Question

Map A of a park has a scale of 1 inch to 1,000 feet. Map B of the same park has a scale of 1 inch to 500 feet. Which map is larger?

Answer 1

Explanation:

The cover the same area, the map that is 1 inch to 500 feet has to be larger. It also has to be more detailed.

Suppose the total distance to be covered is 9 thousand feet.

The map whose scale is 1000 feet / inch needs 9 inches.

The same distance would require twice as much scale distance or 18 inches.