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Measuring, scale drawings and bearings worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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Measuring, scale drawings and bearings worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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- 1.A map has a scale of 1 : 20 000. The distance between two villages is 3.4 km in real life. How long is this distance on the map, in centimetres?
- 2.The angle between north and a footpath is 35°, measured clockwise from north. What is the three-figure bearing of the footpath?
- 3.A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. A distance between two points measures 2 cm on the map. What is the real distance, in kilometres?
- 4.A furniture catalogue drawing uses a scale of 1 cm to 1.5 m. A sofa in the drawing is measured as 7 cm long. What is the real length of the sofa, in metres?
- 5.A survey team measures the angle between two fences with a protractor and gets a reading of 254°. What type of angle is this?
- 6.The bearing of a campsite B from a walker's position A is 070°. What is the bearing of A from B?
- 7.A plan of a car park is drawn to a scale of 1 : 500. A parking bay is drawn as a rectangle measuring 1.2 cm by 0.6 cm. The real width of the bay corresponds to the 0.6 cm side. What is the real width of the bay, in metres?
- 8.A garden plan is drawn to a scale of 1 cm : 1.8 m. A path on the plan measures 4.5 cm. What is the real length of the path, in metres, to 1 decimal place?
- 9.A model car is built to a scale of 1 : 24. The real car is 4.32 m long. Work out the length of the model, in centimetres.
- 10.Two straight roads cross at a junction. The angle between them, measured with a protractor, is 118°. What is the size of the angle vertically opposite to it?
- 11.A submarine travels due south. What is the three-figure bearing for this direction?
- 12.A line segment is measured with a ruler and found to be 6.5 cm long. What is this length in millimetres?
- 13.A church tower is due east of a village. What is the three-figure bearing of the church tower from the village?
- 14.A ship sails 12 km on a bearing of 070° from a harbour to a buoy. It then sails a further 9 km, still on a bearing of 070°, from the buoy to a lighthouse. How far is the lighthouse from the harbour, in kilometres?
- 15.A scale drawing of a park uses a scale of 1 : 2000. A path is drawn 8.5 cm long on the drawing. A cyclist rides the length of the path and then rides straight back again along the same path. How far does the cyclist travel in total, in metres?
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