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True or false: comparing two journeysRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: compare two speeds on one routeRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reason: journeysRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the three-way relationshipRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every statement that follows from a fixed routeRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the odd one outRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: change and consequenceRead the answer and worked solution →For a fixed distance, if the speed is increased then the time taken:Read the answer and worked solution →A journey takes 120 km at a steady 60 km per hour. The time taken is:Read the answer and worked solution →Zaheeda doubles her speed on the same route. The time she takes:Read the answer and worked solution →A car covers 300 km at 50 km per hour. At 75 km per hour the same trip would take:Read the answer and worked solution →A train 150 m long runs at 54 km per hour. The time it takes to pass a pole is:Read the answer and worked solution →A train 200 m long crosses a 100 m platform at 36 km per hour. It takes:Read the answer and worked solution →A man travels equal distances at 40 km per hour and at 60 km per hour. His average speed is:Read the answer and worked solution →A man covers a distance in 6 hours at 40 km per hour. To cover it in 4 hours he must travel at:Read the answer and worked solution →A car uses 4 litres of petrol for 60 km. Its mileage in km per litre is:Read the answer and worked solution →Sugar costs 36 per kg. The cost of 3 kg is:Read the answer and worked solution →A car travels 60 km on 4 litres of petrol. On 12 litres it will travel:Read the answer and worked solution →Two quantities x and y are in direct proportion when:Read the answer and worked solution →A child's age and the mother's age both increase together but are not in direct proportion because:Read the answer and worked solution →5 metres of cloth cost 210. The cost of 10 metres is:Read the answer and worked solution →A 14 m pole casts a 10 m shadow. A tree casting a 15 m shadow at the same time is:Read the answer and worked solution →12 sheets of paper weigh 40 g. How many sheets weigh 2.5 kg?Read the answer and worked solution →A train moves at a uniform 75 km per hour. In 20 minutes it covers:Read the answer and worked solution →At 75 km per hour, the time to cover 250 km is:Read the answer and worked solution →A map has scale 1 : 30000000. Two cities 4 cm apart on the map are actually apart by:Read the answer and worked solution →Two quantities x and y are in inverse proportion when:Read the answer and worked solution →Zaheeda doubles her speed by running instead of walking. Her time to reach school:Read the answer and worked solution →A school has 6000 for maths books at 40 each. If the price rises to 50, the number of books falls from 150 to:Read the answer and worked solution →

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True or false: comparing two journeys

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Questions
  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Two vehicles on the same route cover the same distance.
  2. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    The faster of them takes less time.
  3. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Their speeds multiplied by their times are equal.
  4. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    The faster one takes more time.
  5. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    Speed and time can both rise on a fixed route.
Both journeys share whatever is being held fixed. Source: syllabus Maths, Ch 11 Direct and Inverse Proportions.

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Order the steps: compare two speeds on one route

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Steps
  1. Note that both journeys cover the same distance
  2. Multiply the first speed by the first time
  3. Set that equal to the second speed times the unknown time
  4. Solve for the unknown time
  5. Check the faster journey came out shorter
Treat it as an inverse proportion between the two journeys. Source: syllabus Maths, Ch 11 Direct and Inverse Proportions.

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Assertion and reason: journeys

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Questions
  1. Reason
    The route is fixed, so speed and time vary inversely.
    Verdict
    Both are true; the reason explains the assertion.
    Assertion
    Cycling instead of walking cuts the time to school.
  2. Reason
    At uniform speed, distance is directly proportional to time.
    Verdict
    Both are true; the reason explains the assertion.
    Assertion
    Two hours at uniform speed covers twice the ground of one hour.
  3. Reason
    Speed multiplied by time gives distance.
    Verdict
    The assertion is false and the reason is true.
    Assertion
    Raising the speed on a fixed route raises the distance.
The reason must genuinely explain the assertion. Source: syllabus Maths, Ch 11 Direct and Inverse Proportions.

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