4400 Higher November 2010 Paper 4 Q8
8 The scale of a map is 1 : 50 000
On the map, the distance between two schools is 19.6 cm.
Work out the real distance between the schools.
Give your answer in kilometres.
(3)
| Scheme | Marks |
|---|---|
| \(\dfrac{19.6 \times 50000}{100 \times 1000}\) | M1 |
| M1 | |
| 9.8 | A1 |
| (3) | |
| (3 marks) |
Notes
M1: for 19.6 × 50000 or 980 000 or number with digits 98
or \(\dfrac{50000}{100 \times 1000}\) or ½ km
M1: for completing calculation \(\dfrac{\text{“980000”}}{100 \times 1000}\) or 19.6 × ½
A1: cao