Spatial Reasoning
Teacher Key
Map Distances
Use the map to the right to answer the questions.
Greenville
A. How far is it from Greenville to Orange Falls?
B. What is the actual distance from Yellow
Creek to Red Rock?
8 cm
14 cm
49 miles
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9 cm
9 cm
Red Rock
Orange
Falls
7 cm
31.5 miles
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2 cm
10 cm
C. What should the map distance from
Red Rock to Orange Falls be if the actual
distance is 24.5 miles?
7 mi.
Brownville
7 cm
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D. What should the map distance from Yellow
Creek to Brownville be if the actual
distance is 38.5 miles?
11 cm
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E. How many miles further is it to Yellow Creek
from Brownville than to Orange Falls from
Brownville?
3.5 miles
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Place the locations on the map based on the given clues.
Round answers to the nearest tenth.
F. Pebble Creek is 11.7 miles from Pine Grove and
15 miles from Westville.
3 cm
Green
Meadow
9 cm
5 mi.
Pine Grove is 16.7 miles from Center City.
Center City
8 cm
Pebble Creek and Green Meadow are both 15 miles
from Center City.
10 cm
9 cm
Westville
Westville is 13.3 miles from Center City.
G. How many miles is it from Green Meadow to Pine Grove
by way of Center City?
31.7 miles
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9 cm
Pine
Grove
7 cm
Pebble Creek
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Spatial Reasoning
Teacher Key
Map Distances
Use the map to the right to answer the questions.
Downtown Map
H. How far is it from the Shopping Center to
the Children’s Museum?
Shopping
Center
Children’s
Museum
3 in.
6 miles
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2 in.
I. What is the actual distance from the
Children’s Museum to Center Square?
2.5 in.
3.5 in.
4 miles
__________
2.5 in.
J. What should the map distance from the
Historical Center to the Zoological Park be
if the actual distance is 8 miles?
4 inches
___________
Center
Square
Historical
Center
0.5 in.
K. What should the map distance from the
Children’s Museum to the Zoological Park
be if the actual distance is 9 miles?
3 in.
Zoological
Park
1 mi.
4.5 inches
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L. How many miles would you drive if you
went from the Children’s Museum to the
Zoological Park and then to Center Square?
15 miles
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Spatial Reasoning
Teacher Key
Connections
Think About It
Explain the difference between a large-scale map and a small-scale map. Give an
example of each type and a situation in which each type would be used.
SAMPLE RESPONSE: A large-scale map is a map that shows a lot of detail while a
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small-scale map is a map that shows very little detail. The map of downtown San
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Francisco is an example of a large-scale map. The map of the world is an example
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of a small-scale map. A large-scale map could be used to find the distance from
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your house to school. A small-scale map could be used to find the distance
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between two state capitals.
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Treasure Hunt
Your great uncle left a note about a treasure he buried in his backyard. Use the clues
below, the grid on the following page, a compass, and straightedge to find the buried
treasure.
Clues
The treasure is located at a point seven and a half feet from the rocking chair, five and a
half feet from the birdbath, and six feet from the midpoint of a straight line between the two
oak trees.
C-5
Location of the treasure___________
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Spatial Reasoning
Teacher Key
Connections
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Activity 67242