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Distance Time Graphs

Jane drove 320 km from her home to the airport.

The travel graph shows Jane’s journey.

320

280

Distance from home in km

1.

20 marks

240

200

160

120

80

40

1

3

2

4

5

Time in hours

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?

…………………….. km

(2)

(b)

Work out the steady speed that Jane travelled at after lunch.

……………………. km/h

(2)

Jane’s 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 Jane’s 320 km journey.

£ ………………..

(4)

(Total 8 marks)

1

2.

A man left home at 12 noon to go for a cycle ride.

The travel graph represents part of the man’s journey.

At 12.45pm the man stopped for a rest.

(a)

For how many minutes did he rest?

……………minutes

(1)

(b)

Find his distance from home at 1.30pm.

………………….km

(1)

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)

Complete the travel graph.

(2)

(Total 4 marks)

2

3.

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.

Distance in km 5

from

James’ home

4

3

2

1

0

10 00

(a)

11 00

12 00

Time

For how many minutes did James stop and talk to his friend?

…………………………… minutes

(1)

(b)

What is the distance from James’ home to the swimming pool?

…………………………… km

(1)

(Total 2 marks)

3

4.

The graph shows the rate of rainfall, in mm per hour, one afternoon last year.

1.5

Rate

of

rainfall

(mm per

1

hour)

0.5

0

1200

(a)

1300

1400

1500

Time

1600

1700

1800

At what time did it start to rain?

…………………..

(1)

(b)

What was the rate of...