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0654.P1.2.01 — Define speed as distance travelled per unit time; recall and use the equation v= s t: past paper questions

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0973/31 · May/June 2026 · Q10b(i)[1]
Show that the average speed of the aircraft is about 700 km/h.
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0973/31 · May/June 2026 · Q10b(ii)[2]
(ii) The aircraft travels at this speed for a distance of 5400 km. Calculate the time taken, in hours, to travel this distance. .......... .......... cnet .......... hours [2]
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0973/41 · May/June 2026 · Q12a(iv)[3]
(iv) The Moon orbits the Earth at a distance of 380000 km in 27 days. Calculate the orbital speed of the Moon in its orbit of Earth. Orbital SPCOd .......... [3]
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0973/42 · May/June 2026 · Q9a[2]
State the difference between speed and velocity.
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0973/31 · May/June 2025 · Q9a(i)[2]
The horse and cart travel for a distance of 400 m in 300 s. Calculate the average speed of the horse and cart. average speed = m / s
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0973/31 · October/November 2024 · Q3a(i)[1]
State the maximum speed of the meteorite. maximum speed = m / s (i)
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0973/31 · May/June 2024 · Q6a(i)[1]
State the time taken for the journey from station X to station Y. time = s
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0973/31 · May/June 2024 · Q9c(i)[2]
The submarine uses ultrasound waves to calculate the depth of the water below the submarine. A pulse of ultrasound is sent through the water and reaches the sea floor after 0.8 s. Ultrasound waves travel through seawater at a speed of 1550 m / s. Calculate the distance of the sea floor below the submarine. distance = m
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0973/42 · May/June 2024 · Q3b[3]
The sea turtle travels a distance of 1200 km in 20 days. Calculate the average speed of the sea turtle. Give your answer in km / h. average speed = km / h
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0973/31 · October/November 2023 · Q3b(ii)[2]
Pulses of ultrasound waves are sent out through the water. The ultrasound pulses reflect off the sea floor and the reflection is detected by the submarine 1.4 s later. Ultrasound waves move through sea water at a speed of 1600 m / s. Calculate the total distance travelled by the ultrasound pulse. distance = m
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0973/41 · October/November 2023 · Q6a(i)[2]
Calculate the maximum distance a bee can travel in 60 seconds. maximum distance = m
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0973/31 · May/June 2023 · Q3c(i)[1]
State the maximum speed of the skier. speed = m / s
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0973/32 · May/June 2023 · Q3a[3]
A spacecraft carrying an astronaut travels 384 000 km from the Earth to the Moon in 78 hours. Calculate the average speed of the spacecraft in km / s. average speed = km / s
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0973/41 · May/June 2023 · Q3b(i)[1]
Show that the maximum speed of the athlete during the first 40 seconds of the cycle ride is 12.5 m / s.
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0973/31 · October/November 2022 · Q6c(i)[1]
Determine the speed of the boat. speed = m / s
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0973/31 · October/November 2022 · Q6c(ii)[2]
Calculate the distance travelled by the boat in 200 s. distance = m
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0973/31 · May/June 2022 · Q12d[2]
Fig. 12.3 shows a distance-time graph for the snow tractor moving at constant speed. 8 7 6 5 distance / m 4 3 2 1 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 time / s Fig. 12.3 Calculate this constant speed. speed = m / s 24 25 27 28 29 30 hafnium 178 lanthanoids Ba barium 137 88 Cs caesium 133 87 71 Lu lutetium 175 103 Lr lawrencium – 70 Y...
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0973/32 · May/June 2022 · Q6d(i)[1]
State the maximum speed of the tractor. speed = m / s
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0973/42 · May/June 2022 · Q6b[2]
The top speed for a fully grown elephant is 11 m / s. Calculate the maximum distance that can be covered by an elephant in 120 seconds. distance = m
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0973/31 · October/November 2021 · Q12c[3]
The spacecraft travels 386 000 km from Earth to the Moon in 72 hours. Calculate the average speed of the spacecraft in km / s. Show your working. average speed = km / s
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What examiners said

Candidates completed this calculation well. Some gave the wrong equation for speed.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0973/31 Q9(a)(i) (Cambridge)

Most candidates correctly stated the maximum speed as 5 m / s.
— Examiner report, May/June 2023, 0973/31 Q3(c)(i) (Cambridge)

Many candidates were able to show that 45 km / h was equivalent to 12.5 m / s. It would be beneficial for candidates to practice converting units and recognising when units require conversion.
— Examiner report, May/June 2023, 0973/41 Q3(b)(i) (Cambridge)

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7 0654.P1.2.01 — Define speed as distance travelled per unit time; recall and use the equation v= s t

Define speed as distance travelled per unit time; recall and use the equation v= s t
Recall and use the equation 8 Define velocity as speed in a given direction total distance travelled average speed = total time taken
Calculate speed from the gradient of a 11 Calculate acceleration from the gradient of a straight-line section of a distance–time graph straight-line section of a speed–time graph
Calculate the area under a speed–time graph to work out the distance travelled for motion with: (a). constant speed (b). constant acceleration
Define acceleration as change in velocity per unit time; recall and use the equation Dv a= Dt 3 Sketch, plot and interpret distance–time and speed–time graphs 4 Know that an object moving with increasing speed is accelerating, and that an object moving with decreasing speed is decelerating 5 Determine, qualitatively, from the shape of a 10 Determine from given data or the shape of a distance–time graph or speed–time graph speed–time graph when an object is moving when an object is: with: (a) . at rest (a). constant acceleration (b) . moving with constant speed (b). changing acceleration (c).accelerating (d).decelerating
Know that deceleration is a negative acceleration and use this in calculations
Know that the acceleration of free fall g for an object near to the surface of the Earth is approximately constant and is approximately 9.8 m / s2

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