Question

A map has a scale of 1cm: 4 kilometres.

The actual distance between two cities is 52 kilometres.
What is the distance between the cities on the map?

Answer 1

Explanation:

You can use conversion to solve for cm

52 km x 1 cm / 4 km = 13 cm

where km cancels out leaving your answer in cm.

the actual distance on the map would be 13 cm