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A map of a park says its scale is 1 to 100.
Your teacher will give you a scale drawing of the Apollo Lunar Module. It is drawn at a scale of 1 to 50.
As of 2016, Tunisia holds the world record for the largest version of a national flag. It was almost as long as four soccer fields. The flag has a circle in the center, a crescent moon inside the circle, and a star inside the crescent moon.
| flag length | flag height | height of crescent moon |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| actual | 396 m | 99 m | |
| at 1 to 2,000 scale | 13.2 cm |
Complete each scale with the value that makes it equivalent to the scale of 1 to 2,000. Explain or show your reasoning.
Sometimes scales come with units, and sometimes they don’t. For example, a map of Nebraska may have a scale of 1 mm to 1 km. This means that each millimeter of distance on the map represents 1 kilometer of distance in Nebraska. Notice that there are 1,000 millimeters in 1 meter and 1,000 meters in 1 kilometer. This means there are
Here is some information about equal lengths that you may find useful.
Customary Units
1 foot (ft) = 12 inches (in)
1 yard (yd) = 36 inches
1 yard = 3 feet
1 mile = 5,280 feet
Metric Units
1 centimeter (cm) = 10 millimeters (mm)
1 meter (m) = 1,000 millimeters (mm)
1 meter = 100 centimeters
1 kilometer (km) = 1,000 meters
Equal Lengths in Different Systems
1 inch = 2.54 centimeters
1 foot
1 mile
1 centimeter
1 meter
1 kilometer
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