Real Life Graphs

Introduction

* Also See Compound Measures for distance, speed and time 

Dr Frost Maths (includes slides and worksheets)

• Distance/Velocity Time Graphs

  • GCSE-RatesOfChange

    • Ex 1 - gradient of distance/velocity time graphs

    • Ex 2 - area under distance/velocity time graphs

• Transum Helicopter View: An animated introduction to distance-time graphs. Arial photographs of vehicles moving along a road placed side to side form a graph.

• Desmos Waterline 

Practice

Transum

• Reading Graphs and Charts: Answer real-life problems from different types of graphs and charts including piece-wise linear graphs.

• Travel Graphs: Test your understanding of distance-time and speed-time graphs with this self-marking exercise.

Corbett Maths (Answers)

• Graphs: conversion graphs (draw)    Video 151     Practice Questions    Textbook Exercise

• Graphs: conversion graphs (interpret)   Video 152     Practice Questions    Textbook Exercise

• Number: currency    Video 214a      Practice Questions    Textbook Exercise

• Graphs: distance-time graphs     Video 171    Practice Questions    Textbook Exercise

• Graphs: real life linear graphs   Video 171a

• Linear graphs: real life   Video 198a

• Speed, distance and time     Video 299    Practice Questions    Textbook Exercise

Dr Austin Maths

• Conversion Graphs Practice Grid (Editable Word | PDF | Answers)

• Reading Distance-Time Graphs Practice Grid (Editable Word | PDF | Answers)

• Completing Distance-Time Graphs Practice Grid (Editable Word | PDF | Answers)

• ​Speed-Time Graphs Practice Grid (Editable Word | PDF | Answers)

Increasingly Difficult Questions

• N/A

Maths4everyone (includes practice/ exam questions)

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Maths Links exam questions

Real Life Graphs

• Ken Stafford:  Past Paper Qs  :  Solutions

• Maths Genie  :  Questions  :  Answers

• Corbett Practice  :  Questions  :  Answers

• Corbett Textbook  :  Questions  :  Answers

• Maths Made Easy  :  Questions  :  Answers

• Dr Frost : Questions (Ans. inc.)

• Maths Upgrade (1)  :  Questions  :  Answers

• Maths Upgrade (2)  :  Questions  :  Answers

Extension

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Other Resources

• Archimedes' Bath - ColmanWeb

• Matching graphs and scenarios cards (slides) - Nuffield Foundation

• Conversion graphs - Nuffield Foundation

• Plumber's call-out - Nuffield Foundation

• Graphical interpretation - Median Don Steward

• Linear rules, with contexts - Median Don Steward 

• Kinematics assorted problems - Boss Maths

• Bath card sort - adapted from this treasure hunt by mattsteel87 on TES

• The Language of Functions and Graphs - Shell Centre

• IS MYP maths skills-based practice directory