Standard & Compound Units (Edexcel GCSE Maths: Foundation)

Diego flies from Madrid to Buenos Aires.
His flight leaves at 20 55 and arrives at 03 50 local time.
The local time in Buenos Aires is 5 hours behind the local time in Madrid.

Work out, in hours and minutes, the time the flight takes.

................... h ................... min 

Diego changes 200 euros into Argentine Peso.
The exchange rate is 1 euro = 24.8 pesos.

Work out how many pesos he receives.

....................................... pesos

The month of July has 31 days.

Calculate the number of seconds in the month of July.

.................................... seconds 

Find the number of minutes from 1758 to 7.13 pm.

........................................ min 

Complete these statements.

6 m is the same length as ..............................mm.

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7000 cm² is the same area as ..............................m².

Complete the statements.

3.5 kg = ..................................... g

1.4 m² = ..................................... cm²

A shop is open for 6 days each week.
On each day, the shop is open from 09 30 until 13 00 and from 14 15 until 20 30.

Work out the total number of hours the shop is open in one week.

.......................................... hours 

A plane leaves Karachi at 1530 to fly to Bangkok.
The distance is 3840 km.

The plane flies at an average speed of 720 km/h.
The local time in Bangkok is 2 hours ahead of the local time in Karachi.

Find the local time in Bangkok when the plane arrives.

In Bangkok a watch costs 2610baht.
The exchange rate is $1 = 34.8 baht.

Find the cost of the watch in dollars.

$.................................................... 

Change 4.1m³ into cm³.

...............................cm³ 

Seven students want to join the school diving club.
Some information about these students is recorded in the table below.

To join the diving club you must be

• at least 12 years old in March 2018

and

• at least 150 centimetres tall

and

• able to swim at least 0.5 kilometres.

Write down the names of the students who can join the club.

The plane flies from Melbourne to Tokyo at an average speed of 783 km/h.
The distance from Melbourne to Tokyo is 8352 km.
The plane leaves Melbourne at 0952 local time.
The local time in Tokyo is 2 hours behind the local time in Melbourne.

Find the local time in Tokyo when the plane arrives.

A car travels at a constant speed of 45 kilometres per hour for 5 minutes.
Each wheel of the car has radius 25 centimetres.

Calculate the number of complete revolutions that a wheel makes during the 5 minutes.

The diagram shows the path of a plane from airport to airport .

Show that the distance between and is 375km.

A force of 300 N is exerted on a rectangle of width 20 cm, and length  cm. 

The pressure on the rectangle is 0.6 N/cm².

Find the value of .

If an object has a lower density than water, it will float.

A cuboid-shaped block of wood measures 0.2 m wide, 0.2 m long, and 0.1 m high, and has a mass of 3 kilograms.

Assuming the density of water is 1 gram per cm³, determine if the block of wood will float or not. 

Show your working clearly.

These are the opening times of the café.

Work out the total number of hours the café is open in one week.

........................................ hours 

A train from Woodton to Northley takes 6 hours 25 minutes.
The train leaves Woodton at 19 46.

Work out the time the train arrives at Northley.

Work out the time 7 hours and 36 minutes before 13 26.

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The table shows part of a bus timetable.

Musa has a glass that holds 250ml of water.
He drinks 5 of these glasses of water.
He fills his glass from a 2-litre bottle of water.

Work out how much water is left in the bottle.
Give your answer in millilitres.

............................................... ml 

Peter works these hours each week at a café.

Work out the number of hours he works in one week.

...................................... hours 

A machine always takes 5 minutes to paint an 80 metre white line on a road.

Work out the number of metres painted in 45 minutes.

........................................... m 

Work out the number of minutes taken to paint a 2.8 km line.

........................................ min

Ramond walks 2460 metres in 33 minutes.

Work out Ramond’s average speed in kilometres per hour.

........................................ km/h

Kiran leaves home at 9.45 am.
She drives 135 km to visit a friend.
She arrives at her friend’s house at 11.15 am.

Work out her average speed in km/h.

........................................... km/h 

A car travels at a constant speed of 20 m/s.

Work out the time it takes for the car to travel 10 km.
Give your answer in minutes and seconds. 

..................... minutes ..................... seconds

A force, F Newtons, is applied to a rectangle which is 0.8 m wide, and 1.2 m long.

The pressure on the rectangle is 200 N/m².

Find the value of F.

F = ......................................... N

If an object has a lower density than water, it will float.

A cuboid-shaped block of wood measures 8 cm wide, 20 cm long, and 10 cm high, and has a mass of 1360 grams.

Assuming the density of water is 1 gram per cm³, determine if the block of wood will float or not. 

Show your working clearly.