Calculate the speed for each journey.

The bike travels The car travels The plane travels

80 miles in 2 hours. 90 miles in 2 hours. 200 miles in 30 minutes.
40 mph 45 mph 400 mph
In 3 hours the bike In 3 hours the car In 15 minutes the plane
travels 180 miles. travels 105 miles. travels 120 miles.
60 mph 35 mph 480 mph
In 10 hours the bike In 12 hours the car In 45 minutes the plane
travels 450 km. travels 600 km. travels 240 km.
45 kmph 50 kmph 320 kmph
The bike travels The car travels The plane travels
40 miles in 30 minutes. 40 miles in 40 minutes. 2 miles in 30 seconds.
80 mph 60 mph 240 mph
 Jo, Jack and Jane have a race from London to Birmingham.

Jack takes a train that

can travel at 200 mph.

Jo takes a plan that can

travel at 800 mph.

Jane takes a car that can travel at 140 mph.

Who gets there first? Does it just depend on speed?

Dave drives from Albright to Buckton (60 kilometres) in 60 minutes.
How can we graph this journey?
80
70
Buckton
60
Distance 50
from
Albright 40
(km) 30
20
10
0
Albright 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Time
(minutes)
The graph shows the car’s position relative to time:
After 40 minutes it had travelled 40 kilometres.
Kelly drives from Albright to Buckton (60 kilometres) in 30 minutes.
How can we graph this journey?
80 60 km in 30 minutes
= 120 kmph
70
Buckton 60 km in 1 hour
60 = 60 kmph

Distance 50
from
Albright 40
(km) 30
20
10
0
Albright 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Time
(minutes)
Kelly went the same distance in less time.
How fast did both cars travel?
 If we don’t know the distance or time, how do we know which car was faster?

The cars travelled the same distance,

but one took less time.

Distance
from
Albright
(km)

Time
(minutes)

A greater gradient (steeper line) means a faster speed.

 Tim drives from Albright to Buckton.
How can we describe the journey?
80
70
Buckton
60
Distance 50
from
Albright 40
(km) 30
20
He stopped for 20 minutes.
10 The car was stationary.

0
Albright 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Time
(minutes)
 Shelly takes a drive from Albright.
How can we describe the journey?
80
70
Buckton Stationary for
60
10 minutes.
Distance 50
from
Albright 40
(km) 30
20
10
0
Albright 010 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Time
Went back home.
(minutes)
 5 brothers all went to the same school.
Which graph describes each Distance
from
brother’s journey to school?
home

Andy started walking to school

Time
but he felt ill & went home.

Distance
from Distance
Burt cycled to school. home from
home

Charlie walked to his friend’s house Time

Time
to play a computer game before
walking with his friend.
Distance
Dave started walking but he had from
home
forgotten his pencil case! He ran Distance
home & then walked quickly to school. from
Time home
Evan started walking. He realised he
was going to be late so started running! Time
 A car was driving from France to Switzerland.

It went off a cliff!

80
70
60
Distance
from 50
start 40
(km)
30
20
10 What’s confused Tom?

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Time
(minutes)
 2 cars drove from Southampton to Portsmouth & back.

What’s the same & what’s different about these two graphs of the journeys?

Distance-Time graphs can represent

distance from a point
or
total distance travelled.
 This ‘Distance From’ graph shows
a plane taking off, travelling away from the airport,
then returning & landing.
Is this possible?
80
70 To maintain the
same distance from the airport,
60
Distance the plane must be
from 50 travelling in a circle.
airport 40
(km)
30
20
10
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Time
(minutes)
① The graph shows a car & a runner travelling for 10 seconds.
How can we calculate their speeds?
200
180
Distance = 200 m
160
Time = 10 s
140 Speed = 200 ÷ 10
Distance 120 = 20 m/s
from
100
start
(metres) 80
Distance = 100 m
60
Time = 10 s
40 Speed = 100 ÷ 10
20 = 10 m/s
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A steeper line (greater gradient) = Time Distance
Speed =
greater speed. (seconds) Time
② The graph shows journeys by a train & by a jogger.
How can we calculate their speeds?
200
180
Distance = 200 m
160
Time = 5 s
140 Speed = 200 ÷ 5
Distance 120 = 40 m/s
from
100
start
(metres) 80
Distance = 40 m
60
Time = 10 s
40 Speed = 40 ÷ 10
20 = 4 m/s
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A steeper line (greater gradient) = Time Distance
Speed =
greater speed. (seconds) Time
③
A car’s distance is recorded for 10 seconds.
How can we calculate the 2 different speeds?

180 ① Distance = 60 m
160 Time = 6 s
Speed = 60 ÷ 6
140
= 10 m/s
Distance 120
from 100 m
100
start
②
(metres) 80
② Distance = 100 m
60
4s Time = 4 s
40 Speed = 100 ÷ 4
① 60 m
= 25 m/s
20
6s
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A steeper line (greater gradient) = Time Distance
Speed =
greater speed. (seconds) Time
 A car’s distance is recorded for 10 seconds.
How can we calculate the average speed?

180
160
140 Distance = 160 m
Time = 10 s
Distance 120
from Speed = 160 ÷ 10
100 = 16 m/s
start
(metres) 80
60
40
20
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Time Distance
Speed =
(seconds) Time
④ What was the
A car’s distance is recorded for 10 seconds. car’s top speed?
Speed = 80 ÷ 2
180 = 40 m/s
160 Speed = 100 ÷ 5
140 = 20 m/s

Distance 120 100 m How long was

from the car stationary?
100
start 3s 20 m/s 3 seconds
(metres) 80
5s What was the
60
car’s average speed?
40 80 m

20 40 m/s Speed = 180 ÷ 10

2s
= 18 m/s
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Time Distance
Speed =
(seconds) Time
 The graph shows a bike race between Julie & Mark. ①
What was the race distance?
90 m Julie Mark
90
How long did Julie take to
80
complete the race?

Distance from start (metres)

10 seconds 70
60
Calculate Julie’s average speed.
50
90m ÷ 10s = 9 m/s
40

How long did Mark take to 30

complete the race? 20
18 seconds
10
Calculate Mark’s average speed. 0
90m ÷ 18s = 5 m/s 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Time
(seconds)
 ① Race! Plot the graphs for each 4 races. Who won? By how much time did they win? Who got the top speed?
② Brian
50 100
Amir 40 mph for 90 minutes
20 miles in one hour then a 1 hour breakdown
40 80 then 80 mph
then 3 hours at 10 mph
Distance (miles)

Distance (miles)
Ash Beth
30 60
10 mph for 2.5 hours 20 mph for 2 hours
then 25 mph then a 30 minute tire-change
20 40
then 30 mph
Winner: Winner:
10 20
Winning Margin (time): Winning Margin:
0 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 Top Speed:
Top Speed:
Time (hours) Time (hours)
④ Donna
18
③
Christy 16 8 mph for 75 minutes
60 then 6 mph for 3 miles
40 mph for 45 minutes 14 then 2.5 mph
50 then 10 miles in 45 minutes
then 20 mph 12 David

Distance (miles)
Distance (miles)

40 10 miles at 20 mph
10
Collin then 45 minutes at 4 mph
30 25 miles in 105 minutes 8 then 16 mph
then 60 mph for 30 minutes 6
20 then 10 mph Daz
4 15 minutes late starting
10 Winner:
90 minutes at 6 mph
2 then 28 mph for 0.25 hours
0 Winning Margin: es then 1 mph
0 1 2 3 0
Time (hours) 0 1 2 3 4
Top Speed: Winner:
Time (hours)
 ① Race! Plot the graphs for each 4 races. Who won? By how much time did they win? Who got the top speed?
② Brian
50 100
Amir 40 mph for 90 minutes
20 miles in one hour then a 1 hour breakdown
40 80 then 80 mph
then 3 hours at 10 mph
Distance (miles)

Distance (miles)
Ash Beth
30 60
10 mph for 2.5 hours 20 mph for 2 hours
then 25 mph then a 30 minute tire-change
20 40
then 30 mph
Winner: Ash Winner: Brian
10 20
Winning Margin (time): Winning Margin: 45 minutes
30 minutes
0 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 Top Speed: 80 mph
Top Speed: 25 mph
Time (hours) Time (hours)
④ Donna
18
③
Christy 16 8 mph for 75 minutes
60 then 6 mph for 3 miles
40 mph for 45 minutes 14 then 2.5 mph
50 then 10 miles in 45 minutes
then 20 mph 12 David

Distance (miles)
Distance (miles)

40 10 miles at 20 mph
10
Collin then 45 minutes at 4 mph
30 25 miles in 105 minutes 8 then 16 mph
then 60 mph for 30 minutes 6
20 then 10 mph Daz
4 15 minutes late starting
10 Winner: Christy
90 minutes at 6 mph
2 then 28 mph for 0.25 hours
0 Winning Margin: 15 minutes then 1 mph
0 1 2 3 0
Time (hours) 0 1 2 3 4
Top Speed: 60 mph Winner: David
Time (hours)