Question

The distance around a lake is 8km. On a map, this distance around the lake is represented by a length of 2cm. The scale on the map is

Answer 1

Summary. To calculate distance on a map you must do the following: Measure distance between two points on a map in cm or mm. Multiply this by the scale of the map and divide by 100 000 if you used centimetres or by 1000 000 if you used millimetres to get kilometres