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100

Calculate the speed:

Distance travelled: 100 miles

Taken: 10 hours

10 mph

100

Calculate the distance travelled:

Speed: 20 mph

Taken: 2 hours

40 miles

100

Calculate the time:

Speed: 2 m/sec

Distance: 20 m

10 m

100

Convert 1 mile per minute into miles per hour

60 mph

100

Philip catches the train from Manchester to Newcastle at 4π‘π‘š. The average speed of the train is 70π‘šπ‘h. The distance between Manchester and Newcastle is 140 miles. What time does Philip arrive in Newcastle?

6 pm

200

Calculate the speed:

Distance travelled: 30 m

Taken: 15 s

2 m/s

200

Calculate the distance travelled:

Speed: 50 mph

Taken: 4 hours

200 miles

200

Calculate the time

Speed: 120 mph

Distance travelled: 60 miles

0.5 h or 30 minutes

200

Convert 30 miles per hour to miles per minute

0.5 miles per minute

200

Philip has started running. 

a) He has 1. 5 hours to complete a 15π‘˜π‘š race. He runs at an average speed of 8π‘˜π‘š per hour. Does he finish in time?

(b) For his next race he runs 20π‘˜π‘š in 2 hours.
Did he run at a faster average speed than in the 15π‘˜π‘š race?


a) no - 12 km

b) yes - 10 km/h

300

Calculate the speed:

Distance traveled: 340 km

Taken: 20 hours

17 km/h

300
Calculate the distance:

Speed: 24 km/hr

Taken: 5 hours

120 km

300

Calculate the time

Speed: 5 m/sec

Distance travelled: 15 metres

3 sec
300


Michelle leaves her house at 07: 00. She drives 93 miles to work at an average speed of 36 miles per hour.

How long does her journey take in minutes?

What time does she arrive at work?

2 hours 35 minutes = 155 minutes

9:35

300

Philip's car on average uses 9 litres of gas to travel 243 km. He has only 4 litres left. Will he manage to get home if the distance is 120 km?

No - 108 km.
400

Calculate the speed:

Distance travelled: 50 miles

Taken: 2.5 hours

20 mph

400
Calculate the distance.

Speed: 60 mph

Time taken: 210 minutes

210 miles

400
Calculate the time:

Speed: 100 km/h

Distance travelled: 200 km

2 hours

400

A jet plane flies 1500π‘˜π‘š in a time of 2 hours 45 minutes. What is the average speed of the plane in π‘˜π‘š/h?

545.45 = 546 km

400

Philip can swim 5 pools in 7 minutes.
His girlfriend KvΔ›ta can swim 10 pools in a quarter of an hour.

  1. Who is faster?
  2. How long would it take the slower swimmer to swim 25 pools?

1. Philip (0.71 vs. 0.67 per minute)

2. It takes KvΔ›ta about 37 minutes and 18 seconds to swim 25 pools.

500

Calculate the speed.

Distance travelled: 50 miles

Time taken: 2 hours 30 minutes

20 mph or 0.33 miles/min

500

Calculate the distance.

Speed: 75 mph

Time Taken: 120 minutes

150 miles

500

Calculate the time

Speed: 100 km/h

Distance travelled: 10000m

10 hours

500

Ahmed cycles to work. His journey is broken up into three parts: 

1: 20π‘šπ‘h for 1 hour 15 minutes
2: 16π‘šπ‘h for 120 minutes
3: 12π‘šπ‘h for 45 minutes

(a) How long did he take for each part of the journey in hours?

(b) How far did he travel for each part of the journey?

(c) What was his average speed for the whole journey?


A) 1.25 hours, 2 hours, 0.75 hours -> in total: 4 hours

B) 25 miles, 32 miles, 9 miles -> in total  66 miles

C) 16.5 mph


500

The speed limit on a road is 60 miles per hour.
Philip drives 21 miles in 24 minutes. Was he travelling within the speed limit?


Yes.

24 min = 0.4 h -> 52.5 mph

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