Question

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

Answer 1

Distance between home and school(on map)=5cm

every 4cm=8km

therefore distance between home and school=
5/4×8 = 1.25×8 = 10km