Viii Geometry Pws 3
Viii Geometry Pws 3
1. On a map, drawn to a scale of 1:1250000, the distance between P and Q is 32.4 cm. What is the actual
distance in km?
2. On a map, drawn to a scale of 4 cm to represent 21 km, what length on the map will represent an MRT
line 3.5 km long?
3. The scale of a map is 4 cm to 1.2 km. Express the scale in the form 1:n.
4. What is the R.F. of a map if the scale is 4 cm to 5 km? What is the area of a park on the map whose
actual area is 12.5 km2?
5. On a map which has a scale of 1:40 000, a housing estate is represented by an area of 25 cm2. Find the
area of the housing estate in hectares.
6. If the scale of a map is 1:600 000, what area on the map represents a country of 450 km 2?
Answers:
2 1
1. 405 km 2. cm 3. 1 : 30 000 4. , 8 cm2 5. 400 ha
3 125000
6. 12.5 cm2 7. (a) 1 : 80 000 (b) 9.2 km 8. (a) 50 cm (b) 15 km (c) 50 km2
9. (a) 2.25 km (b) 0.9 cm2 10. (a) 22.5 km (b) 1 : 225 000