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Zooming In and Zooming Out is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on using maps at different scales, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.3.3-5. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Zooming In and Zooming Out

D2.Geo.3.3-5

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Circle the best answer.

1.Why do people use several scales for one enquiry?
  • A.To use more paper
  • B.Because maps wear out
  • C.Each scale answers a different question about the same place
2.A world map shows the county as a dot. Is the map wrong?
  • A.No. At that scale a county cannot be more than a dot
  • B.Yes, it is inaccurate
  • C.Yes, counties must be labelled
3.Which scale shows the whole railway line from end to end?
  • A.A county map, small enough in scale to fit the whole route
  • B.A plan of the station
  • C.A map of the platform
4.What do you lose when you zoom out to a country map?
  • A.The north arrow
  • B.The coastline
  • C.The detail: single farms, lanes and streams disappear
5.Which scale would show which platform a train leaves from?
  • A.A large scale plan of the station itself
  • B.A world map
  • C.A county map
6.You want to find one farm's fields. Which map scale?
  • A.A map of Europe
  • B.A large scale map showing a small area in detail
  • C.A world map
7.You want to see where the county sits in the country. Which scale?
  • A.A map of one farm
  • B.A small scale map showing the whole country
  • C.A plan of one street
8.What do you lose when you zoom in to one village?
  • A.The roads
  • B.The context: you cannot see where the village sits in the county
  • C.The buildings

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Answer key — Zooming In and Zooming Out

Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Each scale answers a different question about the same place
  2. 2.No. At that scale a county cannot be more than a dot
  3. 3.A county map, small enough in scale to fit the whole route
  4. 4.The detail: single farms, lanes and streams disappear
  5. 5.A large scale plan of the station itself
  6. 6.A large scale map showing a small area in detail
  7. 7.A small scale map showing the whole country
  8. 8.The context: you cannot see where the village sits in the county

More practice for D2.Geo.3.3-5

Use maps at different scales to describe what is where.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.3.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.