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Maps and Cardinal Points

Reading maps and using cardinal/ordinal directions.

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Q1 · Maps and Cardinal Points · EASY
A student is standing at point P on a map. The school is located to the right of point P, and the hospital is located above the school. If right represents East, what direction is the hospital from point P?
Q2 · Maps and Cardinal Points · MEDIUM
On a map, 1 cm represents 50 km on the ground. Two cities A and B are 3.5 cm apart on the map. What is the actual distance between cities A and B?
Q3 · Maps and Cardinal Points · HARD
A map shows that village X is located at coordinates (2, 3) and village Y is at (5, 7). If each unit on the map grid represents 10 km, and the coordinates indicate movement in the East (horizontal) and North (vertical) directions from the origin, what is the straight-line distance between villages X and Y?
Q4 · Maps and Cardinal Points · MEDIUM
A traveller starts from city P and travels 40 km towards North to reach city Q. From Q, he travels 30 km towards East to reach city R. What is the direction of city R from city P?
Q5 · Maps and Cardinal Points · EASY
In which cardinal direction does the sun set?