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I cant do any pastpaper because they dont give the OS map so what's the point. When finding the distance in a OS map how do you use the scale to find the distance. Do you line the starting point on zero???
You measure the distance using the piece of paper they provided for you. You mark the points that you are required to measure, (THEy are usually 2 points and put like marks on the paper to remember where they are) then you go to the scale and starting from the 0 you measure until the next point. ( if the distance is greater than the scale provided you mark on the maximum number scale they give you then you mark another point and label it with for ex: 600 m if the maximum number on the scale is 600 m) then you put the 600 m on the scale 0 and measure it again till the 2nd point. if the distance is again greater, repeat the steps. Hope that helped