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Aims for today’s lesson: Scale and Distance Aims for today’s lesson: To know and understand what scale is. To know the three types of scale. To know how to calculate distance using scale.

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Copy and complete using words from the box below. Maps have to be drawn _____ than real life to fit on a piece of paper. How much smaller they are is shown by the ______. This shows you the _____ distance between places. real smaller scale

SCALE Relationship between distance on a map or plan and distance in real life. How can we show it? Words Ratio Line/bar 1:10 1cm to 10cm This means 1cm on the map = 10cm on the ground. On OS maps the scale is often 1:25 000.