Question

In the morning, Sophie goes to the church then goes to the school. In the afternoon she goes to school to home. The map shows the distance between school and home as 5 cm. If every 4 cm on the scale drawing equals 8 kilometers, how far apart are the school and home?

Answer 1

10 km

Explanation:

Distance = 5 cm

4 cm = 8 km

In km, how far apart is school and home?

Cross Multiply

`(4cm)/(8km)` ·
`(5cm)/(1)`

Cancel centimeters

`(40(km)(cm))/(4cm)`

Divide

=
`(40km)/(4)`

= 10 km