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Simple Rates Comparisons

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Consider the following three trips:

A) driving $180$180km in $3$3 hours

B) bicycling $132$132km in $4$4 hours

C) a taxi trip that took $15$15 minutes to travel $11$11km

Which option correctly orders the trips from lowest average speed to highest average speed?

$A$A, $B$B, $C$C

A

$C$C, $A$A, $B$B

B

$B$B, $C$C, $A$A

C

$C$C, $B$B, $A$A

D

$A$A, $C$C, $B$B

E

$B$B, $A$A, $C$C

F
Easy
1min

There are three brands of bottled water in the market. By calculating either the cost per litre or amount per dollar for each brand, determine which brand is:

Easy
< 1min

Two shearers wanted to work out who was the faster shearer.

Jenny sheared $144$144 sheep over $6$6 days, and Sean sheared $115$115 sheep in $5$5 days.

Easy
1min

Calculate the amount per dollar to two decimal places if you can buy:

Easy
2min
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MS1-12-3

interprets the results of measurements and calculations and makes judgements about their reasonableness

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