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Henry’s friends have put a shrinking potion into his orange juice as a
joke. Here is a graph to show how he shrinks over the course of the day.

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1 What height is Henry at 2pm?

2 Henry is shrinking at a rate of  cm per hour.
How long does it take him to shrink 50 cm?
3 If he carries on shrinking at this rate, how tall will
he be at 8pm?
4 Draw a line on the graph to show this.

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5 What fraction of his normal height is Henry at 8pm?

6 Henry’s feet are normally 25 cm long. At 8pm, they are

the same fraction of his normal size as the fraction he
is of his normal height. What length are they at 8pm?        cm
7 His normal hand span is 20 cm. At 8pm, his hand span is the same
fraction of his normal hand span as he is of his normal height. At
8pm, his hand span is        cm
What clues
8 Use the graph to estimate can you use to
Henry’s height at half past 1.        cm make a sensible
estimate?
9 How much did Henry
shrink between
09:30 and 13:30?         cm
10 The potion stops working at 8pm. Henry starts to
grow at a rate of 20 cm per hour. How long will it
take him to grow back to his normal size?

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Line graph cha

11 If Henry shrank at a rate of 20 cm per hour, how would the graph
look different?


12 If Henry shrank at a rate of 5 cm per hour, how would the graph
look different?

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