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Distance Time Graphs Worksheet

Jane drove 320 km from home to the airport. Her travel graph shows she stopped for lunch during the journey. She travelled at a steady speed after lunch. The cost of petrol for Jane's 320 km journey was calculated based on her car's fuel efficiency and petrol costs.

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Distance Time Graphs Worksheet

Jane drove 320 km from home to the airport. Her travel graph shows she stopped for lunch during the journey. She travelled at a steady speed after lunch. The cost of petrol for Jane's 320 km journey was calculated based on her car's fuel efficiency and petrol costs.

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Maridjan Wiwaha
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Distance Time Graphs

Jane drove 320 km from her home to the airport.


The travel graph shows Janes journey.

320
280
Distance from home in km

1.

20 marks

240
200
160
120
80
40

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)

Janes 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.

..
(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 mans 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)

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

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)

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 rainfall at 1700?


.. mm per hour
(1)

(c)

What happened to the rate of rainfall between 1600 and 1615?


..........
(1)
(Total 3 marks)

5.

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.

Distance
3
from
school
(km)
2

0
330

(a)

340

350

400

Time
(pm)

Find the distance Robert walked during the first 10 minutes of his journey.

................................. km
(1)

(b)

Find the total time that Robert stopped to talk to his friend.

................................. minutes
(1)

(c)

Write down the distance that Robert had walked when Sarah cycled past him.

................................. km
(1)
(Total 3 marks)

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