U.S. Map Lesson 7 - Scale - Grade 6+

United States Physical Political Map

Materials Needed

A pencil and your map.

A traveling salesperson wants to visit seven cities. The map below shows the seven cities this person wants to visit. Use the United States map to measure the straight-line distance between each city. Then add the total number of miles one would have to travel to visit all of the locations. Write your answers in the spaces provided. 


TRIP - DISTANCE IN MILES

New York to Miami

Houston to San Diego

San Diego to Seattle

Seattle to Denver

Denver to Chicago

Chicago to New York

TOTAL MILES

 

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