A rectangular orchard is 50 meters long and 40 meters wide. Draw it on a 1:1000 scale drawing. How long should it be? What's the area of the orchard on the map?

A rectangular orchard is 50 meters long and 40 meters wide. Draw it on a 1:1000 scale drawing. How long should it be? What's the area of the orchard on the map?


The length: 50 × 11000 = 0.05 (m), 0.05 M = 5 cm, the width: 40 × 11000 = 0.04 (m), 0.04 M = 4 cm, the area: 5 × 4 = 20 (square cm), a: the length and width should be 5 cm and 4 cm respectively; the area of this orchard is 20 square cm