Simple Rates Comparisons
Interactive practice questions
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 pound 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 pound to two decimal places if you can buy:
Easy
2min
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