GRAPHS IN

PRACTICAL SITUATIONS
AND TRAVEL GRAPHS
Topic 8

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1 Jun 2011 Paper 2 Q 5

The distance-time graph shows Ravi’s cycle journey. He sets out from home and cycles to a park. After
a short stop at the park, he then continues his journey to a shopping centre. He stops for lunch at the
shopping centre before cycling home.
(a) At what time does Ravi arrive at the park? [1]

(b) How many minutes does Ravi spend at the shopping centre? [1]

(c) How far is the park from the shopping centre? [1]

(d) At what speed does Ravi cycle home? Give your answer in kilometres per hour. [1]

(e) Between which two places did Ravi cycle slowest? [1]

(f) Salim, Ravi’s brother, sets out from home at 11 15. He cycles directly to the shopping centre at a
constant speed of 15 km/h. Who arrives at the shopping centre first?
How many minutes later does his brother arrive? [2]

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2 Nov 2011 Paper 1 Q 21

The diagram is the speed-time graph of the last 100 seconds of a train’s journey.
(a) Calculate the train’s retardation during the last 10 seconds of the journey. [1]

(b) Calculate the distance travelled in the 100 seconds. [2]

3 Jun 2012 Paper 2 Q 3

Simon walks from his house to Juan’s house. He stays there for a short while before they walk together
to the cinema. The graph represents the journey from Simon’s house to the cinema.

(a) For how many minutes does Simon stay at Juan’s house? [1]

(b) At what speed does Simon walk to Juan’s house? [1]

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(c) Simon has a 15% discount voucher for his cinema ticket but Juan pays the full price. Simon pays
$4.42 for his ticket. How much does Juan pay? [2]

(d) They stay at the cinema for 2 hours before they each walk home at 3 km / h.
Complete the graph to show this information. [2]

(e) At what time do they arrive at Juan’s house? [1]

4 Nov 2012 Paper 1 Q 25

The diagram is the speed-time graph of a cyclist. The cyclist accelerates uniformly from a speed of u
metres per second to a speed of 3u metres per second in a time of 10 seconds.

(a) Find an expression, in terms of u, for the acceleration. [1]

(b) The distance travelled by the cyclist from t = 0 to t = 10 is 40 m.

(i) Find the value of u. [2]

(ii) On the grid below, sketch the distance-time graph of the cyclist. [2]

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5 Jun 2013 Paper 1 Q 22

Varun leaves home at 13 00 and cycles 12 km to college. The distance-time graph below shows
Varun’s journey. His sister Kiran leaves college at 13 10 and cycles home on the same road at a
constant speed of 16 km/h.
(a) On the same grid, draw the distance-time graph for Kiran’s journey.

[2]

(b) How far was Kiran from home when she passed Varun? [1]

(c) Find Varun’s speed for the first 20 minutes of his journey. Give your answer in kilometres per
hour. [1]

(d) On the grid below, draw the speed-time graph for Varun’s journey.

[2]

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6 Nov 2013 Paper 1 Q 25

The diagram is the speed-time graph of a car’s journey.

(a) Find the speed when t = 12. [1]

(b) Find the distance travelled by the car from t = 0 to t = 15. [1]

(c) The distance travelled by the car from t = 0 to t = k is 750m. Find k. [2]

(d) The retardation of the car is 2m/ s2. Find the number of seconds it takes to slow down and stop.
[1]

7 Jun 2014 Paper 1 Q 20

The diagram shows the speed-time graph for 100 seconds of a car’s journey. The car accelerates
uniformly from a speed of v m/s to a speed of 3v m/s in 50 seconds. It then continues at a constant
speed.

(a) Find, in terms of v, the acceleration of the car in the first 50 seconds. [1]

(b) The car travels 2500 metres during the 100 seconds. Find v. [2]

(c) Find the speed of the car, in kilometres per hour, when t = 75. [1]

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8 Nov 2014 Paper 1 Q 22

The diagram shows the speed-time graph of a cyclist’s journey.

(a) Find the retardation. [1]

(b) Find the speed when t = 9. [1]

(c) Find the distance travelled by the cyclist from t = 0 to t = 60. [2]

9 Jun 2015 Paper 2 Q 2

The diagram is a speed-time graph of a train’s journey between two stations.

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(a) What was the maximum speed of the train? [1]

(b) Circle the statement that describes the train’s motion 350 seconds after it left the first station.
[1]
Accelerating Decelerating Constant speed Stopped at a station

(c) Calculate the acceleration of the train during the first 150 seconds of its journey. [1]

(d) What was the speed of the train 20 seconds before it completed its journey? [1]

(e) How far did the train travel during the first 200 seconds? [2]

(f) Calculate the average speed of the train in kilometres per hour during the first 200 seconds.
[2]

10 Nov 2015 Paper 1 Q 25

The diagram shows the speed-time graph of car A.

(a) Find the acceleration of car A when t = 7. [1]

(b) Find an expression, in terms of k, for the distance moved by car A between t = 0
and t = k, where k > 10. Give your answer in its simplest form. [2]

(c) Car B travels at a constant speed of 12m/s in the same direction as car A.
(i) On the diagram, sketch the speed-time graph of car B. [1]

(ii) When t = 0, car B passes car A.

When t = k, car A overtakes car B.
Find the value of k. [1]

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11 Jun 2016 Paper 1 Q 3

It is given that 100 dollars ($) is equivalent to 56 pounds (£).
(a) Use this information to draw a conversion graph between pounds and dollars on
the grid below. [1]
(b) Use your graph to convert $64 to pounds.

[1]

12 Jun 2016 Paper 1 Q 18

The diagram is the speed-time graph for part of a car’s journey.

The retardation of the car between t = 8 and t = 12 is 4m/s2.

(a) Find v. [1]

(b) Find the total distance travelled by the car in the 12 seconds. [2]

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13 Nov 2016 Paper 1 Q 27

The diagram shows the speed-time graph of a car which slows down from 30 m/s to 12 m/s in
20 seconds, and then continues at a speed of 12 m/s.
(a) Find the retardation when t = 10. [1]

(b) Find the distance travelled by the car between t = 0 and t = 20. [2]

(c) The distance travelled by the car between t = 20 and t = k is 60 m.

Find the value of k. [2]

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