Question

The distance between Matt’s house and his school is 3 inches on the map. The actual distance is 1.5 miles. What is the scale of the map?
1 inch = 2 miles
1 inch = 0.5 mile
3 inches = 1 mile
1.5 inches = 1 mile

Answer 1

1 inch = 0.5 mile

Reason: 3 in on the map = 1.5 miles actual, so 1 in = 1.5 ÷ 3 = 0.5 miles.