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Scale Calculation

Geography ⇒ Geographical Skills and Techniques

Scale Calculation starts at 7 and continues till grade 12. QuestionsToday has an evolving set of questions to continuously challenge students so that their knowledge grows in Scale Calculation. How you perform is determined by your score and the time you take. When you play a quiz, your answers are evaluated in concept instead of actual words and definitions used.
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A distance of 8 cm on a map represents 16 km on the ground. What is the scale of the map in RF?
A map has a graphical scale bar showing 0 to 5 km as a 2.5 cm line. What is the scale of the map in RF?
A map has a scale of 1:100,000. If a park is 3 cm by 4 cm on the map, what is its actual area in square kilometers?
A map has a scale of 1:100,000. If a river is 12 cm long on the map, what is its actual length in kilometers?
A map has a scale of 1:100,000. What is the ground distance if two points are 7 cm apart on the map?
A map has a scale of 1:50,000. What ground distance does 6 cm on the map represent?
A map has a scale of 1:500,000. If the distance between two cities is 15 cm on the map, what is the real distance in kilometers?
A map shows a distance of 4 cm between two villages. If the scale is 1:25,000, what is the actual distance between the villages in kilometers?
If a map is reduced to half its original size, what happens to its representative fraction (RF)? (1) It doubles (2) It halves (3) It remains the same (4) It becomes one-fourth
Which of the following is a large scale map? (1) 1:10,000 (2) 1:50,000 (3) 1:250,000 (4) 1:1,000,000
Which of the following is NOT a correct way to express a map scale? (1) 1 cm = 1 km (2) 1:100,000 (3) 1 cm to 1 km (4) 1 cm = 100,000 km
Which of the following is NOT a method of expressing scale? (1) Verbal (2) Graphical (3) Numerical (4) Symbolic
Fill in the blank: A map with a scale of 1:25,000 is considered a _______ scale map.
Fill in the blank: A map with a scale of 1:50,000 is _______ times more detailed than a map with a scale of 1:500,000.
Fill in the blank: A scale of 1:25,000 means that 1 cm on the map represents _______ cm on the ground.
Fill in the blank: On a map with a scale of 1:100,000, 3 cm on the map represents _______ km on the ground.
True or False: A map with a scale of 1:10,000 is more detailed than a map with a scale of 1:100,000.
True or False: A small scale map shows a larger area with less detail.
True or False: The graphical scale remains accurate even if the map is photocopied at a different size.
True or False: The representative fraction (RF) is always expressed as a ratio with the same units on both sides.