Mathematics 0580: SPEED,DISTANCE AND TIME Topical Past Paper Questions

Llew cycles to school. (a) The speed-time graph shows the first 10 seconds of his journey. By drawing a suitable tangent, estimate the acceleration at $ t = 2 $. \mathrm{m/s}^{2} [2] (b) Llew cycles to school at an average speed of 18.9 kilometres per hour. Write this speed in me…

Martha walks a distance of 10 km at a speed of $x$ km/h. She then runs a distance of 5 km at a speed of $(x+4)$ km/h. The total time taken for the whole journey is 3.5 hours. **(a)** Write down an expression in terms of $x$ for the time Martha is walking. h [1] **(b)** Show that…

(a) Naomi runs 100m in 15 seconds. Calculate Naomi's average speed in kilometres per hour. km/h [2] (b) Olav runs for 45 minutes at a speed of 9.5km/h. He then runs 8.1 km at a speed of 7.5km/h. Calculate Olav’s average speed for the whole run. ..... km/h [3] (c) A train has leng…