Compound Measures

OCR Stage 6

Speed - Distance - Time

Part 1

What is speed?
How far you travel in a certain time
Speed = Distance Time
We call the result the average speed

d
s
t

SDT Triangle
You have seen this in Science?

d
s x t

We can use this to find any one thing

IF we know the other two!

By covering up what you want

d
s x t

Time? = d
Speed?
Distance?
=

sd x ts

A train travels 120 miles in 2 hours

What is its average speed?

s = 120 2
s = 60 mph
MUST give
UNITS

MILES per HOUR

Speed =

d
s x t

d
t

A runners average speed is 8m/s, how far

does he run in 25 seconds ?

d = 8 x 25

Distance

=s x t

d = 200 metres
MUST give
UNITS

Because speed was in

METRES per second

d
s x t

A lorry leaves Stoke, travels 150km to Leeds

at an average speed of 60km/h. How long
did the journey take?

t = 150 60
t = 2.5 hours
MUST give
UNITS

Because speed was in

km per HOUR

Time

=d
s

d
s x t

Car travels 40km in 20 minutes.

What is its average speed in kph?

s = 40 1/3

Speed =

s = 120kph

d
s x t

d
t

Density Mass - Volume

Part 2

What is Density?
Weight of a given amount of a material
Density = Mass Volume

m
d
v

DMV Triangle
You have seen this in Science?

m
d x v

We can use this to find any one thing

IF we know the other two!

By covering up what you want

m
d x v

Mass?
Density?
Volume?=
==dmmx

vd

A steel girder weighs 2500 kg and has a

volume of 100m3
What is its density?

d = 2500 100
= 25 Kg/m3
MUST give
UNITS

Kilograms per
Cubic Metre

Density =

m
v

m
d x v

Population Density
Part 3

A town in S France has a population of

120,000 living in an area of 15km 2
What is the population density?

d = 120 000 15 Population density

2
=p
people
/
km
d = 8000

a
MUST give
UNITS

People per Square

Kilometre

p
d x a