On a map of a city, the scale is 1 centimeter to 500 meters. If it is 4 kilometers between city hall and the library, how many centimeters is it on the map?

8 cm

125 cm

2,000 cm

80 cm

If you would like to know how many centimeters is it on the map, you can calculate this using the following steps:

1 cm ... 500 meters

x cm = ? ... 4 kilometers = 4000 meters

1 * 4000 = 500 * x

x = 1 * 4000 / 500

x = 8 cm

The correct result would be 8 cm.