Edexcel GCSE

Mathematics (Linear) – 1MA0

TIME TABLES &

DISTANCE TABLES
Materials required for examination Items included with question papers
Ruler graduated in centimetres and Nil
millimetres, protractor, compasses,
pen, HB pencil, eraser.
Tracing paper may be used.

Instructions
Use black ink or ball-point pen.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name, centre number and candidate number.
Answer all questions.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided – there may be more space than you need.
Calculators may be used.

Information
The marks for each question are shown in brackets – use this as a guide as to how much time to
spend on each question.
Questions labelled with an asterisk (*) are ones where the quality of your written communication
will be assessed – you should take particular care on these questions with your spelling, punctuation
and grammar, as well as the clarity of expression.

Advice
Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Keep an eye on the time.
Try to answer every question.
Check your answers if you have time at the end.
1. Here is part of a railway timetable.

Manchester 07 53 09 17 10 35 11 17 13 30 14 36 16 26
Stockport 08 01 09 26 10 43 11 25 13 38 14 46 16 39
Macclesfield 08 23 09 38 10 58 11 38 13 52 14 58 17 03
Congleton 08 31 – – 11 49 – 15 07 17 10
Kidsgrove 08 37 – – – – – 17 16
Stoke-on-Trent 08 49 10 00 11 23 12 03 14 12 15 19 17 33

A train leaves Manchester at 10 35.

(a) At what time should this train arrive in Stoke-on-Trent?

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

Doris has to go to a meeting in Stoke-on-Trent.

She will catch the train in Stockport.
She needs to arrive in Stoke-on-Trent before 2 pm for her meeting.

(b) Write down the time of the latest train she can catch in Stockport.

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

(c) Work out how many minutes it should take the 14 36 train from Manchester to get
to Stoke-on-Trent.

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

The 14 36 train from Manchester to Stoke-on-Trent takes less time than the 16 26 train
from Manchester to Stoke-on-Trent.

(d) How many minutes less?

............. minutes
(2)
(5 marks)
2. Here is part of a train timetable for six trains from Birmingham to London.

Train A B C D E F
Birmingham 06 35 07 00 07 15 07 30 07 45 08 00

London 08 09 08 39 08 48 09 04 09 59 09 39

(a) Which train takes more than 2 hours to go from Birmingham to London?

.....................................
(1)
(b) Work out the number of minutes taken by train D to go from Birmingham to London.

....................... minutes
(2)
Paula has to go to a meeting in London.
She will catch one of the six trains from Birmingham.
She needs to arrive in London before 09 00

(c) Write down the latest train that she can catch.

.....................................
(1)
(4 marks)
3. The table shows part of a bus timetable from Shotton to Alton.

Shotton 07 30 08 00 09 00 10 00 11 00
Crook 07 45 08 15 09 15 10 15 11 15
Prudhoe 07 58 08 28 09 28 10 28 11 28
Hexham 08 15 08 45 09 45 10 45 11 45
Alton 08 30 09 00 10 00 11 00 12 00

A bus leaves Shotton at 07 30

(a) What time should it arrive at Alton?

.....................................
(1)
Another bus leaves Prudhoe at 08 28
(b) How many minutes should it take to get to Hexham?

........................................ minutes
(1)
Serena lives in Crook.
She has to be in Hexham by quarter past 11
(c) What is the time of the latest bus she can catch from Crook to arrive in Hexham by quarter past
11?

.....................................
(1)
(3 marks)
4. Here is part of a timetable for a bus.

Blunsdon 07 18 07 45 08 33
Cricklade 07 26 07 53 08 41
Latton 07 31 07 58 08 46
South Cerney 07 38 08 05 08 53
Siddington 07 47 08 14 09 02
Seven Springs 08 26 08 51 09 39
Cheltenham 08 50 09 12 10 00

A bus leaves Blunsdon at 07 45

(a) At what time should the bus arrive at Siddington?

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

Peter arrives at the Latton bus stop at 08 35

He waits for the next bus to Seven Springs.

(b) (i) How many minutes should he wait?

........................ minutes
(ii) At what time should Peter arrive at Seven Springs?

.....................................
(2)

Marie gets the bus from Cricklade at 07 26

(c) How many minutes should this bus take to travel from Cricklade to Cheltenham?

........................ minutes
(2)
(5 marks)
5. The table shows part of a train timetable from Weymouth to London Waterloo.

Weymouth 0903 0920 1003 1020 1103

Poole 0940 1007 1040 1107 1140
Bournemouth 0953 1017 1054 1117 1154
Southampton 1026 1058 1128 1158 1228
Woking 1119 1219 1319
London Waterloo 1149 1220 1249 1320 1349
A train leaves Weymouth at 09 03
(a) At what time should it arrive at London Waterloo?
.....................................
(1)
Another train leaves Poole at 11 40
(b) How many minutes should it take to travel to Bournemouth?
....................... minutes
(1)
Sally lives in Weymouth.
She has a meeting in Southampton at 12 00
When Sally arrives at Southampton she takes 25 minutes to travel to her meeting.
(c) What is the time of the latest train she can take from Weymouth?
.....................................
(1)
(3 marks)
6. Here is part of a railway timetable.

Cambridge 08 25 08 45 08 54 09 26 09 50
Royston 08 46 08 59 09 15 09 43 10 04
Letchworth Garden City 09 00 09 09 09 29 09 54 10 14
Hitchin 09 04 09 33 09 58 - -
Stevenage 09 10 - 09 39 10 03 -
Finsbury Park 09 41 - 10 09 10 21 -
London 09 50 09 42 10 18 10 30 10 46
A train leaves Cambridge at 09 26
(a) At what time should this train arrive in London?
(1)
.............................................................
A different train leaves Cambridge at 09 50
(b) Work out how many minutes this train should take to get to London.
(1)
............................................................. minutes
Susan lives in Royston.
She has to be in Stevenage by 10 a.m.

(c) What is the time of the latest train she can catch from Royston to arrive in Stevenage by 10 a.m.?
(1)
.............................................................
(3 marks)
7. Here is part of a train timetable from Birmingham to Leicester.

Birmingham 06 23 06 53 07 23 07 53
Coleshill 06 35 07 05 07 35 08 05
Nuneaton 07 00 07 22 07 51 08 22
Hinckley 00 00 07 29 07 58 08 29
Leicester 07 17 07 48 08 17 08 48

A train leaves Birmingham at 06 53

(a) (i) What time should this train get to Hinckley?

..............................................

(ii) How many minutes should this train take to get to Hinckley?

.............................................. minutes
(2)

Silvia wants to catch a train in Nuneaton.

She needs to get to Leicester before 08 30

(b) Write down the time of the latest train Silvia can catch from Nuneaton.

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

A train will leave Leicester at 07 27 for Stansted Airport.

The train should take 2 hours 28 minutes to go from Leicester to Stansted Airport.

(c) What time should the train get to Stansted Airport?

..............................................
(1)
(4 marks)
8. Here is part of a train timetable from Crewe to London.

Station Time of Leaving

Crewe 08 00
Wolverhampton 08 40
Birmingham 09 00
Coventry 09 30
Rugby 09 40
Milton Keynes 10 10

(a) At what time should the train leave Coventry?

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

The train should arrive in London at 10 45

(b) How long should the train take to travel from Crewe to London?

.....................................
(2)

Verity arrived at Milton Keynes station at 09 53

(c) How many minutes should she have to wait before the 10 10 train leaves?

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

Lisa uses her railcard to buy a ticket.

She gets 1 off the normal price of the ticket. Young Person’s RAILCARD
3 1
The normal price of the ticket is £24.90 off normal price
3

(d) Work out how much Lisa pays for the ticket.

£ ..................................

(3)
(7 marks)
9. The table shows the distances in kilometres between some cities in the USA.
Boston
1589 Chicago
4891 3366 Los Angeles
2474 2184 4373 Miami
342 1352 4539 2133 New York
5067 3493 667 4990 4826 San Francisco

(a) Write down the distance between Los Angeles and New York.

……………………….km
(1)

One of the cities in the table is 2184 km from Miami.

(b) Write down the name of this city.

……………………….
(1)

(c) Write down the name of the city which is furthest from San Francisco.

……………………….
(1)
(3 marks)

10. The table shows the distances in kilometres between 5 cities.

Hull
100 Leeds
162 73 Manchester
110 60 65 Sheffield
63 40 118 95 York

(a) Write down the distance between Hull and Manchester.

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

(b) From the table, write down the name of the city which is

(i) nearest to Hull, .......................................................

(ii) 60 km from Sheffield. .......................................................

(2)
(3 marks)
 11.

Reading
22 Slough
28 40 Guildford
30 22 47 Oxford
45 28 66 25 Buckingham

The table gives distances in miles by road between some towns.

(a) Write down the distance between Reading and Guildford.

........................... miles
(1)
Sophie drives from Slough to Guildford.
She then drives from Guildford to Reading.
Sophie then drives from Reading to Slough.

(b) Work out the total distance that she drives.

........................... miles
(2)
(3 marks)

12. The diagram shows the distances, in miles, between some service areas on the M1 motorway.

Toddington Scratchwood Watford Gap Woodall Trowell

M1
26 44 39 28
For example, the distance between Toddington and Watford Gap is 70 miles.

Complete the table.

Toddington
26 Scratchwood

70 Watford Gap
83 39 Woodall
111 28 Trowell

(3 marks)
13. The table shows the distances, in miles, between 4 cities.

London

74 Portsmouth

39 58 Reading

97 41 57 Salisbury

(a) Write down the distance between London and Salisbury.

...................................... miles
(1)
(b) Which two cities are the shortest distance apart?

........................................................ and ........................................................

(1)
Nassim drives from Portsmouth to Salisbury.
He then drives from Salisbury to Reading.
Finally he drives from Reading to Portsmouth.

(c) Work out the total distance Nassim drives.

...................................... miles
(3)
(5 marks)