Mathematics for IGCSE & O level - Rates (Section 2)
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How many minutes will it take a tap to fill a 500 litre bath if the flow is 25 litres/min?
2
A rubber ball with volume 28.3 cm³ has density 0.7 g/cm³. What is its mass?
3
A runner covers 180 meters in 40 seconds. What is the average speed?
4
What is the pressure exerted on a table if the force is 120 N and the area is 0.2 m²?
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An oil tank contains 1500 litres. Oil is used at a rate of 2 litres/hour. How much oil is left in the tank after 7 days?
6
What is the rate of pay per hour if Jo receives $216 for working 25 hours?
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Flour is loaded into a lorry which holds 20 tonnes. It takes 40 minutes to load the lorry. What is the rate of flow, in kilograms per minute?
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What is the average rate of flow if it takes half an hour to fill a 1000 litre tank?
9
What is the population density of a town with 60,000 people in an area of 8 square kilometers?
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A foam plastic ball with volume 20 cm³ has density 0.3 g/cm³. What is its mass?
11
What is the average rate of flow if it takes 30 minutes to fill a 1000 liter tank?
12
How much does Nila earn if she works 15.5 hours and is paid $18.70 per hour?
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How many minutes does it take to walk 2 km at a speed of 5 km/h?
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A town has a population of 200,000. Its population density is 10,000 people per square mile. What is the area of the town?
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If a foam plastic ball has a volume of 20 cm³ and a density of 0.3 g/cm³, what is its mass?
16
What is the average rate of flow if it takes 30 minutes to fill a tank with 1000 litres?
17
A car travels 75 kilometers in 1.5 hours. What is the average speed of the car?
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A runner's average speed in an 80 m race is 7 m/s. Find the time she takes for the race, to the nearest 0.1 second.
19
What is the average speed of a car that travels 75 km in 1.5 hours?
20
The density of gold is 19.3 g/cm³. Calculate the mass of a gold bar with a volume of 30 cm³.
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The population of Waring is 60,000 in an area of 8 square kilometres. What is the population density?
22
A car travels 75 kilometers in 1.5 hours. Calculate its average speed.
23
A runner's average speed in an 80 m race is 7 m/s. Find the time she takes for the race, to the nearest 0.1 second.
24
A cyclist rides 0.6 kilometers in 3 minutes. What is the average speed in kilometers per hour?
25
What is her rate of pay per hour if Jo receives $216 one week when she works 25 hours?
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Which of the following are examples of a compound measure?
27
Water from a tap flows at 25 litres/minute. How long will it take for this tap to fill a bath that holds 500 litres?
28
Calculate the pressure that a force of 200 N exerts on an area of 2.5 m².
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What is the population density of a town with 65,000 people in an area of 5.8 square kilometres, rounded to the nearest thousand?
30
Calculate the density of a stone of mass 350g and volume 40cm³.
