Scale resources

Students match verbal statements about a class with graphic scales which represent their statements.

Students use a plan of a garage with a scale to calculate the actual length and width of the garage and a workbench inside it.

Students enlarge a diagram to a given scale.

For this task students are required to record, in a table, the compass bearings of objects shown on a submarine radar screen. Distances from the submarine are also recorded.

Students calculate the shortest distance between two points on a grid map by using a scale.

Students answer questions involving negative numbers about rising and falling water levels.

Students are required to describe the compass direction and distance that an ant travels toward different items of food positioned on a grid.

Students use a plan of the school and a scale to answer questions about length and distance of buildings and courts in the school.

Students identify distances and mark positions on a treasure map with a scale.