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Centimeters per kilometer to representative fraction

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41:N

Nothing on our list is smaller: an architect’s plan is 25× smaller. A 40 cm wide sheet at that scale covers about 0.0016 km across.

What it means

How much does it cover?

The scale is exact only where the map projection is true. On a small-scale map of a whole country, the printed scale is a nominal figure.

The math

How to convert cm/km to 1:N

Everything comes from the denominator: cm per km = 100,000 ÷ scale, meters per cm = scale ÷ 100, and inches to the mile = 63,360 ÷ scale.

Example: 25,000 cm/km = 4 1:N.

Every unit

Your scale in every unit

Tables

cm/km to 1:N conversion table

cm/km to 1:N conversion table
cm/km1:N
500 cm/km200 1:N
1,000 cm/km100 1:N
2,500 cm/km40 1:N
10,000 cm/km10 1:N
25,000 cm/km4 1:N
50,000 cm/km2 1:N
100,000 cm/km1 1:N
250,000 cm/km0.4 1:N
1,000,000 cm/km0.1 1:N
10,000,000 cm/km0.01 1:N
1:N to cm/km conversion table
1:N to cm/km conversion table
1:Ncm/km
500 1:N200 cm/km
1,000 1:N100 cm/km
2,500 1:N40 cm/km
10,000 1:N10 cm/km
25,000 1:N4 cm/km
50,000 1:N2 cm/km
100,000 1:N1 cm/km
250,000 1:N0.4 cm/km
1,000,000 1:N0.1 cm/km
10,000,000 1:N0.01 cm/km

Quick answers

Quick answers

How many 1:N is 1 cm/km?
1 cm/km is 100,000 1:N.
How many 1:N is 10 cm/km?
10 cm/km is 10,000 1:N.
How many 1:N is 25,000 cm/km?
25,000 cm/km is 4 1:N.

The units

About these units

Centimeters per kilometer (cm/km)

How many centimeters of map make a kilometer of ground.

Representative fraction (1:N)

The scale as printed: 1:25,000 means one to twenty-five thousand.

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