Question

if robin house is 12 miles from the school how many inches apart would his house and school be on the map of the scale was 1 inch = 6 miles

Answer 1

Since we have the scale 1 inch = 6 miles, we can solve this problem with a simple rule of three:

$\begin{gathered} 1\text{inch}=6\text{miles} \\ x\text{ inches = 12miles} \\ \Rightarrow x=\frac{12\cdot1}{6}=\frac{12}{6}=2 \\ x=2 \end{gathered}$

Therefore, the school would be 2 inches apart from Robin's house on the map