Question

Harry is trying to complete his hill walking scouts badge. He is using a map with a scale of 1cm :2km.Harry has completed 4cm of the route on his map.How far has he actually walked?

Answer 1

8km

Explanation:

Given data

Scale is 1cm :2km

that is 1cm to represent 2km

hence

if 1cm represents 2km

the 4cm will be x

cross multiply

4*2= x

x= 8km

Hence he walked 8km