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1.11 Compound Measures - Speed, Density, Pressure

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Course CIE IGCSE Maths

Section 1. Number
Topic 1.11 Compound Measures - Speed, Density, Pressure
Difficulty Very Hard

Time Allowed 30
Score /25
Percentage /100

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Question 1
A model train is 61 cm long and travels at a speed of 18 cm/s.
It takes 4 seconds for the whole of the train to cross a bridge.

Calculate the length of the bridge.

........................................... cm
[2 marks]

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Question 2

The diagram shows a triangular field, ABC, on horizontal ground.

Olav runs from A to B at a constant speed of 4 m/s and then from B to C at a constant speed of 3 m/s.
He then runs at a constant speed from C to A.
His average speed for the whole journey is 3.6 m/s.

Calculate his speed when he runs from C to A.

............................................. m/s
[3 marks]

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Question 3
Carol walks 12 km at x km/h and then a further 6 km at (x − 1) km/h.
The total time taken is 5 hours.
Write an equation, in terms of x , and show that it simplifies to 5x 2 − 23x + 12 = 0 .
[3 marks]

Question 4
Brad travelled from his home in New York to Chamonix.
He left his home at 16 30 and travelled by taxi to the airport in New York.
This journey took 55 minutes and had an average speed of 18 km/h.

He then travelled by plane to Geneva, departing from New York at 22 15.

The flight path can be taken as an arc of a circle of radius 6400 km with a sector angle of 55.5 °.
The local time in Geneva is 6 hours ahead of the local time in New York.
Brad arrived in Geneva at 11 25 the next day.

To complete his journey, Brad travelled by bus from Geneva to Chamonix.

This journey started at 13 00 and took 1 hour 36 minutes.
The average speed was 65 km/h.
The local time in Chamonix is the same as the local time in Geneva.
Find the overall average speed of Brad’s journey from his home in New York to Chamonix.
Show all your working and give your answer in km/h.

.......................................... km/h
[11 marks]

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Question 5
A truck is used to transport some wood panels.
Each wood panel is a cuboid measuring 2.4 m by 1.2 m by 1.8 cm.
The density of each wood panel is 750 kg/m3
.
The truck can carry 15 tonnes of these wood panels.

Calculate the maximum number of wood panels that the truck can carry.
Show how you decide.
mass
The formula for density is .
volume
[6 marks]

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