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Map Scale

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  • Verbal Scale
  • Numerical Scale
  • Linear Scale
CISCE: Class 10

Key Points: Map Scale

  • Map scale is the ratio between the distance on a map and the actual distance on the ground.
  • Representative Fraction (R.F.) expresses scale as a ratio (e.g. 1 : 50,000) and is universally understood as it has no units.
  • Statement (Verbal) scale expresses scale in words (e.g. 1 cm to 1 km); it is easy to understand but not universally accepted.
  • Graphical or Linear scale represents distance by a line divided into primary and secondary divisions and does not require calculations.
  • R.F. is also called the international or natural scale because it can be converted into any unit of measurement.

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With regard to scale, answer the following question:

Name the main methods of representing the scale of a map.

After studying the picture have a discussion in the class and answer the following questions. 

  1.  Why is the painter holding the pencil in his hand in a particular way? 
  2.  How can the scene of this large landscape be depicted on paper?
  3.  How is it possible to view all the countries of the world on one map?
  4.  What is common to both these pictures? 

The actual distance between the two villages of Sahil and Minal is 50 km. The distance between the villages of Minal and Pragnya is 20 km and between Sahil and Praghya’s villages is 60 km. Figure given below shows the location of these villages on a map. The scale of the map is 1 cm = 10 km. Measure the distances on the map and find out which village belongs to whom? Note the names and the distances.

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