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up
Question
1:
Convert
the
times
from
hours/minutes
into
hours,
without
a
calculator.
e.g.
1
45
minutes
=
0.75
hours
e.g.
2
1
hour
30
minutes
=
1.5
hours
e.g.
3
4
hours
20
minutes
=
4.3333...
hours
(a)
15
minutes
(b)
30
minutes
(c)
45
minutes
(d)
20
minutes
(e)
40
minutes
(f)
2
hours
30
minutes
(g)
1
hour
15
minutes
(h)
3
hours
45
minutes
(i)
2
hours
40
minutes
(j)
5
hours
30
minutes
(k)
7
hours
20
minutes
(l)
4
hours
15
minutes
Question
2:
Convert
the
times
from
hours/minutes
into
hours.
You
may
use
a
calculator
if
needed.
(a)
18
minutes
(b)
54
minutes
(c)
1
hour
3
minutes
(d)
1
hour
36
minutes
(e)
2
hours
48
minutes
(f)
2
hours
33
minutes
(g)
8
hours
51
minutes
(h)
3
hours
21
minutes
(i)
27
minutes
Question
3:
Convert
the
times
from
hours/minutes
into
hours.
Give
each
answer
to
3
decimal
places.
(a)
44
minutes
(b)
8
minutes
(c)
1
hour
50
minutes
(d)
2
hours
10
minutes
(e)
4
hours
26
minutes
(f)
3
hours
29
minutes
(g)
5
hours
2
minutes
(h)
2
hours
55
minutes
(i)
59
minutes
Question
4:
Convert
the
times
from
hours
into
hours/minutes,
without
a
calculator.
(a)
0.75
hour
s
(b)
1.25
hours
(c)
5.5
hours
(d)
1.3333...
hours
(e)
2.6666...
hours
(f)
10.75
hours
(g)
3.25
hours
(h)
0.5
hours
(i)
22.3333...
hours
Question
5:
Convert
the
times
from
hours
into
hours/minutes.
You
may
use
a
calculator
if
needed.
(a)
0.7
hours
(b)
0.1
hours
(c)
0.9
hours
(d)
1.3
hours
(e)
3.6
hours
(f)
6.7
hours
(g)
0.85
hours
(h)
1.15
hours
(i)
3.45
hours
Question
6:
Convert
the
times
from
hours
into
hours/minutes.
(a)
0.93333...
hours
(b)
0.48333...
hours
(c)
1.06666...
hours
(d)
2.73333...
hours
(e)
3.68333...
hours
(f)
2.18333...
hours
(g)
8.01666...
hours
(h)
4.46666...
hours
(i)
1.76666...
hours
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Question
1:
Calculate
the
average
speeds
for
each
of
the
following,
without
using
a
calculator.
(a)
A
car
travels
60
miles
in
2
hours
(b)
A
lorry
travels
120
miles
in
3
hours
(c)
A
cyclist
travels
45
miles
in
5
hours
(d)
A
jogger
travels
30km
in
4
hours
(e)
A
runner
runs
100
metres
in
10
seconds
(f)
A
car
travels
195
miles
in
3
hours
(g)
A
helicopter
travels
425
miles
in
5
hours
(h)
A
helicopter
Tlies
840
miles
in
7
hours
(i)
A
dog
runs
216
metres
in
12
seconds
(j)
An
airplane
travels
984
miles
in
6
hours
(k)
A
bird
Tlies
19
miles
in
2
hours
(l)
A
car
travels
600km
in
8
hours
Question
2:
Calculate
the
average
speeds
for
each
of
the
following,
without
using
a
calculator.
(a)
A
car
travels
20
miles
in
30
minutes
(b)
A
lorry
travels
32
miles
in
30
minutes
(c)
A
bird
Tlies
17
kilometres
in
30
minutes
(d)
A
man
jogs
2
kilometres
in
15
minutes.
(e)
A
helicopter
Tlies
18
miles
in
15
minutes
(f)
An
F1
car
travels
32
miles
in
15
minutes.
(g)
A
dog
runs
3
kilometres
in
10
minutes
(h)
A
jet
travels
23
miles
in
6
minutes.
(i)
A
car
travels
12
miles
in
20
minutes
(j)
A
car
travels
9
miles
in
12
minutes
(k) A
motorcycle
travels
36
miles
in
40
minutes
(l)
A
car
travels
27
kilometres
in
45
minutes.
Question
3:
Calculate
the
average
speeds
for
each
of
the
following.
(a)
A
car
travels
63
miles
in
1
hour
30
minutes
(b)
A
man
runs
15
miles
in
2
hours
30
minutes
(c)
A
helicopter
Tlies
238
miles
in
3
hours
30
minutes
(d)
A
car
travels
85.5
miles
2
hours
15
minutes
(e)
An
airplane
Tlies
315
kilometres
in
1
hour
45
minutes
(f)
A
lorry
travels
351
miles
in
6
hours
45
minutes
(g)
A
car
drives
154
miles
in
2
hours
20
minutes
(h)
A
helicopter
Tlies
160
kilometres
in
1
hour
40
minutes
Question
4:
Calculate
the
average
speeds
for
each
of
the
following.
(a)
A
man
jogs
6
miles
in
1
hour
12
minutes
(b)
A
motorcycle
drives
130
miles
in
2
hours
36
minutes
(c)
A
helicopter
Tlies
152
miles
in
1
hour
54
minutes
(d)
A
plane
travels
1272
kilometres
in
5
hours
18
minutes
(e)
A
car
travels
98
miles
in
2
hours
27
minutes
(f)
A
rocket
travels
750
miles
in
3
minutes
(g)
A
car
travels
6.4
miles
in
7
minutes.
Give
your
answer
to
2
decimal
places.
(h)
A
ship
sails
105
miles
in
4
hours
28
minutes.
Give
your
answer
to
2
decimal
places.
(i)
A
plane
travels
400
miles
in
1
hour
55
minutes.
Give
your
answer
to
2
decimal
places.
(j)
A
car
drives
500
kilometres
in
7
hours
13
minutes.
Give
your
answer
to
2
decimal
places.
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5:
Calculate
how
far
each
of
the
following
travels.
(a)
A
car
travels
at
a
speed
of
50mph
for
3
hours.
(b)
A
plane
Tlies
at
a
speed
of
230
kilometres
per
hour
for
2
hours.
(c)
A
lorry
drives
for
4
hours
at
a
speed
of
45
miles
per
hour.
(d)
A
man
runs
at
a
speed
of
8
metres
per
second
for
15
seconds.
(e)
A
helicopter
Tlies
for
8
hours
at
a
speed
of
80
miles
per
hour.
(f)
A
dog
runs
at
a
speed
of
15
m/s
for
20
seconds.
(g)
A
car
travels
at
a
speed
of
48
mph
for
3
hours.
(h)
A
truck
travels
at
a
speed
of
29
mph
for
5
hours.
Question
6:
Calculate
the
distance
travelled
by
each
of
the
following.
(a)
A
car
drives
at
a
speed
of
60mph
for
30
minutes.
(b)
A
taxi
travels
for
30
minutes
at
a
speed
of
28
mph.
(c)
A
car
travels
at
a
speed
of
44mph
for
15
minutes.
(d)
A
lorry
drives
at
a
speed
of
51mph
for
20
minutes.
(e)
An
airplane
travels
at
a
speed
of
441mph
for
20
minutes.
(f)
A
car
drives
at
a
speed
of
48mph
for
45
minutes.
(g)
A
helicopter
Tlies
at
a
speed
of
72miles
per
hour
for
10
minutes
(h)
A
bird
Tlies
for
40
minutes
at
a
speed
of
60
kilometres
per
hour.
Question
7:
Work
out
the
distance
travelled
by
each
of
the
following.
(a)
A
car
drives
at
a
speed
of
40mph
for
1
hour
30
minutes
(b)
A
bird
Tlies
at
a
speed
of
32
kilometres
per
hour
for
1
hour
30
minutes
(c)
A
lorry
travels
for
2
hours
30
minutes
at
a
speed
of
52
mph
(d)
A
F1
race
car
drives
for
1
hour
15
minutes
at
a
speed
of
124
mph
(e)
A
helicopter
Tlies
at
a
speed
of
104
mph
for
1
hour
45
minutes
(f)
A
car
drives
at
a
speed
of
58
mph
for
3
hours
15
minutes
(g)
A
man
runs
at
6
mph
for
1
hour
24
minutes
(h)
A
car
drives
for
2
hours
54
minutes
at
a
speed
of
50
mph
(i)
A
plane
Tlies
at
a
speed
of
306
kilometres
per
hour
for
3
hours
20
minutes
(j)
A
hot
air
balloon
Tlies
at
a
speed
of
18
mph
for
1
hour
40
minutes
(k)
A
bird
Tlies
for
4
hours
36
minutes
at
a
speed
of
40
kilometres
per
hour.
(l)
A
helicopter
travels
at
98mph
for
5
hours
6
minutes.
(m)
A
car
travels
at
40
mph
for
1
hour
7
minutes.
Give
your
answer
to
2
decimal
places.
(n)
A
lorry
drives
at
65
mph
for
2
hours
19
minutes.
Give
your
answer
to
2
decimal
places.
(o)
A
car
drives
at
70
mph
for
44
minutes.
Give
your
answer
to
2
decimal
places.
(p)
A
car
drives
at
32
mph
for
1
minute.
Give
your
answer
to
2
decimal
places.
Question
8:
Work
out
the
distance
travelled
by
each
of
the
following.
(a)
A
runner
runs
at
a
speed
of
8m/s
for
2
minutes
(b)
A
jog
runs
at
a
speed
of
4m/s
for
10
minutes.
(c)
A
car
drives
at
60mph
for
90
seconds.
(d)
A
lorry
drives
at
30
mph
for
150
seconds.
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9:
Work
out
how
long
each
of
the
journeys
take.
(a)
A
car
drives
120
miles
at
a
speed
of
40
mph.
(b)
A
lorry
drives
250
miles
at
a
speed
of
50
mph.
(c)
A
bird
Tlies
330
kilometres
at
a
speed
of
55
kilometres
per
hour.
(d)
An
object
travels
48
miles
at
speed
of
16
mph.
(e)
A
man
runs
240
metres
at
a
speed
of
6m/s
(f)
A
dog
runs
168
metres
at
a
speed
of
12m/s
(g)
A
lorry
travels
240
miles
at
a
speed
of
60mph.
(h)
A
helicopter
travels
345
miles
at
a
speed
of
115
mph.
(i)
A
plane
travels
at
a
speed
of
250
mph
and
covers
a
distance
of
2250
miles.
Question
10:
Calculate
how
long
each
journey
lasts.
Give
each
answer
in
hours
and
minutes.
(a)
A
car
travels
100
miles
at
a
speed
of
40mph.
(b)
A
lorry
travels
90
miles
at
a
speed
of
60
mph.
(c)
A
bus
drives
at
a
speed
of
48mph
and
covers
a
distance
of
60
miles.
(d)
A
helicopter
Tlies
105
kilometres
at
a
speed
of
140
km/h
(e)
A
bird
covers
a
distance
of
95
miles
at
a
speed
of
20
miles
per
hour.
(f)
A
car
travels
at
50
mph
and
covers
a
distance
of
110
miles.
(g)
A
lorry
drives
a
distance
of
452.4
kilometres
at
a
speed
of
52
km/h.
(h)
A
bird
Tlies
80
miles
at
a
speed
of
15
miles
per
hour
(i)
A
ship
sails
208
miles
a
speed
of
24
miles
per
hour
(j)
A
jet
Tlies
at
a
speed
of
480km/h
and
covers
a
distance
of
2088
kilometres
(k)
A
racing
car
drives
256
miles
at
a
speed
of
120
mph
(l)
A
helicopter
Tlies
764
kilometres
at
a
speed
of
80
km/h
Question
11:
Change
the
following
speeds
into
metres
per
second.
(a)
360km/h
(b)
18km/h
(c)
36km/h
(d)
72km/h
(e)
10
km/h
(f)
40km/h
(g)
2
km/h
(h)
4.5km/h
Question
12:
Change
the
following
speeds
into
kilometres
per
hour.
(a)
45m/s
(b)
15m/s
(c)
20m/s
(d)
4m/s
(e)
1m/s
(f)
0.5m/s
(g)
0.2m/s
(h)
300m/s
Question
13:
Change
these
speed
into
kilometres
per
hour
(a) 10mph
(b)
40mph
(c)
25
mph
(d)
200mph
(e)
8mph
(f)
2mph
(g)
10.5mph
(h)
24.6mph
Question
14:
Change
these
speed
into
miles
per
hour
(a) 32km/h
(b)
48km/h
(c)
24km/h
(d)
800km/h
(e) 16km/h
(f)
0.64km/h
(g)
16000km/h
(h)
2400000km/h
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1.
A
bus
travels
222
miles
in
6
hours.
What
was
the
average
speed
of
the
bus?
2.
Thomas
drives
130
miles
at
an
average
speed
of
40
mph.
How
long
does
the
journey
take
Thomas?
3.
A
jumbo
jet
Tlies
at
484
mph
for
4
hours
30
minutes.
How
far
does
the
jet
travel?
4.
Greg
and
Kevin
both
travel
between
two
towns
that
are
90
miles
apart.
Greg
drives
and
it
takes
him
1
hour
30
minutes.
Kevin
cycles
and
it
takes
him
7
hours
30
minutes.
Work
out
the
difference
between
their
average
speeds?
5.
Harry
catches
the
train
from
Belfast
to
Dublin
at
4pm.
The
average
speed
of
the
train
is
70mph
and
the
distance
from
Belfast
to
Dublin
is
105
miles.
What
time
does
Harry
arrive
in
Dublin?
6.
The
distance
from
Sunderland
to
Wigan
is
150
miles.
Mollie
leaves
Sunderland
in
her
car
at
07:50.
Her
average
speed
on
the
journey
is
60mph.
What
time
does
she
arrive
in
Wigan?
7.
Jenny
drives
from
Paris
to
Rochefort,
a
distance
of
483
km
Her
average
speed
on
the
journey
is
84
km/h.
She
leaves
at
9:50pm.
What
time
does
she
arrive
in
Rochefort?
8.
Philip
runs
at
an
average
speed
of
4
m/s.
How
long
will
it
take
Philip
to
complete
a
10
kilometre
race?
Give
your
answer
in
minutes
and
seconds.
9.
A
car
travels
for
4
hours
at
an
average
speed
of
45
mph
and
then
6
hours
at
an
average
speed
of
35
mph.
(a)
Work
out
the
total
distance
travelled.
(b)
Work
out
the
average
speed
for
the
entire
journey.
10.
David
cycles
at
20mph
for
1¼
hours,
then
at
16mph
for
2
hours
and
then
12mph
for
45
minutes.
(a)
Work
out
the
total
distance
travelled.
(b)
Work
out
the
average
speed
for
the
entire
journey.
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Mr
Jenkins
catches
the
11:45am
bus
from
London
to
Glasgow.
The
distance
between
the
two
cities
is
407
miles.
The
bus
travels
at
an
average
speed
of
55mph.
What
time
should
he
arrive
in
Glasgow?
12.
Michael
drives
143
miles
from
town
A
to
town
B
in
2
hours
36
minutes.
He
then
drives
from
town
B
to
town
C
at
the
same
speed
and
it
takes
21
minutes.
(a)
Work
out
Michael’s
average
speed
from
town
A
to
town
B.
(b)
How
far
did
Michael
travel,
in
total,
from
town
A
to
town
C?
13.
The
distance
from
Junction
19
to
Junction
20
on
a
motorway
is
14
miles.
Bethany
drove
the
distance
in
15
minutes.
Max
drove
the
distance
at
a
speed
of
52mph.
Who
was
faster?
14.
The
distance
from
Swindon
to
a
village
is
40
miles.
Vicky
drives
from
the
village
to
Swindon
at
60
mph.
Charlie
drives
from
the
village
to
Swindon
at
50mph.
Work
out
how
much
longer
the
journey
takes
Charlie.
Give
your
answer
in
minutes.
15.
Miss
Black
completes
a
journey
in
3
stages.
In
stage
1,
she
drives
at
a
speed
of
40km/h
for
45
minutes.
In
stage
2,
she
drives
at
60
km/h
for
2
hours
9
minutes.
Altogether,
over
the
3
stages,
Miss
Black
drives
171.6km
in
3
hours
15
minutes
What
is
her
average
speed,
in
km/h,
in
stage
3?
16.
The
speed
limit
on
a
road
is
40mph.
A
scooter
drives
9
miles
in
13
minutes.
Is
the
scooter
breaking
the
speed
limit?
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