I'm doing a map from my house to school.And according to google maps,I live 1.8 miles away.My teacher wants us to do a scale per inch. So I measured how far I live from the school and I got 14 1/2 inches. Should I divide 1.8 by 14 1/2...? or what?Please help.
2007-09-16 10:41:49 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
-The map is already drawn
-I got 14.5 in. by measuring how to get there with the streets I drew
2007-09-16 10:52:47 · update #1
you have 14.5in=1.8 miles
so 1 in=1.8/14.5=0.12 miles ans
2007-09-16 11:02:24 · answer #1 · answered by MAHAANIM07 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plan a: You could do a map where one inch on the map equals one mile. Then your house would be 1.8 inches away from the school on the map.
Plan b: You could do a map where one inch equals one half mile. Then your house would be 3.6 inches away from school on the map. I think that this would fit nicely on a standard piece of paper.
Where did the 14.5 inch figure come from? is that just the length of the paper?
2007-09-16 10:47:28 · answer #2 · answered by hottotrot1_usa 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Divide 14 1/2 by 1.8 and that should give it to you in miles per inch.
2007-09-16 10:46:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
well. if this map is going to take up one whole standard page of paper. what you really need to do is just look at a ruler and look at how much room you have to work with. then, come up with a good scale. like if you are using a whole page for the map. make 1/2inch=.1 mi so that would make one inch=.2 mi which is a good scale and start drawing on that. but its all decision making really. no special math involved.
2007-09-16 10:46:16 · answer #4 · answered by gonavy271 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, do the opposite. Divide 14.5 by 1.8. That should give you the right scale.
2007-09-16 10:52:30 · answer #5 · answered by Pika 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
141/2 divided by 1.8 miles should be it.
2007-09-16 10:53:12 · answer #6 · answered by eboniejamrock 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no 14.5 is the answer i think
2007-09-16 10:45:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
O.K. FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T KNOW! NOW SECOND TELL HER *** TO DO THE MATH & WHAT EVER SHE COMES UP WITH THAT'S THE ANSWER!
2007-09-16 10:46:14 · answer #8 · answered by Beautiful 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋