Question

Distances between Towns
These are five towns. Find out:
(1) How many cm away is Idlipur from barfinagar on the map?
(2) How many kilometres will you have to travel if you go from Idlipur to Barfinagar?
(3) There is a place called Thukpagram midway between Idlipur and Barfinagar. Mark it with a 'T'.
(4) A town called Jalebipur is 35 kms away from both Chholaghat and Dhoklabad. Where do you think it can be? Mark 'J' for it.
(5) Measure the length of the route between Bhelpur and Chholaghat. (You can use a thread)

Answer 1

(1)
The distance between Idlipur and Barfinagar on the map is 5 cm.

(2)
Here, the scale is 1 cm = 10 km
Distance between Idlipur and Barfinagar on the map = 5 cm
Now, actual distance between Idlipur and Barfinagar = 5 × 10
= 50 km

Thus, we have to travel 50 km to go from Idlipur to Barfinagar.

(3)
The place Thukpagram which is at the midway between Idlipur and Barfinagar is marked with T as shown below.




(4)
Here the scale is 1 cm = 10 km
So, 0.5 cm map distance = 5 km actual distance
Actual distance of Jalebipur from Dhoklabad and Chholaghat = 35 km
= 10 km + 10 km + 10 km
+ 5 km

So, map distance of Jalebipur from Dhoklabad and Chholaghat = 1 cm + 1 cm + 1 cm
+ 0.5 cm
= 3.5 cm

We can measure 3.5 cm and mark the town Jalebipur, with the help of thread as J on the map as shown below.



(5)
If we measure the distance between Bhelpur and Chholaghat with the help of thread, it comes out to be 6 cm.
Here, the scale is 1 cm = 10 km
So, 6 cm map distance = 60 km

Thus, the length of route between Bhelpur and Chholaghat is 60 km.