1. Velocity-Time Graphs – Higher – GCSE Questions
These questions are the same format as previous GCSE exams.
COPY means they use the exact same numbers as the original GCSE question.
Otherwise, they are clone questions using different numbers.
The worksheets are provided in a variety of sizes.

2. Printing To print handouts from slides -
Select the slide from the left. Then click:
File > Print > ‘Print Current Slide’
To print multiple slides -
Click on a section title to highlight all those slides,
or press ‘Ctrl’ at the same time as selecting slides to
highlight more than one. Then click:
File > Print > ‘Print Selection’
To print double-sided handouts -
Highlight both slides before using ‘Print Selection’.
Choose ‘Print on Both Sides’ and ‘Flip on Short Edge’.

3. GCSE GCSE Edexcel Higher: November 2017 Paper 3, Q18
Here is a speed-time graph for a train. 1
Here is a speed-time graph for a train. 25 25 20 20
Speed (m/s)
Speed (m/s) 15 15 10 10 5 5 5 10 15 20 25 5 10 15 20 25
Time (s)
Time (s)
Work out an estimate for the distance the train travelled in the first
20 seconds.
Use 4 strips of equal width.
Work out an estimate for the distance the train travelled in the first
20 seconds.
Use 4 strips of equal width. m m
(3)
(3)
Is your answer to (a) an underestimate or an overestimate of the
actual distance the train travelled?
Give a reason for your answer.
Is your answer to (a) an underestimate or an overestimate of the
actual distance the train travelled?
Give a reason for your answer.
(1)
(1)
(Total for Question 1 is 4 marks)
(Total for Question 1 is 4 marks)

5. GCSE Edexcel Higher: November 2017 Paper 3, Q18
Here is a speed-time graph for a train. 25 20
Speed (m/s) 15 10 5 5 10 15 20 25
Time (s)
Work out an estimate for the distance the train travelled in the first
20 seconds.
Use 4 strips of equal width. m
(3)
Is your answer to (a) an underestimate or an overestimate of the
actual distance the train travelled?
Give a reason for your answer.
(1)
(Total for Question 1 is 4 marks)

6. Overestimate, the area of the trapeziums is larger than the area
GCSE
Edexcel Higher: November 2017 Paper 3, Q18 1
Here is a speed-time graph for a train. 25 20
Speed (m/s) 15 10 5 5 10 15 20 25
Time (s)
Work out an estimate for the distance the train travelled in the first
20 seconds.
Use 4 strips of equal width.
( × 5) + ( × 5) + ( × 5) + ( × 5)
120
(5) + (17.5) + (32.5) + (65) = 120 m
(3)
Is your answer to (a) an underestimate or an overestimate of the
actual distance the train travelled?
Give a reason for your answer.
Overestimate, the area of the
trapeziums is larger than the area
under the curve.
(1)
(Total for Question 1 is 4 marks)

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