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Problems with compound units 3 Grade 5
Objective: Solve problems involving compound units such as speed, rates of pay, unit pricing, density
and pressure.

Question 1.

A piece of wood has a mass of y kg and a volume of 0.004 m3.

Show that the density of the wood is 0.25y g/cm3.

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(Total 4 mark)

Question 2.
Kam drove from Ipswich to Coventry.
It took him 3 hours at an average speed of 80 km/h.
Lota drove from Ipswich to Coventry.
She took 5 hours.
Work out Lotas average speed in km/h from Ipswich to Coventry.
(Assume that Lota drove along the same roads as Kam and did not take a break.)

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(Total 3 marks)

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Question 3.

The diagram shows a piece of metal cut into the shape of a trapezium.

Work out the force needed to exert a pressure of 18 N/cm2 on the trapezium.

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(Total 3 marks)

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