Question

The map given below depicts the houses of four friends A, B, C and D. Find the distances using the main road and the kutcha road to answer the following questions.

1. Which child would reach school first if all, A, B, and C, leave their houses at the same time and walk at the same speed?
2. Which child lives closest to the school, according to the road distance?
3. How far must D walk to reach the village well?
4. How far is B’s house from the bus depot?
5. How much distance will C have to walk to reach the railway station?
6. In what direction is C’s house from the school?

Answer 1

The scale 1 cm = 10,000 cm

1 cm = `1000/10000` km

= `1/10` km

= 0.1 km

or 1 cm = 100 metres

1. C will reach the school first.
2. D 
3. The distance between D and the village well is 12 cm, measured with the help of the thread. If 1 cm is equal to 100 metres, then 12 cm will be equal to 1200 metres. So D has to walk 1200 metres to reach the village well.
4. With the help of the thread the distance between Bus depot and B’s house is 12 cm. So it is 1200 metres far from B’s house.
5. By thread the distance is 9 cm. So the distance between C and Railway station is 9 × 100 = 900 metres.
6. C’s house is in the north-western direction from the school.