Mathematics D

Distance and Speed

Time Graph

Name

Class
 Distance time graph

1 Rebecca went on a bike ride.

This graph shows Rebecca’s distance from home on her bike ride.

12

10

Distance
from
home 8
(km)

0
0 30 60 90 120
Time (minutes)

(a) How far had Rebecca travelled after 30 minutes?

….......................…km
(1)
(b) After 60 minutes, Rebecca stopped for a rest.
For how many minutes did she rest?

….......................…minutes
(1)
(c) How far did Rebecca travel in total?

….......................…km
(1)
(Total for question 1 is 3 marks)

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2 Jess drove from Leeds to Liverpool.
She stopped at a service station for 30 minutes on the way.

Which of these distance time graphs could represent Jess’s journey?

A B
Distance Distance
from from
Leeds Leeds

Time Time

C D
Distance Distance
from from
Leeds Leeds

Time Time

E F
Distance Distance
from from
Leeds Leeds

Time Time

….......................…
(Total for question 2 is 1 mark)

3
3 Dawn drove from London to Birmingham. She made one stop at a service station.

Here is part of Dawn’s travel graph.

120

100

Distance
from
London 80
(miles)

60

40

20

0
10 00 11 00 12 00 13 00 14 00
Time

(a) For how many minutes did Dawn stop at the service station?
….......................…minutes
(1)
(b) What was Dawn’s average speed between London and the service station?

….......................…miles/hour
(c) Birmingham is 120 miles from London. (2)
Dawn arrived in Birmingham at 14 00.

Complete the graph. (2)

(Total for question 3 is 5 marks)

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 Speed time graph

1 Below is the sketch of a speed time graph for a cyclist moving on a straight road for 7 seconds.

v (m s–1)

O 3 7 t (s)

(a) Work out the acceleration for the first 3 seconds.

…..........................ms–2
(2)
(b) Calculate the total distance covered by the cyclist.

…..........................m
(2)

(Total for question 1 is 4 marks)

5
2 A sprinter runs a race of 200 m.
His total time for running the race is 20.32s.
Below is a sketch of the speed-time graph for the motion of the sprinter.

(a) Work out the maximum speed of the sprinter during the race.

…..........................ms–1
(4)
(b) Calculate the distance covered by the sprinter in the first 5 seconds of the race.

…..........................m
(2)

(Total for question 2 is 6 marks)

6
3 Here is a speed-time graph for a train journey between 2 stations.

20

Speed
(m/s)

0 30 90 T

Time (t seconds)

The train travelled 2km in T seconds.

Work out the value of T.

…..........................
(Total for question 3 is 3 marks)