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Standard and compound units worksheet — GCSE Foundation
Fifteen questions on "standard and compound units" — DfE statement N13. Print it, or print three versions so neighbours cannot copy by letter; the key gives the letter for each version.
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Standard and compound units worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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- 1.A train leaves Leeds at 14:35. The journey takes 1 hour 50 minutes. Work out the time the train arrives. Give your answer using the 24-hour clock.
- 2.A tap fills a 20 litre bucket in 2 minutes 30 seconds. Work out the rate of flow, in litres per minute.
- 3.A car is hired from 10:00 on Monday until 16:00 on Thursday. Work out the total length of the hire, in hours.
- 4.A cheetah runs at a steady speed of 25 metres per second. Work out this speed in kilometres per hour.
- 5.Petrol costs £1.48 per litre. Sam buys 35 litres and pays with three £20 notes. Work out his change.
- 6.A piece of ribbon is 2.4 metres long. Kim cuts 40 cm from it. Work out the length of ribbon left, in millimetres.
- 7.Rice is sold in a 400 g bag for £1.12 and in a 1.5 kg bag for £3.90. Work out how much less the rice in the larger bag costs per kilogram.
- 8.The density of a type of plastic is 0.9 g/cm³. Work out this density in kg/m³.
- 9.Maya buys 4 plants at £3.20 each and a bag of compost for £6.75. She pays with a £20 note. Work out her change.
- 10.A car travels 180 km using 6 litres of fuel. Work out the car's fuel consumption in kilometres per litre, then work out how many kilometres it can travel on a full tank of 12 litres at this rate.
- 11.A cyclist rides at a steady speed of 8 metres per second. Work out this speed in kilometres per hour.
- 12.A tin of beans has a mass of 650 g. A bag of rice has a mass of 1.35 kg. Work out the total mass, in kilograms.
- 13.A box stands on a table. The box exerts a force of 240 N on the table, and the base of the box has an area of 0.8 m². Work out the pressure the box exerts on the table, in N/m².
- 14.A flight departs at 21:35 and lands at 06:10 the following morning. Work out the total flight time.
- 15.A market trader buys 8 melons at £1.35 each. He sells all of them for a total of £15.60. Work out his profit.
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