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1 markGeorge drives 315 km from the café to the airport.
The journey takes 3 hours 30 minutes.
Calculate his average speed.
......................................... km/h
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Syllabus Edition
First teaching 2021
Last exams 2024
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Compound Measures - Speed, Density, Pressure (CIE IGCSE Maths: Core)
Exam Questions
46 mins15 questions
22 marks
2 marksA speedboat travels at 84 kilometres per hour.
Change this speed into metres per minute.
...................................... m/min
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31 mark
1 markIvan walks 1.5 km from his home to Kingswood Park.
He takes 20 minutes.
Work out Ivan’s average speed in kilometres per hour.
....................................... km/h
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41 mark
1 markLiz takes 65 seconds to run 400m.
Calculate her average speed.
.......................... m/s
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51 mark
1 markThe distance between Madrid and Buenos Aires is 10050km.
A flight from Madrid to Buenos Aires takes 12 hours 30 minutes.
Calculate the average speed, in km/h, for the return flight.
........................................ km/h
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13 marks
3 marksRamond walks 2460 metres in 33 minutes.
Work out Ramond’s average speed in kilometres per hour.
........................................ km/h
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22 marks
2 marksKiran leaves home at 9.45 am.
She drives 135 km to visit a friend.
She arrives at her friend’s house at 11.15 am.
Work out her average speed in km/h.
........................................... km/h
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33 marks
3 marksA car travels at a constant speed of 20 m/s.
Work out the time it takes for the car to travel 10 km.
Give your answer in minutes and seconds.
..................... minutes ..................... seconds
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43 marks
3 marksA car travels at 108 km/h for 20 seconds.
Calculate the distance the car travels.
Give your answer in metres.
............................... m
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5a1 mark
1 markLouise leaves home at 09 55 and cycles the 5.6km to the supermarket at a constant speed.
She takes 15 minutes to complete the journey.
Write down the time she arrives at the supermarket.
5b3 marks
3 marksCalculate Louise’s average speed from her home to the supermarket
i)
in kilometres per hour,
.........................km/h [1]
ii)
in metres per second, giving your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
......................... m/s [2]
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14 marks
4 marksA plane flies from Melbourne to Tokyo at an average speed of 783 km/h.
The distance from Melbourne to Tokyo is 8352 km.
The plane leaves Melbourne at 0952 local time.
The local time in Tokyo is 2 hours behind the local time in Melbourne.
Find the local time in Tokyo when the plane arrives.
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25 marks
5 marksA car travels at a constant speed of 45 kilometres per hour for 5 minutes.
Each wheel of the car has radius 25 centimetres.
Calculate the number of complete revolutions that a wheel makes during the 5 minutes.
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36 marks
6 marksThe diagram shows the path of a plane from airport 
to airport 
.
i)
Show that the distance between 
and is 375km.
and is 375km.[2]
ii)
The plane flies at an average speed of 450km/h.
It leaves at 1445 and flies directly to .
It leaves
at 1445 and flies directly to .Work out the time the plane arrives at
.[4]
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43 marks
3 marksThe next train from Southford to Teignley is at 18:12.
The journey is 76 km and the train travels at an average speed of 48 km/h.
Work out the time that the train arrives in Teignley.
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57 marks
7 marksThe distance between Lexford Station and Crowton Station is 6.5km.
i)
A train travels between these stations at an average speed of 39km/h.
Work out how long, in minutes, it takes the train to travel between these stations.
Work out how long, in minutes, it takes the train to travel between these stations.
............................. min [3]
ii)
Each wheel on the train has a diameter of 1.8m.
Work out the number of complete turns each wheel makes in travelling the 6.5km.
Work out the number of complete turns each wheel makes in travelling the 6.5km.
[4]
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