Checking and securing understanding of drawing distance-time graphs

12 questions

1. What number is the arrow pointing to on this number line?
2. What number is the arrow pointing to on this number line?
3. The coordinates of the point shown on the axes are (2, ___).
4. The coordinates of the point shown on the axes are (___, 100).
5. Which graph shows a journey where speed is constant throughout?
6. How do we represent an object stopping for part of a journey on a distance-time graph?
7. Izzy travelled 12 km in half an hour. Then stopped for 15 minutes. Then travelled another 8 km in 25 minutes. If using these axes what would be the best scale for time?
8. Izzy travelled 12 km in half an hour. Then stopped for 15 minutes. Then travelled another 8 km in 25 minutes. What would be the problem with using steps of 2 km on these axes?
9. Izzy travelled 12 km in half an hour. Then stopped for 15 minutes. Then travelled another 8 km in 25 minutes. What might be the difficulty with using steps of 5 km on these axes?
10. When might you use a displacement-time graph instead of a distance-time graph?
11. On this displacement-time graph what does the line segment marked a) represent?
12. On this displacement-time graph what does the line segment marked b) represent?

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