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4S1, 5S2,6S1 PRACTICE QUESTIONS BY TOPIC

14 This graph shows the temperature in °C from 2 am to 3 pm on

a cold day.
[2017]

3
Temperature in °C

–1

–2

–3

–4

–5

–6
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
am am am am am am am am am am pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm
Time of day

How many degrees warmer was it at 3 pm than at 3 am?

°C
1 mark

At 6 pm the temperature was 4 degrees lower than at 3 pm.

What was the temperature at 6 pm?

°C
1 mark

[2 marks]

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[2004]

This graph shows the height of a balloon at

different times.

60

50
Height in metres

40

Height in
metres 30

20

10

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Time in seconds

From the graph, find the height of the balloon at

50 seconds.

m
!
1 mark
16a

Use the graph to find how long it took the balloon to

rise from 30 metres to 60 metres.

seconds
!
1 mark
16b

[2 marks]
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3 This chart shows the population of Cornwall from 1950 to 2010.
[2015]

600000

500000

400000
Population
300000

200000

100000

0
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Year

Look at the chart.

In which year did the population first reach 400000?

17a

1 mark

How much did the population increase from 1950 to 2000?

17b

1 mark

What was the population of Cornwall in 2010?

17c

1 mark

[3 marks]

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17 This graph shows the outside temperature from 4pm to 10pm on a
[2010] day in winter.

2
Temperature in ºC

Temperature
in °C
Time
0
4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm Time

–2

–4

At what time was the temperature –2°C?

17a

1 mark

How many degrees did the temperature drop from 5pm to 7pm?

degrees 17b

1 mark

[2
[2 marks]
marks]

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 17 This graph shows how the weight of a baby changed over
twelve months.
17
5 This graph shows how the weight of a baby changed over
twelve months.
[2002]
Weight (kg)

Age of baby (months)

From the the

From graph, what
graph, was
what the
was theweight
weightof
of the babyat
the baby at
10 months?
10 months?

17a
kg 17a
From the graph, what was the weight of the baby at kg 1 mark
10 months? 1 mark

How much more did the baby weigh at 5 months than 17a
birth?more did the baby weigh at 5 months thankg
Howatmuch
at birth? 1 mark

kg 17b

How much more did the baby weigh at 5 months than kg 1 mark 17b

at birth? 1 mark

[2 marks]

kg 17b
16
1 mark

16

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6 This chart gives the cost of showing advertisements on
television at different times.
[2000]

An advertisement lasts 25 seconds. Use the graph to estimate

how much cheaper it is to show it in the daytime compared
with the evening.

£ 4a

1 mark

An advertisement was shown in the daytime and again in

the evening.

The total cost was £1200

How long was the advertisement in seconds?

4b
seconds
1 mark

[2 marks]

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7 This graph shows the cost of phone calls
in the daytime and in the evening.
[2002]

How much does it cost to make a 9 minute call in the

daytime?

p 10a

1 mark

How much more does it cost to make a 6 minute call in

the daytime than in the evening?

p 10b

1 mark

[2 marks]

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8 This graph shows how the temperature changed in Liam’s room
[2014]
one afternoon.

25

20

Temperature
°C

15

10
1pm 2pm 3pm
Time

Estimate the temperature at 3:15pm.

°C 18a

1 mark

Estimate the time when the temperature was highest.

pm 18b

1 mark

How much did the temperature change from 2pm to 2:30pm?

Give your answer to the nearest degree.

degrees 18c

1 mark

[3 marks]

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9 150 people take part in a walk.
64 150 people take part in a walk.
This chart shows the number of people still walking
[2002]
atThis chart shows
different times. the number of people still walking
at different times.

Number
Number
of walkers
of walkers

Time
Time

Use the chart to estimate the time when

Use the chart
two-thirds to estimate
of the thestill
people are time onwhen
the walk.
two-thirds of the people are still on the walk.

6a
6a
1 mark
1 mark

What percentage of the people who started

What
are stillpercentage ofat
on the walk the people who started
3 pm?
are still on the walk at 3 pm?
[2 marks]
[2 marks]

[2 marks]

6b
%
6b
% 2 marks
2 marks

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10 This graph shows the temperature in a greenhouse.
[2006]

40
Temperature in ºC

30

Temperature
in °C 20

10

0
1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm
Time

Use the graph to find the time when the temperature was 25°C.

18a

1 mark

Use the graph to find the difference between the

temperature at 2pm and the temperature at 4pm.

degrees 18b

1 mark

[2 marks]
[2 marks]

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[2012]

Length in cm

[2 marks]
[2 marks]

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 4 This is a graph of a firework rocket, showing its height at
different times.
4 4
12 ThisThis
is aisgraph
a graph
of of a firework
a firework rocket,
rocket, showingits
showing itsheight
heightatat
different
different times.
times.
[2001]
Height in metres

Time in seconds

Estimate from the graph for how many seconds

theEstimate
rocket isfrom
morethe graph
than for howabove
20 metres many the
seconds
ground.
the rocket
Estimate fromisthe
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graph 20 how
metres above
many the ground.
seconds
the rocket is more than 20 metres above the ground.
seconds 4a
seconds 1 mark
4a

seconds 1 mark 4a

1 mark

Estimate from the graph how many metres

theEstimate from
rocket falls in the
thegraph how many
last second of itsmetres
flight.
the rocket falls in the last second
Estimate from the graph how many metres of its flight.
the rocket falls in the last second of its flight.
m 4b
m 4b
1 mark
1 mark 4b
m
[2 marks]
1 mark

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Total

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13 The London Eye is a big wheel with
pods to carry passengers.
[2009]

It takes 30 minutes for the wheel to

make a complete turn.

This graph shows the height of a pod

above the ground as the wheel turns.

150

125
Height in metres

Height 100
of pod
above the 75
ground
in metres 50

25

0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30

Time in minutes

How long from the start does it take the pod to reach a height of
75 metres?

minutes 17a

1 mark

How many metres above the ground is the pod at its highest point?

m 17b

1 mark

[2
[2 marks]
marks]
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14 This graph shows the distance Alfie and Chen walked in an
afternoon. They started at 1:45pm and had two breaks.
[2013]

12

10

Distance
in km 6

0
2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm
Time

How many kilometres did they walk between the first and second
breaks?

km 17a

1 mark

At what time did Alfie and Chen start their second break?

17b

1 mark

[2 marks]

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15 500 children started a 20 kilometre sponsored cycle ride.
[2011] This graph shows how far they cycled.

500

400
Number of children

300
Number
of children
cycling
200

100

0
0 10 20

Distance in km

At what distance were exactly half of the children still cycling?

km 19a

1 mark

Estimate how many children completed the 20 kilometre cycle ride.

19b

1 mark

[2
[2 marks]
marks]

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[3 marks]

17This graph
17 20 This graph shows the number of people
livingliving in a town.
20
16 shows the number of people in a town.
[2008]

40 000
40 000
Number of people

Number
Number
of people
of people
20 000
20 000

0 0
1950 19501960 19601970 19701980 19801990 19902000 2000
Year Year

Look Look
at theatgraph.
the graph.

How How
manymany people
people lived lived
in theintown
the town in 1985?
in 1985?

20a
20a

1 mark
1 mark

In which
In which year the
year was wasnumber
the number of people
of people the same
the same as in as in 1950?
1950?

20b
20b

1 mark
1 mark

Findyear
Find the the when
year when the number
the number of people
of people first went
first went belowbelow 20 000
20 000

20c
20c

1 mark
1 mark

[3 [3 marks]
[3 marks]
marks]
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17 This graph shows the height of a candle as it burns.

[2007]

18

16

14

12
Height
of 10
candle
in cm 8

0
0 1 2 3 4
Hours

Look at the graph.

What is the height of the candle after 2 hours?

cm 22a

1 mark

How long does the candle take to burn down from 16cm to 4 cm?

22b

1 mark

[2 marks]

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18 A hot liquid is left to cool in a science experiment.
[2001] This graph shows how the temperature of the liquid
changes as it cools.

110
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Time in minutes

Read from the graph how many minutes it takes for the
temperature to reach 40 C O

minutes 25a

1 mark

Read from the graph how many minutes the temperature

is above 60 C
O

minutes 25b

1 mark

[2 marks]

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