


Actual distance = 0.5 cm  4 km
= 2 km
(c) To find the distance on the map between Town C and Town D
Distance on the map = 36 km  4 km
= 9 cm
(d) To find the actual area of the plot of land
Area Scale = (11) cm 2 : (4  4) km 2
= 1 cm2 : 16 km2
Actual area = 30 cm 2 16 km 2
= 480 km2

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