Title: Targeting Grade C
1GCSE Mathematics
Targeting Grade C
Unit 3 Algebra 3 Travel Graphs
2 Review 1 Key facts Practice 1 GCSE
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- Can you
- If not you need
- Remember the key points about
- travel graphs
- Answer examination questions
- Involving
- Calculating how long was a rest
- Calculating how far did they travel
- Working out the average speed
- Completing a travel graph
3Travel graphs Always the same and always easy!
- The Four Key Points
- A travel graphs is always
- DISTANCE against TIME
- FLAT sections are where its STOPPED
- The STEEPER the graph
- the FASTER its going
- For any section,
- SLOPE (gradient) SPEED
- Remember SPEED Distance Time
lesson
41. Jane drove 320 km from her home to the
airport. The travel graph shows Janes journey.
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During the journey, Jane stopped for
lunch. (a) (i) For how long did Jane stop for
lunch? (ii) How far had Jane travelled in the
first 90 minutes? (b) Work out the steady speed
that Jane travelled at after lunch.
30 minutes
120 Km
60 Km/Hr
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5Janes car uses 1 gallon of petrol for each 40
miles.A gallon of petrol costs
3.20(c) Work out the cost of
petrol for Janes 320 km journey.
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25.60
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6Here is part of a travel graph of Siâns journey
from her house to theshops and back.
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(a) Work out Siâns speed for the first 30
minutes of her journey. Give your answer in km/h.
40 Km/Hr
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- Siân spends 15 minutes at the shops.She then
travels back to her house at 60 km/h. - (b) Copy and complete the travel graph.
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83. A man left home at 12 noon to go for a cycle
ride. The travel graph represents part of the
mans journey.
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At 12.45pm the man stopped for a rest. (a) For
how many minutes did he rest? (b) Find his
distance from home at 1.30pm.
15 minutes
15 Km
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- The man stopped for another rest at 2pm.
- He rested for one hour.
- Then he cycled home at a steady speed. It took
him 2 hours. - (c) Copy and complete the travel graph.
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104. James left home at 10 00 am. He walked to the
swimming pool. On the way to the swimming pool
he stopped to talk to a friend. Here is the
distance-time graph for his complete journey.
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- (a) For how many minutes did James stop and talk
to his friend? - (b) What is the distance from James home to the
swimming pool?
45 minutes
5 Km
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125. The graph shows the rate of rainfall, in mm
per hour, one afternoon last year.
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(a) At what time did it start to rain? (b) What
was the rate of rainfall at 1700 in mm per
hour? (c) What happened to the rate of rainfall
between 1600 and 1615?
13.30
1.5 mm/hr
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It increased
136. Robert left school at 3 30 pm. He walked
home. On the way home, he stopped to talk to a
friend. His sister, Sarah, left the same school
at 3 45 pm. She cycled home using the same route
as Robert. Here are the distance-time graphs for
Roberts and Sarahs complete journeys.
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- (a) Find the distance Robert walked during the
first 10 minutes of his journey. - (b) Find the total time that Robert stopped to
talk to his friend. - (c) Write down the distance that Robert had
walked when Sarah cycled past him.
1 Km
30 minutes
2 Km
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