Measurement
Length Scale : The scale of a drawing can be expressed as a ra o of
1: 𝑛
Example: 1:5000 means 1 cm Scale = 1 : 500
on the drawing represent 5000 Area Scale =
cm on the actual object. Map rep Actual
1cm rep 500cm
Scale = 1:5000 1cm rep 5m
Map rep Actual (1cm)2 rep (5m) 2
1cm rep 5000 cm
(1cmx1cm) rep (5mx5m)
1cm rep 50 m
1x1 cm2 rep 5x5 m 2
1cm rep 0.050 km
1 cm2 rep 25 m 2
m = 100 𝑐𝑚 𝑘𝑚 = 1000 𝑚
m2 = 100 𝑥 100 cm2 𝑘𝑚 = 1000 𝑥 100 𝑐𝑚 =105 cm
m3 = 100 𝑥 100 𝑥 100 cm3 km2= (105 cm) 2 =1010 cm 2
1 km2= 1𝑥 (𝑘𝑚 𝑥 𝑘𝑚) = 1𝑥(1000𝑚 𝑥1000𝑚) = 1000,000m2
1 km2= (1000 𝑥 100)𝑐𝑚 𝑥 (1000 𝑥 100)𝑐𝑚 = 10,000,000,000 =1010 cm2
4 km2= 4𝑥(1000 𝑥 100)𝑐𝑚 𝑥(1000 𝑥 100)𝑐𝑚 = 40,000,000,000 =4x1010
cm2
𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 = 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑥 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒
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𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒
𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 = 𝐴𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 =
𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒
𝑘𝑚 1000 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 1000 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟
1𝑘𝑚/ℎ = 1 = 1 𝑘𝑚/ℎ =
ℎ 60 𝑚𝑖𝑛 60 𝑥 60 𝑆𝑒𝑐
1000 1000
= 𝑚/𝑚𝑖𝑛 = 𝑚/𝑠𝑒𝑐
60 3600
1
𝑚 𝑘𝑚
1 𝑚/𝑠𝑒𝑐 = 1 = 1000
𝑠𝑒𝑐 1
ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟
60𝑥60
60 𝑥 60
= 𝑘𝑚/ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟
1000