Question

A map has a scale of 1 cm : 11.5 km. Two cities are 5.5 cm apart on the map. To the nearest tenth of a kilometer, what is the actual distance corresponding to the map distance?

Answer 1

multiply 5.5 cm by 11.5 km

5.5 * 11.5 = 63.25

 rounded to nearest tenth = 63.3 km