Maps and scales Quiz

A distance between two towns on a map is measured and is found to measure 5cm. The scale on the map is 1cm:5 miles. What is the distance between the two towns in miles?

• 20 miles
• 200 miles
• 10 miles
• 25 miles

Melissa lives in Bath. She travels by car to visit her friend Karen in Cambridge. How many miles does she travel? The scale on the map is 1cm:4 miles. The distance on the map is 40.5cm.

• 140 miles
• 100 miles
• 162 miles
• 180 miles

Ayesha is walking in the Lake District. She uses a map to find the nearest village. The distance on the map is 2.4cm. The map has a scale 1:100000. What is the actual distance to the village in kilometres?

• 2.4 kilometres
• 28 kilometres
• 40 kilometres
• 4.8 kilometres

A map has a scale that says 1cm represents 100m. Which ratio is this equivalent to?

• 1:100
• 1:100000
• 1:10000
• 1:1000000

A map has a scale 1:2000. On the map the distance between two farms is 8 cm. What is the actual distance between the two farms. Give your answer in metres.

• 16000m
• 16m
• 1600m
• 160m