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Mathematics 0580: MAP SCALES Topical Past Paper Questions

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Summer (May/Jun) 2026Paper 3 (Core)

The scale drawing shows the positions of three towns, A, B and C. Town B is directly south of town A. The scale is 1 cm represents 40 km. scale: 1 cm = 40 km (a) Measure the bearing of town C from town B. [1] (b) Work out the actual distance between town A and town B. km [2] (c)…

Winter (Oct/Nov) 2025Paper 4 (Extended)

(a) The scale diagram shows the position of town A on a map. Town B is 12 km from town A on a bearing of $ 080^{\circ} $. Using a scale of 1 cm represents 2 km, mark the position of town B on the diagram. Scale: 1 cm to 2 km (b) The bearing of C from D is $ 130^{\circ} $. Work ou…

Summer (May/Jun) 2024Paper 2 (Extended)

The scale of a map is $1 : 40\,000$. On the map the distance between two villages is $37\text{ cm}$. Calculate the actual distance between the two villages. Give your answer in kilometres. [2]

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