Question

There are two maps with respective scales of 1 cm = 100 m and 1 cm = 100 km. Give a well reasoned answer as to which of them would be a large scale map and which a small scale map. Recognize the type of maps.

Answer 1

1. A map with a size of 1 cm = 100 m would be considered large scale among the two maps with scales of 1 cm = 100 m and 1 cm = 100 km.
2. Reasons:
   1. One metre is equivalent to one hundred centimetres, and one hundred meters is equivalent to ten thousand centimetres.
   2. Therefore, in numerical terms (scale), the given verbal scale (1 cm = 100 m) has a value of 1: 10000.
   3. A big scale map is one that has a numerical scale of 1: 10,000 or less. Thus, a large-scale map would be 1 cm = 100 m.
3. Types of maps:
   1. Large-scale maps include those of communities, churches, fields, etc.
   2. Small-scale maps include those of states, nations, continents, the planet, etc.