Question

This map has a scale of 1cm to 6 km the road from ridlinton to carborough measured on the map is 6.6 cm long what is the length in km

Answer 1

It is 6.6x6 which is 39.6 km

Answer 2

On the map, 6 km road is represented by 1 cm .

And we have to find how many km of road are represented by 6.6 cm .

And for that we have to perform multiplication, that is

$6.6 * 6 km = 39.6 km$

So on the map, 39.6 km of road are represented by 6.6 cm .