Real-life questions about journeys: distances on maps and charts, speed, journey times, fuel and fares. Read the story, work it out and type the answer.
Look at the map. How far is it from Hollybrook to Kingsley if you go through Ashford?
On a map, add the lengths of the roads you go along.
1000 m = 1 km
Distance = speed × time
Speed = distance ÷ time
Time = distance ÷ speed
Average speed = all the distance ÷ all the time
Costs: find the cost of one (one litre, one kilometre), then multiply.
Speed = distance ÷ time, distance = speed × time and time = distance ÷ speed. A car that goes 150 km in 3 hours travels at 150 ÷ 3 = 50 km/h. At 50 km/h for 2 hours it goes 2 × 50 = 100 km.
Find one town along the top and the other down the side. The number where the column and the row meet is the distance between them. For a journey with a stop, look up each part and add them.
Add up all the distance and all the time, then divide. 60 km in 1 hour and then 30 km in 30 minutes is 90 km in 1.5 hours, so the average speed is 90 ÷ 1.5 = 60 km/h.
Ages 5 to 7 add distances on a map and there and back. Ages 7 to 9 compare two routes, count laps and go a distance every hour. Ages 9 to 11 work out speed and journey times and read distance charts. Ages 11 to 14 work out fuel costs, fares and average speed.