Maps test questions

1

What should every map show?

2

The following two questions refer to this map:

Map of French Guiana

What is the distance between Saï and Kourou?

3

Which city is 100 miles from Saint-Laurent du Maroni?

4

Mr Lewis makes model cars. He wants to make a model of a car that is three metres in length. He wants his model to be 15 centimetres long. What scale should he use to achieve this?

5

Greg is considering working on his house. He has the following plans drawn up by an architect.

Plans for the North and West facing sides of a house

The scale on the plans is 1:200.

Greg measures the length of the roof extension on the plan to be 2 cm, how long will it be in real life?

6

Laura is a civil engineer who designs tower blocks and residences. She needs to make a computer model to accompany her latest proposal.

The actual tower blocks will measure 400 m long. She wants to use a scale factor of 2000:1. How long will her model be in centimetres?

7

What is the bearing of A from B?

A diagonal line between point B and A

8

What is the bearing of B from A?

A diagonal line between point A and B

9

What is the bearing of A from B?

A diagonal line between point A and B

10

If the bearing of Mathland from Calcanopolis is 223°, what is the bearing of Calcanopolis from Mathland?