Q: Which of the following scales is largest?
A: The correct answer is choice "A." A representative fraction of 1:24,000 means that one unit of length on the map represents 24,000 of those same units on the earth. Another way to write the representative fraction is:
1 ______________ 24,000
In the same way that one-half is larger than one-tenth, choice "A" is the largest of the three fractions given as choices.
