This topic focuses on understanding and applying metric unit scale calculations used in maps to determine the relationship between distances on a map and their corresponding real-world measurements. Problems require converting between different metric units and involve substantial map scales up to a million. The skills practiced involve calculating and interpreting map scales, exercising multiplication and division, and applying these calculations to understand spatial representations in a visual and mathematical context. The problems include various lengths such as centimeters, millimeters, and meters, and distances presented in kilometers, decimeters, and hectometers.
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Map Scale - Find Scale - To 1000000 - Change Unit
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8 mm on the map represents 48 km. What is the scale of the map?
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Metric Unit Scale on Map - Find Scale - To 1000000 - Change Unit Worksheet
| Math worksheet on 'Metric Unit Scale on Map - Find Scale - To 1000000 - Change Unit (Level 1)'. Part of a broader unit on 'Measurement Conversion and Map Scale - Advanced - Metric' Learn online: app.mobius.academy/math/units/measurement_unit_conversion_and_scale_advanced_metric/ |
| 7 cm on the map represents 6.3 km. What is the scale of the map? |
| 1:9,000,000 |
| 1:900 |
| 1:9,000 |
| 1:90,000 |
| 1:90 |
| 7 cm on the map represents 420 km. What is the scale of the map? |
| 1:6,000,000 |
| 1:60,000 |
| 1:60,000,000 |
| 4 mm on the map represents 16 km. What is the scale of the map? |
| 1:4,000,000 |
| 1:40,000 |
| 1:40,000,000 |
| 1:4,000,000,000 |
| 1:400,000 |
| 1:4,000 |
| 5 mm on the map represents 450 dm. What is the scale of the map? |
| 1:9,000 |
| 1:9,000,000 |
| 1:90 |
| 1:90,000 |
| 8 mm on the map represents 48 km. What is the scale of the map? |
| 1:6,000,000 |
| 1:6,000 |
| 1:600,000 |
| 1:60,000 |
| 1:6,000,000,000 |
| 5 mm on the map represents 25 m. What is the scale of the map? |
| 1:5 |
| 1:50,000 |
| 1:500,000 |
| 1:5,000 |
| 1:5,000,000 |
| 1:50 |
| 5 cm on the map represents 1.5 hm. What is the scale of the map? |
| 1:300,000 |
| 1:3 |
| 1:3,000 |
| 1:3,000,000 |
| 1:300 |
| 1:30,000 |