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Real Life and Distance Time Graphs

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Sarah drove to a supermarket. She stayed at the supermarket to shop and then she drove back home.

Here is Sarah's travel graph.

TimeDistance from home (miles)
11 000
11 156
11 556
12 200

A travel graph showing distance from home (miles) on the y-axis (0 to 10) against time on the x-axis (11 00 to 12 30). The graph consists of three straight line segments: from (11 00, 0) to (11 15, 6), from (11 15, 6) to (11 55, 6), and from (11 55, 6) to (12 20, 0). The y-axis has major grid lines every 2 units and minor grid lines every 0.5 units. The x-axis has major grid lines every 15 minutes and minor grid lines every 5 minutes.

a.

For how many minutes did Sarah stay at the supermarket?

[1]
b.

What was Sarah's average speed on her journey to the supermarket?

[2]
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Real Life and Distance Time Graphs Questions

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17 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Maths Real Life and Distance Time Graphs. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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