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# Scale

Learning video 62 · Geometry · Grade 4 · 0:31

## Read the story

On a plan, everything is drawn smaller.

Here, 1 centimeter on the plan is 2 meters in real life.

The house is 5 centimeters long on the plan. In real life that's 10 meters.

**The garden is 8 cm long on the plan. How many meters is that?**

## Answer and working

Correct! 8 times 2 is 16 meters.

`8 × 2 = 16`