Distance and Speed Time Graphs

Q1) The travel graph shows Michael’s journey from his home to the beach.

(a) At what time did he start his journey?

(b) On the journey he stopped for a rest.

(i) Find the distance he was from home when he stopped for a rest.

ii) For how many minutes did he stop?

(c) Explain how the graph shows that Michael travelled faster before he stopped than after he stopped.
Q2)

The diagram shows information about the final 70 seconds of a car journey.

(a) Find the deceleration of the car between 60 and 70 seconds.

b) Find the distance travelled by the car during the 70 seconds.

Q3) The travel graph shows part of a train journey between station A and station C.

(a) (i) Calculate, in km/h, the speed of the train between station A and station B

(ii) The train leaves station B at 14 40.

For how many minutes did the train stop at station B?

(iii) The train travels at a constant speed between station B and station C, arriving at 15 20.
Complete the travel graph for the journey between station B and station C.

(iv) On which part of the journey was the train travelling faster?

Between station ........... and station ...........

(b) Another train leaves station C at 12 45.
It travels to station A at a constant speed of 62 km/h without stopping at station B.

(i) Work out how long, in hours and minutes, this journey takes.

(ii) Write down the time this train arrives at station A.

(iii) On the grid, show the journey of this train.

(iv) Find the distance from station A when the two trains pass each other.

Q4) Sara walks from home to school. The travel graph shows her journey.

(a) Sara stops at a shop on her way to school.

Find the distance of the shop from her home.

(b) School starts at 0855.

Find the number of minutes between the time Sara arrives at school and the time school starts.
Q5) Juan travels from his home to a shop.
The travel graph shows his journey.

(a) Find the distance Juan travels to the shop.

b) Write down what happens at 14 00

(c) Juan travels home at a constant speed of 15km/h.

He leaves the shop at 15 15.

Complete the travel graph.

Q6)

A car travels at 20m/s for 15 seconds before it comes to rest by decelerating at 2.5m/s2.
Find the total distance travelled.
Q7)

The diagram shows the speed–time graph for 70 seconds of a car journey.

(a) Calculate the deceleration of the car during the first 20 seconds.

(b) Calculate the total distance travelled by the car during the 70 seconds
Q8)

The speed–time graph shows information about a train journey.

(a) By drawing a suitable tangent to the graph, estimate the gradient of the curve at t = 24.

(b) What does this gradient represent?

(c) Work out the distance travelled by the train when it is travelling at constant speed.
Q9)

The speed-time graph shows information about the journey of a tram between two stations.

(a) Calculate the distance between the two stations.

(b) Calculate the average speed of the tram for the whole journey.

Q10) The diagram shows information about the first 8 seconds of a car journey.
The car travels with constant acceleration reaching a speed of v m/s after 6 seconds.
The car then travels at a constant speed of v m/s for a further 2 seconds.
The car travels a total distance of 150 metres.

Work out the value of v

Q11)

The diagram shows the speed–time graph for 60 seconds of a car journey.

(a) Change 90 km/h to m/s.

(b) Find the deceleration of the car in m/𝑠 .

(c) Find the distance travelled, in metres, in the 60 seconds.

Q12) Three children from the same family travel from their home to the same school.
Caroline cycles to school. Rob runs to school. William walks to school.

The travel graph shows the journeys to school for Caroline and Rob.
Rob leaves home before Caroline.

(a) Explain what is happening when the two lines intersect on the travel graph.

(b) Work out Rob’s speed in km/h

(c) William leaves home at 07 25.

He walks to school at a constant speed of 6 km/h.
On the grid, draw William’s journey
(d) At what time is the distance between Rob and William greatest?

(e) Complete this list of names in the order they arrive at school.

First ……………………………..

Second …………………………….

Third ……………………………..

Q13) Shohan cycles from home to the library.

He stops at the post office on the way.
The travel graph shows his journey.

a) Write down the time Shohan arrives at the post office.

b) Shohan stays at the library for 25 minutes.

He then cycles home at a constant speed of 18 km/h.

Complete the travel graph.

Q14)

The diagram shows the speed−time graph for the first T seconds of a car journey.

(a) Find the acceleration during the first 10 seconds.

(b) The total distance travelled during the T seconds is 480 m.

Find the value of T.

Q15) The diagram shows the speed−time graph for part of a journey for two people, a runner and a walker.
(a) Calculate the acceleration of the runner for the first 3 seconds.

(b) Calculate the total distance travelled by the runner in the 19 seconds.

(c) The runner and the walker are travelling in the same direction along the same path.
When t = 0, the runner is 10 metres behind the walker.

Find how far the runner is ahead of the walker when t = 19.

Q16) he diagram shows information about the first 100 seconds of a car journey.

(a) Calculate the acceleration during the first 20 seconds of the journey.
(b) Work out the total distance travelled by the car in the 100 seconds.

Q17) The diagram shows a speed-time graph for the journey of a car.

Calculate the total distance travelled.

Q18)

The diagram shows the travel graph for a bus travelling between three towns.

(a) (i) For how many minutes does the bus stop at Wegmouth?

(ii) Write down the time the bus leaves Wegmouth.

(iii) The speed of the bus from Tyneland to Wegmouth is 96 km/h.

Change 96 km/h to metres per second.

(b) On the journey back from Wegmouth, the bus stops for 15 minutes in Tyneland.
It then travels at a constant speed of 64 km/h to Seatown.

Complete the travel graph.

(c) A cyclist leaves Seatown at 11 15 and travels at a constant speed to Wegmouth.

She arrives in Wegmouth at 12 30.

(i) On the travel graph, draw this journey

(ii) Write down the time when the cyclist meets the bus.

(iii) How far is the cyclist from Wegmouth when she meets the bus?

(d) Mrs Jones travels on the bus to Wegmouth.

The probability that she stands on the bus is 0.4 .

(i) Write down the probability that she does not stand on the bus.

(ii) Mrs Jones travels on the bus 85 times.

Work out the expected number of times that she stands on the bus.

(e) In one week, a bus driver works five days.

On four days he works from 9 am to 5 pm.
On one day he works from 3 pm to 10 pm.

(i) Find the total number of hours he works in this week.

(ii) Each day he is paid $18 per hour before 7 pm.

After 7 pm he is paid 25% extra per hour.

Calculate how much the bus driver is paid for this week.
Q19)

The distance-time graph shows the journey of a train.

(i) Find the speed of the train between 07 00 and 07 30.

(ii) Find the average speed for the whole journey.

(b)

The speed-time graph shows the first 30 minutes of another train journey.
The distance travelled is 100 km.
The maximum speed of the train is V km/h.

(i) Find the value of V.

(ii) Find the acceleration of the train during the first 5 minutes.
Give your answer in 𝑚/𝑠 .
Q20) Petra begins a journey in her car.
She accelerates from rest at a constant rate of 0.4 𝑚/𝑠 for 30 seconds.
She then travels at a constant speed for 40 seconds.

On the grid, draw the speed-time graph for the first 70 seconds of Petra’s journey.

Q21)

The diagram shows a speed-time graph.

Calculate the total distance travelled.

Q22) The graph shows information about the journey of a train between two stations.

(a) (i) Work out the acceleration of the train during the first 4 minutes of this journey.
Give your answer in 𝑘𝑚/ℎ .

(ii) Calculate the distance, in kilometres, between the two stations.

(b) (i) Show that 126 km/h is the same speed as 35 m/s.

(ii) The train has a total length of 220 m.

At 09 30, the train crossed a bridge of length 1400 m.

Calculate the time, in seconds, that the train took to completely cross the bridge.
(c) On a different journey, the train took 73 minutes, correct to the nearest minute, to travel 215 km, correct to the
nearest 5 km.

Calculate the upper bound of the average speed of the train for this journey.
Give your answer in km/h.

Q23) (a) Alice leaves home at 08 15 and walks at 80 metres per minute, arriving at her friend’s house half an hour later.

(i) Work out the distance she walks, in metres, from her home to her friend’s house.

(ii) On the grid, show her journey from her home to her friend’s house.
(b) Alice stays at her friend’s house for 1 hours.
She then jogs home, arriving 15 minutes later.

(i) On the grid, complete the travel graph for her journey.

(ii) Calculate her average speed, in metres per minute, on her journey home.

Q24)

Sonali cycles from home to the sports centre.

The travel graph shows her journey.

(a) At what time does she arrive at the sports centre?

(b) Work out Sonali’s cycling speed in kilometres per hour.

(c) Sonali stays at the sports centre for 45 minutes.

She then takes 30 minutes to cycle home.

Complete the travel graph.

Q25) The distance-time graph shows the first 10 minutes of a cycle journey.

(a) After how many minutes did the cyclist stop?

(b) How many kilometres did the cyclist travel in the first 8 minutes?

Q26)(a) This graph shows Gianna’s journey to work

(i) How far did Gianna travel to work?

(ii) Explain what happened at 0710.

(iii) Calculate the average speed for Gianna’s journey to work.

(b) Gianna earns $1320 each month.

She divides her money in the ratio Bills : Leisure : Other = 12 : 5 : 7.

Work out how much she spends on each.

(c) Gianna invests $5000 for 3 years at a rate of 2.1% per year compound interest.

Calculate the amount she will have at the end of the 3 years.
Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.
Q27)

The diagram shows the distance-time graph for the first 65 minutes of a bicycle journey. (

a) There are four different parts to the journey labelled A, B, C and D.

Write down the part of the journey with the fastest speed.

(b) After the first 65 minutes the bicycle travels at a constant speed of 20 km/h for 15 minutes.

Draw this part of the journey on the diagram.

Q28)

A tram leaves a station and accelerates for 2 minutes until it reaches a speed of 12 metres per second.
It continues at this speed for 1 minute.
It then decelerates for 3 minutes until it stops at the next station.
The diagram shows the speed-time graph for this journey.

Calculate the distance, in metres, between the two stations.

Q29)

A car starts from rest and accelerates for u seconds until it reaches a speed of 10 m/s.
The car then travels at 10 m/s for 2u seconds.
The diagram shows the speed-time graph for this journey.
The distance travelled by the car in the first 3u seconds is 125m.

(a) Find the value of u.

(b) Find the acceleration in the first u seconds.

Q30)

The diagram shows the speed-time graph for 120 seconds of a car journey.

(a) Calculate the deceleration of the car during the first 20 seconds.

(b) Calculate the total distance travelled by the car during the 120 seconds.

(c) Calculate the average speed for this 120 second journey
Q31) The travel graph shows a journey of a train from A to C, stopping at B.

(a) Write down the time that the train leaves A.

(b) Write down the time that the train stops at B.

(c) For how many minutes did the train stop at B?

(d) Work out the average speed of the train between A and C.

(e) Another train leaves C at 09 50 and arrives at A at 11 40 without stopping.

It travels at a constant speed.

(i) On the grid, draw the travel graph for this train.

(ii) At what time do the two trains pass each other?

(f) A ticket from A to C costs 2345 rupees.

The exchange rate is 1 rupee = $0.024 .

Calculate the cost of the ticket in dollars.

Q32) (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?

(b)

Maria walks home from the shopping mall.

The travel 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?

(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 travel graph.

Q33)

The grid shows the travel graph for a train travelling from Audley to Cawley, stopping at Brookland.
(a) (i) Between which two towns is the train journey fastest?
Give a reason for your answer.

From………………………………………… to ……………………………… is fastest because

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

(ii) Calculate the speed of the train, in kilometres per hour, between Brookland and Cawley.

(b) When the train reaches Cawley, it waits for 10 minutes.

It then returns to Audley without stopping at Brookland.
The return speed of the train is 70 km/h.

(i) Complete the travel graph for this train.

(ii) Write down the time this train arrives at Audley

(c) Trains leave Audley for Cawley every 100 minutes.

The first train of the day is the 09 00 train.

Write down the time that the fourth train leaves Audley for Cawley

Q34) A car passes through a checkpoint at time t = 0 seconds, travelling at 8 m/s.

It travels at this speed for 10 seconds. The car then decelerates at a constant rate until it stops when t = 55 seconds.

(a) On the grid, draw the speed-time graph.

(b) Calculate the total distance travelled by the car after passing through the checkpoint.

Q35)

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

The car travels at 45 km/h for 20 seconds.
The car then decelerates for 10 seconds until it stops.

(a) Change 45 km/h into m/s.

(b) Find the deceleration of the car, giving your answer in 𝑚/𝑠

(c) Find the distance travelled by the car during the 30 seconds, giving your answer in metres.
Q36)

The grid shows the travel graph for a train travelling from Dexford to Fintown, stopping at Emley.

(a) (i) Write down the distance the train travels in the first 8 minutes.

(ii) Calculate the average speed, in kilometres per hour, for the journey from Dexford to Fintown.

(b) The train waits at Fintown for 4 minutes.

The train then returns to Dexford without stopping at Emley.
The return speed of the train is 80 km/h.

(i) Complete the travel graph.

(ii) Change 80 km/h to metres per second.

(c) Trains leave Dexford for Fintown every 75 minutes.

The train that leaves Dexford at 09 00 is the first train of the day.

Write down the time that the fourth train leaves Dexford for Fintown.
Q37)

Toby and William cycled into town.

Their journeys are shown on the travel graph.

(a) For how many minutes did Toby stop on his journey into town?

(b) Explain what happened at 1020.

(c) Work out how long William took to cycle into town.

(d) Calculate William’s speed in km/h.

Q38) Ali leaves home at 10 00 to cycle to his grandmother’s house.
He arrives at 13 00.
The distance-time graph represents his journey.

(a) Calculate Ali’s speed between 10 00 and 11 30.

Give your answer in kilometres per hour.

(b) Show that Ali’s average speed for the whole journey to his grandmother’s house is 12km/h.

(c) Change 12 kilometres per hour into metres per minute.

(d) Ali stays for 45 minutes at his grandmother’s house and then returns home.
He arrives home at 1642.

Complete the distance-time graph.

Q39) Sylvain leaves his house at 09 30 to cycle to Southfield Lake.
He cycles for 4km then waits for his friend Michel.
Both boys then cycle to the lake together. The travel graph shows Sylvain’s journey.

(a) Write down how long Sylvain waits for Michel.

(b) Is Sylvain’s speed faster before or after he meets Michel?

Explain how you know.

(c) Write down the time Sylvain and Michel arrive at the lake.

(d) Sylvain and Michel stay at the lake for 50 minutes.

They then cycle back to Sylvain’s house at a speed of 10km/h.

(i) Find how long it takes them to cycle the 18km back to Sylvain’s house. Give your answer in hours and minutes.
(ii) Complete the travel graph.

(e) Manon plans to go to Southfi eld Lake by bus from High Street.
Here is the bus timetable.

(i) Manon arrives at Southfi eld Lake just before 11 30.

Write down the time of the bus she caught from High Street.

(ii) How long does the journey from High Street to Southfi eld Lake take?

(f) Southfi eld Lake is 13 km from Manon’s house on a bearing of 110°.

Mark the position of the lake on the scale drawing below.
Use a scale of 1 centimetre represents 4 kilometres.
Q40)

(a) A train leaves Madrid at 07 00.

It arrives at Cordoba at 08 40 and stays at the station for 10 minutes.
It then continues to Seville arriving at 09 40.

(i) Show this journey on the grid opposite.

(ii) Write down, in hours and minutes, the total time for this journey.
(iii) Calculate, in kilometres per hour, the average speed for the whole journey.

(b) Another train leaves Seville at 07 45.

It travels to Madrid without stopping at an average speed of 200 km/h.

(i) Calculate, in hours and minutes, the time taken for this journey.

(ii) Show this journey on the grid.

(c) How far from Madrid were the trains when they passed each other?

Q41)

The diagram shows the speed-time graph of a train journey between two stations.
The train accelerates for 3 minutes, travels at a constant maximum speed of 40km/h, then takes 4 minutes to slow to a
stop.

Calculate the distance in kilometres between the two stations.

Q42)

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

It travels at 28m/s for 20 seconds and then decelerates until it stops after a further 10 seconds.

(a) Calculate the deceleration of the car

(b) Calculate the distance travelled during the 30 seconds.

Q43)

(a) Jono walked from his home to a sweet shop.

Use the travel graph to calculate his walking speed in kilometres per hour.

(b) Jono stayed in the sweet shop for 20 minutes.

He then ran home at a steady speed of 12km/h.

(i) On the grid above, complete the travel graph for Jono.

(ii) Write down the time Jono arrived home. A

(c) The sweet shop owner records how much time and how much money children spend in his shop.
(i) Complete the scatter diagram.
The first seven points have been plotted for you.

(ii) What type of correlation does this scatter diagram show?

(iii) On the grid, draw the line of best fit.

(iv) A child spent $2.50 in the shop.

Use your line of best fit to estimate how long the child was in the shop.
Q44) The travel graph shows Natasha’s visit to her friend’s house.
She starts by walking and then runs.
She stays at her friend’s house until 11 10 before returning home.

(a) (i) How far does Natasha walk on the journey to her friend’s house?

(ii) Find Natasha’s average speed, in metres per minute, on the journey to her friend’s house.

(iii) How long does Natasha stay at her friend’s house?

(b) Natasha returns home at a constant speed of 64 metres per minute.

(i) Complete the travel graph.

(ii) Write down the time she arrives home.

Q45) Emily cycles along a path for 2 minutes.
She starts from rest and accelerates at a constant rate until she reaches a speed of 5m/s after 40 seconds.
She continues cycling at 5m/s for 60 seconds.
She then decelerates at a constant rate until she stops after a further 20 seconds.

(a) On the grid, draw a speed-time graph to show Emily’s journey.

(b) Find Emily’s acceleration.

(c) Calculate Emily’s average speed for the journey.

Q46)
The diagram shows the speed-time graph for a boat journey.

(a) Work out the acceleration of the boat in 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠/𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒 .

(b) Calculate the total distance travelled by the boat.

Give your answer in kilometres.

Q47)

The diagram shows the speed-time graph for the first 120 seconds of a car journey.

(a) Calculate the acceleration of the car during the first 25 seconds.

(b) Calculate the distance travelled by the car in the first 120 seconds.
Q48)

The diagram shows the speed-time graph for part of a car journey.
The speed of the car is shown in kilometres/hour.

Calculate the distance travelled by the car during the 3.5 minutes shown in the diagram.
Give your answer in kilometres.
Q49)

Poppy and Toni go to a café which is 3 km from their home.

They take the same route.
Poppy leaves home at 10 00 and walks.
Toni leaves home at 10 10 and cycles.
These journeys are shown on the travel graph.

(a) (i) How long does Toni wait at the café before Poppy arrives?

(ii) The graphs cross at 10 15.

Describe what this means.

(iii) Calculate Toni’s average speed from home to the café in kilometres per hour.

(b) Poppy and Toni stay at the café until 10 50.

(i) At 10 50 Poppy walks to visit her friend Sasha.

Sasha’s home is 5 km from Poppy’s home. Poppy walks at the same speed as before.

Complete the travel graph for Poppy.

(ii) At 10 50 Toni starts to cycle home.
At 10 55, when she has travelled half the distance home, her bicycle has a puncture.
She then walks the rest of the way home at 4.5 km/h.

Complete the travel graph for Toni.

(iii) Calculate the average speed for Toni’s journey home from the café.

Q50)

The travel graph shows Lola’s journey from her house to Sarah’s house.

(a) Lola stopped at a shop on the way to Sarah’s house.

For how many minutes did she stop?

(b) Write down the time she arrived at Sarah’s house.

(c) Calculate Lola’s average speed from leaving the shop to arriving at Sarah’s house.
Give your answer in kilometres per hour.
(d) Lola stayed at Sarah’s house for 1 hour 20minutes.
She then cycled home without stopping.
Her journey took 50minutes.

Complete the travel graph.

Q51)

The diagram shows the speed-time graph of a bus journey between two bus stops.
Hamid runs at a constant speed of 4m/s along the bus route.
He passes the bus as it leaves the first bus stop.
The bus arrives at the second bus stop after 60 seconds.

How many metres from the bus is Hamid at this time?

Q52)

The diagram shows the speed-time graph for the last 35 seconds of a car journey.

(a) Find the deceleration of the car as it came to a stop.

(b) Calculate the total distance travelled by the car in the 35 seconds.
Q53)

The diagram shows the speed-time graph for the last 18 seconds of Roman’s cycle journey.

(a) Calculate the deceleration.

(b) Calculate the total distance Roman travels during the 18 seconds.
Q54) The travel graph shows Helva’s journey from her home to the airport.

(i) What happened at 09 30?

(ii) Work out the time taken to travel from home to the airport.
Give your answer in hours and minutes

(iii) Calculate Helva’s average speed for the whole journey from home to the airport.

(iv) Between which two times was Helva travelling fastest?

(v) Helva’s husband left their home at 11 00 and travelled directly to the airport.
He arrived at 15 30.

Complete the travel graph for his journey.

Q55) Johno travelled from his home on the North Island of New Zealand to Blenheim on the South Island.
He left home at 06 30 and drove 50 km to Wellington where he waited for the 08 20 ferry.

(a) Use information from the travel graph opposite to write down

(i) the time Johno arrived at Wellington,

(ii) the number of hours and minutes that he waited in Wellington for the 08 20 ferry.

(b) The ferry left Wellington at 08 20 and sailed 92 km to Picton on the South Island.
The ferry arrived at 11 40.

On the travel graph, show the ferry journey.

(c) Johno waited 20 minutes to get off the ferry.

He then drove for 30 minutes at an average speed of 40 km/h to Blenheim.

Complete the travel graph for his journey.

(d) Calculate his average speed, in km/h, for the whole journey from his home to Blenheim.

(e) Another ferry left Picton at 10 10 and arrived at Wellington at 13 20.

(i) On the travel graph, show the journey of this ferry.

(ii) How far were the two ferries from Wellington when they passed each other?
Q56) (a) The travel graph on the opposite page shows Joel’s journey to his school.
He walks to the bus stop and waits for the bus, which takes him to the school.

(i) How long did Joel wait for the bus?

(ii) Find the distance from the bus stop to the school.
(b) Joel’s sister, Samantha, leaves home 14 minutes later than Joel to cycle to the same school.
She cycles at a constant speed and arrives at the school at 08 16.

(i) On the grid, show her journey.

(ii) At what time did the bus pass Samantha?

(iii) How far from the school was she when the bus passed her?

(iv) How many minutes after Joel did Samantha arrive at the school?
Q57)

The graph shows part of Ali’s journey from home to his school.
The school is 900m from his home.
He walks 200m 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?

(c) Calculate the average speed for Ali’s complete journey from home to his school.
Give your answer in kilometres per hour.
Q58)

The diagram shows the speed-time graph of a train journey between two stations.
The train accelerates for two minutes, travels at a constant maximum speed, then slows to a stop.

(a) Write down the number of seconds that the train travels at its constant maximum speed.

(b) Calculate the distance between the two stations in metres.

c) Find the acceleration of the train in the first two minutes.

Give your answer in /𝑠 .
Q59)

A train journey takes one hour.

The diagram shows the speed-time graph for this journey.

(a) Calculate the total distance of the journey.

Give your answer in kilometres.

(b) (i) Convert 3 kilometres/minute into metres/second.

(ii) Calculate the acceleration of the train during the first 4 minutes.

Give your answer in 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠/𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑

Q60)

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,

(ii) how many minutes Sonia waits for a bus,

(iii) how many minutes the bus journey takes to the library.

(b) Calculate, in kilometres per hour,

(i) Sonia’s walking speed,

(ii) the speed of the bus,

(iii) the average speed for Sonia’s journey from home to the library.

(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.

Q61)

A small car accelerates from 0m/s to 40m/s in 6 seconds and then travels at this constant speed.
A large car accelerates from 0m/s to 40m/s in 10 seconds.

Calculate how much further the small car travels in the first 10 seconds.
Q62) A container ship travelled at 14 km/h for 8 hours and then slowed down to 9 km/h over a period of 30 minutes
It travelled at this speed for another 4 hours and then slowed to a stop over 30 minutes.

The speed-time graph shows this voyage.

(a) Calculate the total distance travelled by the ship.

(b) Calculate the average speed of the ship for the whole voyage.
Q63)

The diagram shows the speed-time graph for the first 15 minutes of a train journey.
The train accelerates for 5 minutes and then continues at a constant speed of 40 metres/second.

(a) Calculate the acceleration of the train during the first 5 minutes.
Give your answer in m/𝑠 .

(b) Calculate the average speed for the first 15 minutes of the train journey.
Give your answer in m/s.

Q64)
One morning, Bruce walked from his home to Jason’s home and the two boys walked to the park.
The distance-time graph shows Bruce’s journey.

(a) How many minutes was Bruce at Jason’s home?

(b) How far from the park were Bruce and Jason at 09 20?

(c) Work out the speed at which Bruce and Jason walked to the park.
Give your answer in km/h.

(d) Bruce stayed at the park for 35 minutes.

He then walked home at a speed of 60 metres per minute.

Complete the graph to show Bruce’s time at the park and his journey home.

Q65)
(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,

(ii) in kilometres per hour.

(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.

Q66)

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.

(b) Write down the length of time the truck stays at the garage.

(c) Complete the travel graph.

Q67) The graphs show the speeds of two cyclists, Alonso and Boris.
Alonso accelerated to 10 m/s, travelled at a steady speed and then slowed to a stop.

Boris accelerated to his maximum speed, v m/s, and then slowed to a stop.

Both cyclists travelled the same distance in the 16 seconds.

Calculate the maximum speed for Boris.
Show all your working.

Q68)

The diagram shows the speed-time graph for 15 seconds of the journey of a cyclist.

(a) Calculate the acceleration of the cyclist during the first 4 seconds.

(b) Calculate the average speed for the first 15 seconds.

Q69) Mrs Sesay leaves home by car at 13 30.

After 15 minutes she stops at a shopping centre, 8 kilometres from home.
(a) Calculate the average speed for her journey.
Give your answer in kilometres per hour.

(b) She leaves the shopping centre half an hour later.

She travels a further 12 kilometres at the speed of 36 km/h to Villeneuve.

(i) Write down the time when she leaves the shopping centre.

(ii) Calculate the time, in minutes, that she takes to travel from the shopping centre to Villeneuve.

(iii) On the grid opposite, complete the travel graph showing her journey.

(c) Her son, Braima, also leaves home at 13 30 and cycles the 20 kilometres to Villeneuve.
He cycles at a speed of 15 km/h.

(i) Calculate how long his journey takes.

Give your answer in hours and minutes.

(ii) Show his journey on the grid.

(iii) How many minutes after his mother does Braima arrive at Villeneuve?
Q70)
Rob walks to school each morning.
One day, he leaves home at 08 00.
He stops at a shop at 08 10 and stays there for 5 minutes.
He then continues to school and arrives at 08 30.

(a) Draw the travel graph for Rob’s journey from home to school

(b) Rob’s average speed for the whole journey from home to school is 3.3 km/h.

Calculate the distance from Rob’s home to school.

Q71)

The graph shows the speed of a sports car after t seconds.

It starts from rest and accelerates to its maximum speed in 12 seconds.

(a) (i) Draw a tangent to the graph at t = 7.

(ii) Find the acceleration of the car at t = 7.

(b) The car travels at its maximum speed for 13 seconds.

Find the distance travelled by the car at its maximum speed.
Q72) An animal starts from rest and accelerates to its top speed in 7 seconds.
It continues at this speed for 9 seconds and then slows to a stop in a further 4 seconds.
The graph shows this information.

(a) Calculate its acceleration during the first seven seconds.

(b) Write down its speed 18 seconds after the start.

(c) Calculate the total distance that the animal travelled.

Q73)

The graph shows 40 seconds of a car journey.

The car travelled at a constant speed of 20 m/s, decelerated to 8 m/s then accelerated back to 20 m/s.

Calculate

(a) the deceleration of the car,

(b) the total distance travelled by the car during the 40 seconds.
Q74) Kim left school at 15 30 to walk home.
On the way home he remembered he had left a book at school. He ran back to school and arrived at 16 04.
The travel graph shows his journey.

(a) Use the graph to answer the following questions.

(i) At what time did Kim start to run back to school?

(ii) How far was he from school at this time?

(iii) How many minutes did he take to run back to school?

(iv) What was his speed, in kilometres per hour, on his journey back to school?

(b) Kim spent 6 minutes at school collecting his book.

He then walked home at a speed of 6 km/h.

(i) Complete the travel graph.

(ii) At what time did Kim arrive home?

(c) Kim’s sister, Julie, left the school at 15 48.
She walked at a steady speed, without stopping, and arrived home 46 minutes later.

(i) On the grid, draw the travel graph of Julie’s journey home from school.

(ii) Complete the sentence.

………………………………… arrived home first by ………………………………. minutes.

Q75) All the times given in this question are the local time in Paris.

Pierre left Paris at 08 00 to go to his office in London.

He travelled 30 kilometres to the airport.
He arrived at 08 30 and his plane left one hour later.
It flew 350 kilometres to London airport and landed at 10 15.
Pierre left London airport at 10 50 and he arrived at his office in London 40 minutes later.

(a) On the grid below, complete the travel graph.

(b) (i) How long is the flight from Paris to London?
Give your answer in hours.

(ii) Calculate the average speed of the flight, in kilometres/hour.

(c) Pierre’s colleague, Annette, travelled from Paris to London by train.

She left at 09 50 and arrived at the London office at 12 45.

Calculate the difference in the times taken by Pierre and Annette for the whole journey.
Give your answer in minutes.

Q76)

The graph shows the speed of a truck and a car over 60 seconds.

(a) Calculate the acceleration of the car over the first 45 seconds.
(b) Calculate the distance travelled by the car while it was travelling faster than the truck.