P6 MATHS

Speed

Do these word problems. Show your working clearly in the space provided.

1. The distance round a field is 540 m. Ruth runs round the field for 8 times in half an hour.
What is her average speed? Express your answer in m/min.

2. The distance from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur is 396 km. Sam drives from Singapore to Kuala
Lumpur at an average speed of 120 km/h. If he starts his journey at 10 45, at what time will
he reach Kuala Lumpur? Express the time using the 24-hour clock.

He will reach Kuala Lumpur at 14 03.

3 h 18 min from 10 45 is 14 03.
He will take 3 h 18 min to reach Kuala Lumpur.
Her average speed is 18 m/min.
10
  60 = 18 min
​ ___  ​ × Speed = Distance ÷ Time = 540 ÷ 30 = 18 m/min
3
10 2
2. Time = Distance ÷ Speed = 396 ÷ 120 = 3 ​ ___  ​ h
    60 = 30 min
Solutions:  1. Half an hour = ​ __ ​ ×
3 1

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Speed

Do these word problems. Show your working clearly in the space provided.

1. Mr Baker drives from his house to the office at a speed of 82 km/h in 15 minutes. Mr Taylor,
whose house is as far from the office as Mr Baker, drives for 10 minutes to reach the same
office. What is the difference in their driving speed?

2. Eileen ran at a speed of 4.8 km/h to complete a 4-km run. Sally ran at a speed of 6 km/h
to complete the same distance. How much longer did Eileen take to complete her run than
Sally? Express your answer in minutes.

The difference in their driving speed is 41 km/h.

123 – 82 = 41 km/h
Mr Taylor’s driving speed is 123 km/h.
6
  123 km/h
Speed = Distance ÷ Time = 20.5 ÷ ​ __ ​ =
Eileen took 10 min more than Sally to complete her run. 1
60 6
50 – 40 = 10 min    ​ h
​   ​ = ​ 
___  
10 __ 1
Sally took 40 min to complete a 4-km run. The distance between Mr Baker’s house and the office is 20.5 km.
Time = Distance ÷ Speed = 4 ÷ 6 = 0.67 × 60 = 40 min 4
  20.5 km
Distance = Speed × Time = 82 × ​ __ ​ =
Eileen took 50 min to complete a 4-km run. 1
60 4
2. Time = Distance ÷ Speed = 4 ÷ 4.8 = 0.83 × 60 = 50 min    ​ h
Solutions:  1. ​ ___ ​ = ​   
15 __ 1

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Speed

Do these word problems. Show your working clearly in the space provided.

1. Peter set off from Town A at 10 am, driving at an average speed of 84 km/h. He reached
Town B at 2 pm. If William set off 1 hour 25 minutes earlier than Peter and took the same
route at an average speed of 70 km/h, at what t ime would William reach Town B?

2. ​ 1 ​ hours to travel __

Tracy took 2 __ ​ 4 ​ of the distance between Town X and Town Y at an average
3 9
speed of 72 km/h. What was Jessica’s average speed if she took 4 __ ​ 1 ​ hours to travel from
5
Town X to Town Y?

to travel from Town X to Town Y.

5
Jessica’s average speed was 90 km/h if she took 4 ​ __ ​  hours
1
5 William would reach Town B at 1.23 pm.
  90 km/h
Speed = Distance ÷ Time = 378 ÷ 4 ​ __ ​ =
1
4 h 48 min after 8.35 am was 1.23 pm.
The distance between Town X and Town Y was 378 km.
1 h 25 min earlier than 10 am was 8.35 am.
9
__   9 × 42 = 378 km
​   ​ → William took 4 h 48 min to reach Town B.
9
9 5
__   168 ÷ 4 = 42 km
​   ​ →   = 4 h 48 min
Time = Distance ÷ Speed = 336 ÷ 70 = 4 ​ __ ​ h
1 4
9 The distance between Town A and Town B was 336 km.
__   168 km
​   ​ →
4 Distance = Speed × Time = 84 × 4 = 336 km
3
  168 km
2. Distance = Speed × Time = 72 × 2 ​ __ ​ = Solutions:  1. From 10 am to 2 pm, it was 4 hours.
1

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 P6 MATHS

Mental Maths: Cube Root – Finding the Cube Root of

Any Numbers (Part 2)

3
_______
Find the value of ​√  13 824 ​ .
 

STRATEGY
Note that last digits, 0, 1, 4, 5, 6 and 9 of the number will have the same last digit in the answer.
Step 1: To find the last digit of the answer,
4 [look at the last digit of the number]
Step 2: To find the first digit of the answer,
3
___ 3
__
​√13  
  ​ ≈ ​√  8 ​ =
  2 × 2 × 2 [round down the digits in the thousands place and above to
a number that can be cubed root to a whole number]
3
_______
​√13 824 ​ =
    24

Do these sums mentally.

3
_______ 3
_______
1. ​√  17 576 ​ 
= 6. ​√  27 000 ​ 
=

3
_______ 3
_______
2. ​√  29 791 ​ 
= 7. ​√  42 875 ​ 
=

3
_______ 3
_______
3. ​√  46 656 ​ 
= 8. ​√  24 389 ​ 
=

3
_______ 3
_______
4. ​√  59 319 ​ 
= 9. ​√  15 625 ​ 
=

3
_______ 3
_______
5. ​√  64 000 ​ 
= 10. ​√  39 304 ​ 
=

Solutions:  1. 26  2. 31  3. 36  4. 39  5. 40  6. 30  7. 35  8. 29  9. 25  10. 34

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