1) The 17th hole at the famous st andrews golf course is 420 m in length.How long will it appear on a plan of the course of scale 1:8000?

2) On a map of scale 1:15000,the distance between the buckingham palace and brixton underground station is 31.4cm. what is the actual distance in km?

1 answer

(1) Convert into cm first, so: 420 m = ___ cm
Then, divide that number with 8000
(2) Multiply 31.4 with 15000 (in cm), then convert the result into km