Correct: 0 / 57
Section 14.2 · Geometry and measure

Scale drawings, maps and plans

Use knowledge of scaling to interpret maps and plans, converting between distances on a drawing and real distances.

6 teaching slides 57 practice questions Worked answers for every question

1 · Teaching slidesuse ← → keys

Teaching this in class? Open the presentation version.

Full-screen dark deck for the projector — bullets reveal one at a time, the videos for this section are built in, plus an interactive tool, quick check questions and speaker notes. One self-contained file: download it and it works with nothing else installed.

Open presentation ↗ All decks

2 · Key words

scaleThe rule linking a drawing to real life.
scale drawingA drawing with every length reduced or enlarged equally.
ratio scaleA scale written as 1 : n, in the same units on both sides.
planA scale drawing seen from above.
mapA scale drawing of an area of ground.
representsThe word linking a drawing length to a real one.

3 · Summary of the sectionrevise from this

  • A scale tells you what one length on a drawing stands for in real life.
  • Drawing → real: multiply. Real → drawing: divide.
  • A scale can be written as “1 cm represents 5 m” or as the ratio 1 : 500.
  • For a ratio scale, both sides must be in the same units: 5 m = 500 cm, so 1 cm to 5 m is 1 : 500.
  • The bigger the second number, the smaller the drawing.
  • Useful conversions: 100 cm = 1 m, 100 000 cm = 1 km.
  • Every angle is unchanged, and every length is multiplied by the same number — the shape does not distort.
  • Areas do not scale by the same number: doubling every length multiplies the area by 4.
PDFPrintable worksheet All 57 questions, space to work PDFWorked answers Full solutions, not just the answer

Video lessons1 videos

Maps and Scales

British corbettmaths

Reading a map scale and converting both ways between map and ground.

These players need an internet connection. Everything else on this site works offline.

4 · Practice57 questions, easiest first

Previous

14.1 Coordinates and distance
Next

14.3 Translation