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LESSON OBJECTIVES

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Always aim
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We are learning to:

- Finding connections between different words.
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- Accurately read and find the average speed from a
distance-time graph. (Grade D)

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AUTHOR

Real life
cross/curricular
links?

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BRAIN IN GEAR

PLT Skills

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EXAMPLE
DITDIONA can be rearranged to make ADDITION

TASK
Work out the following Mathematical anagrams:

DEEPS

Speed

RATGIEND

Gradient

VEERAAG

Average

EXTENSION
Develop your own Mathematical anagrams as above as a
creative thinker.

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STARTER

PLT Skills

TASK
1) Distance = 130 miles
Speed = ? mph
Time = 2 hours
Speed =

130miles
2hours

= 65mph

3) Distance = 48 m

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2) Distance = ? kilometres

Speed = 13 km/h
Time = 3 hours
Distance = 13km/h x 3hours
= 39km

Speed = 4 m/s
Time = ? seconds
Time =

48m
4m/s

= 12seconds

EXTENSION
1) Distance = 60 miles

Speed = ? mph
Time = 30 minutes
Speed =

60miles
0.5hour

= 120mph

2) Distance = 20 km

Speed = ? km/h
Time = 15 minutes
Speed =

20km
0.25hour

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= 80km/h

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PLT SkillsDISTANCE-TIME GRAPHS

INTRODUCTION
MATCH THE PICTURES WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE GRAPHS

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Distance

What connections can you make?

The steeper the

line the faster it is

B
C
D

Time

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INTRODUCTION

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At this speed, how far would I travel in 1 hour?

30 miles

At this speed, how far would I travel in 2 hours?

30 x 2 = 60 miles

Two lots of 30 minutes in an hour

15 miles
At this speed, how far would I travel in 20 minutes?
Three lots of 20 minutes in an hour

What connections can you

make with the picture above
and the real world?

10 miles
At this speed, how far would I travel in 10 minutes?
Six lots of 10 minutes in an hour

5 miles

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PLT SkillsDISTANCE-TIME GRAPHS

INTRODUCTION
1)

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2)

60

70

If I travel 60 miles in 1 hour.

What is my speed in mph?

4)

3)

48

42
If I travel 7 miles in 10 minutes.
What is my speed in mph?

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Distance (km)

PLT SkillsDISTANCE-TIME GRAPHS

INTRODUCTION

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45 minutes

8km
His speed for the first hour?

10km
How long did he stop for?
15mins

15mins
How long did it take him to
run 40km?

45mins

30mins

15mins

2hours 45mins
Time (hours)

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PLT SkillsDISTANCE-TIME GRAPHS

EXAMPLE

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The distancetime graph below represents a car journey from Barnsley to Nottingham, a
distance of 50 km, and back again.

20mins

(a) What can you say about points B, C and D?

(b) What can you say about the journey from D to F?

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15km

The distancetime graph below represents a car journey from Barnsley to Nottingham, a
distance of 50 km, and back again.
20mins

19km

50km

D-E
Represents
a stop for 20
minutes

20mins

16km

10mins

60mins

20mins

(c) Work out the average speed for each of the five stages of the journey.
A-B
B-C
C-D
x3

20mins = 16km
60mins = 48km

48km/h

x3 x6

10mins = 19km
60mins =114km

114km/h

x6 x3

20mins = 15km
60mins = 45km

45km/h

x3

E-F

60mins = 50km

50km/h

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TASK (GRADE D)
1) Paul was travelling in his car to a

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2) A small bus set off from Leeds to pick up Mike and his

meeting. This distancetime graph

illustrates his journey.

(a) How long after he set off did he

i) stop for his break 2 hours
ii) set off after his break 3 hours
iii) get to his meeting place? 5 hours
(b) At what average speed was he travelling:
i) over the first hour 40km/h
ii) over the second hour 120km/h
iii) for the last part of his journey? 40km/h
(c) The meeting was scheduled to start at 10.30 am.
What is the latest time he should have left home?6.30am

family. It then went on to pick up Mikes parents and

grandparents. It then travelled further, dropping them all
off at a hotel. The bus then went on a further 10 km to
pick up another party and took them back to Leeds.
This distancetime graph illustrates the journey.

(a) How far from Leeds did Mikes parents and

grandparents live? 30km
(b) How far from Leeds is the hotel at which they all
stayed? 40km
(c) What was the average speed of the bus on its way
back to Leeds? 100km/h

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TASK (GRADE D)
3) James was travelling to Cornwall on his holidays.
This distancetime graph illustrates his journey.

4)

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Azam and Jafar were having a race. The distancetime

graph below illustrates the distances covered.

Write a commentary to describe the race.

(a) His greatest speed was on the motorway.
i) How far did he travel along the motorway? 125km
ii) What was his average speed on the motorway? 125km/h
(b) i) When did he travel most slowly? Between 2-3pm
ii) What was his lowest average speed? 25km/h

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EXTENSION (GRADE D)

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1) A walker sets off at 9.00 am from point P to walk 2) Three school friends all set off from school at the
along a trail at a steady pace of 6 km per hour.
90 minutes later, a cyclist sets off from P on the
same trail at a steady pace of 15 km per hour.

same time, 3.45 pm. They all lived 12 km away

from the school. The distancetime graph below
illustrates their journeys.

At what time did the cyclist overtake the walker?

You may use a graph to help you solve this
question.

One of them went by bus, one cycled and one was taken by car.
(a) i) Explain how you know that Sue used the bus. Stopped
several times
ii) Who went by car? Ravinder Ravinder 3.55pm
Michael 4.35pm
(b) At what time did each friend get home? Sue 4.20pm
(c) i) When the bus was moving, it covered 2 kilometres in 5
minutes. What is this speed in kilometres per hour? 24km/h
ii) Overall, the bus covered 12 kilometres in 35 minutes. What is
this speed in kilometres per hour? 20.6km/h
iii) How many stops did the bus make before Sue got home? 5

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MINI-PLENARY
Write a description of the journey for each of the following graphs below:

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DISCOVERY

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LINK BACK TO OBJECTIVES

- Accurately read and find the average
speed from a distance-time graph.
What grade
are we
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PLENARY ACTIVITY
EXAM QUESTION (GRADE D)
The graph shows Amys progress on a sponsored walk.

Stop

19km

Stop

(a) How many times does Amy stop during her walk?
2 times
Answer ..........................................................................
(1 mark)
(b) Between which times does Amy walk the fastest? Explain your answer.
11:30 12:30
Answer ...............................................................
This
is where the line is steepest
Explanation ..........................................................................................................................
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(c) Bill sponsors Amy for 20 pence per kilometre.
Kate sponsors Amy for 30 pence per kilometre.
How much should Amy collect altogether from Bill and Kate after her walk?
20p x 19 = 3.80
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30p x 19 = 5.70
...............................................................................................................................................................................................
9.50
...................................................................................................................................... Answer ......................
(3 marks)

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Draw your brain

In your brain, write or draw everything you can remember about reading
and finding the average speed from a distance-time graph. It can be a
skill or a reflection, or something else that might be prominent in your
brain.

Where are we
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Plenary Activity

WWW (What Went Well)

EBI (Even Better If)
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Think about how you
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