Length and country area on a map

Length and country area on a map

Secondary 2
4 marks
TGM Original Questions

Core stretch

A map is drawn to scale \(1:500000\).

  1. Find the actual distance represented by \(14\) cm, in kilometres.[2]
  2. A country has area \(900\text{ km}^2\). Find its map area in square centimetres.[2]

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Answer:(a) \(70\) km (b) \(36\text{ cm}^2\).

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