If you start at the equator and travel to 10 degrees north, approximately how many miles of the equator will you be?

Question

Take the circumference of earth to be 40,000 kilometers or 24,900 miles

Answer 1

There are 360° in a full circle.  Latitude is measured in degrees from 0° to 90° North (to the North Pole) or South (to the South Pole) from the Equator.

 

If the circumference of the Earth is approximately 40,000 km or 24,900 miles, then:

    (10/360)*40000 = 1111 km      or    (10/360)*24900 = 692 miles     north of the Equator