DISTANCE – TIME GRAPHS WORKSHEET

1. Here is part of a travel graph of Siân’s journey from her house to the shops and back.

(a) Work out Siân’s speed for the first 30 minutes of her journey. Give your answer in km/h.
Distance
Speed =
Time
20𝑘𝑚
=
0.5ℎ
= 40 km/h

Siân spends 15 minutes at the shops. She then travels back to her house at 60 km/h.

(b) Complete the travel graph.

𝐷 = 𝑆𝑇
20 = 60𝑇
1
hr = 𝑇
3
20 mins = 𝑇

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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 12:45 pm the man stopped for a rest.

(a) For how many minutes did he rest?
1: 00𝑝𝑚 − 12: 45𝑝𝑚 = 15 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑠
(b) Find his distance from home at 1:30 pm.
15 𝑘𝑚

The man stopped for another rest at 2 pm.

He rested for one hour.
Then he cycled home at a steady speed. It took him 2 hours.

(c) Complete the travel graph.

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3. Margaret went on a cycle ride.
The travel graph shows Margaret’s distance from home on this cycle ride.

(a) How far had Margaret cycled after 30 minutes?

6 𝑘𝑚

After 60 minutes, Margaret stopped for a rest.

(b) For how many minutes did she rest?

80 − 60 = 20 mins
(c) How far did Margaret cycle in total on her ride?
12 km in the first 60 mins, then 12 more km from 80 to 120 mins
= 12 + 12
= 24 km

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4.

(a) The travel graph shows the journey of a bus from a port to a city. Calculate the average speed of the
bus
(i) in kilometres per minute,
Distance
Speed =
Time
3 km
=
10 min
= 0.3 km/min

(ii) in kilometres per hour.

Distance 10 1
Speed = , Distance = 3 km, Time = 10 min = hr = hr
Time 60 6
3 km
=
1
6ℎ
= 18 km/h

(b) The bus waits in the city for 20 minutes and then returns to the port at an average speed of 12 km/h.
complete the travel graph.
𝐷 = 𝑆𝑇
3 = 12𝑇
1
hr = 𝑇
4
15 mins = 𝑇

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5.

The travel graph shows part of the journey of a truck driver.

The driver leaves a factory to deliver tyres to a garage.
After unloading the tyres, the driver returns to the factory, but stops at a café for 1 hour.
He then completes the journey at an average speed of 80 km/h.
(a) Calculate the average speed of the truck on its journey from the factory to the garage.
Distance
Speed =
Time
90 km
=
2 hr
= 45 km/h
(b) Write down the length of time the truck stays at the garage.
3.5 − 2 = 1.5 ℎ𝑟𝑠
(c) Complete the travel graph.
𝐷 = 𝑆𝑇
40 = 80𝑇
1
hr = 𝑇
2

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6.

The graph shows part of Ali’s journey from home to his school. The school is 900 m from his home. He
walks 200 m to his friend’s house and waits there. He then takes 20 minutes to walk with his friend to
their school.
(a) Complete the travel graph showing Ali’s journey.
(b) How long does he wait at his friend’s house?
8: 10 − 8: 05 = 5 mins
(c) Calculate the average speed for Ali’s complete journey from home to his school. Give your answer in
kilometres per hour.
Total Distance 900
Average Speed = , Distance = 900m = = 0.9km, Time = 30min = 0.5h
Total Time 1000
0.9 km
=
0.5 h
= 1.8 km/h

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7.

Sonia travels from home to the library. She walks to the bus stop and waits for a bus to take her to the
library.
(a) Write down
(i) the distance to the bus stop,
1 km
(ii) how many minutes Sonia waits for a bus,
35 − 20 = 15 mins
(iii) how many minutes the bus journey takes to the library
45 − 35 = 10 mins
(b) Calculate, in kilometres per hour,
(i) Sonia’s walking speed,
Distance 1
Speed = , Distance = 1km, Time = 20 mins = h
Time 3
1 km
=
1
3ℎ
= 3 km/h
(ii) the speed of the bus,
Distance 1
Speed = , Distance = 5 − 1 = 4km, Time = 10mins = h
Time 6
4 km
=
1
6ℎ
= 24 km/h
(iii) the average speed for Sonia’s journey from home to the library.
Total Distance
Average Speed = , Distance = 5km, Time = 45min = 0.75h
Total Time
5 km
=
0.75 h
= 6.67 km/h

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(c) Sonia works in the library for one hour. Then she travels home by car. The average speed of the car
is 30 km/h. Complete the travel graph.
𝐷 = 𝑆𝑇
5 = 30𝑇
1
=𝑇
6
10 mins = 𝑇

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8. (a) Maria travels by bus to the shopping mall.
She leaves home at 11 50 and arrives at the shopping mall at 12 17.
How many minutes does it take Maria to travel from home to the shopping mall?
Time = 12: 17 − 11: 50
= (60 − 50) + 17
= 27 mins
(b)

Maris walks home from the shopping mall. The distance – time graph shows part of her journey.
(i) Maria stops at her friend’s house on the way home. How far from the shopping mall does her
friend live?
5 − 3 = 2 km
(ii) Maria leaves her friend’s house at 14 55. She walks the rest of the way home at a constant speed
of 4 km/h. Complete the distance – time graph.
𝐷 = 𝑆𝑇
3 = 4𝑇
3
hr = 𝑇
4
75 mins = 𝑇

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