Question

The scale of a map says that 4 cm represents 5 km.What is the actual number of kilometers that is represented by 5 centimeters on the map?

Answer 1

2 kilometers, there are 5 centimeters. 5 kilometers is 2.5 times more than 2 kilometers. So you multiply 5 centimeters by 2.5 and that is the answer.

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