L2-15 Calculate using compound measures including speed, density and rates of pay Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Functional Skills Maths, Unit 2

The 20 questions

1. Which formula calculates speed?

   • Distance over time
   • Mass over volume
   • Time over distance
   • Force times distance

2. A car travels 150 miles in 3 hours. What is its average speed?

   • 45 mph
   • 53 mph
   • 50 mph
   • 450 mph

3. Which formula calculates density?

   • Distance over time
   • Force times area
   • Mass over volume
   • Volume over mass

4. An object has a mass of 240 g and a volume of 80 cm³. What is its density?

   • 320 g/cm³
   • 3 g/cm³
   • 0.33 g/cm³
   • 160 g/cm³

5. Pay is £9.50 per hour and 6 hours are worked. What is the pay?

   • £15.50
   • £47.50
   • £570
   • £57

6. A vehicle travels at 60 km/h for 2.5 hours. How far does it travel?

   • 120 km
   • 24 km
   • 62.5 km
   • 150 km

7. Which unit is typical for density?

   • £/hour
   • g/cm³
   • cm
   • km/h

8. A worker is paid £12 per hour and works 35 hours a week. What is the weekly pay?

   • £400
   • £480
   • £347
   • £420

9. A walker covers 4.5 km in 1.5 hours. What is the walking speed?

   • 3 km/h
   • 0.33 km/h
   • 6 km/h
   • 6.75 km/h

10. A journey of 200 miles is made at 40 mph. How long does it take?

    • 160 hours
    • 5 hours
    • 8 hours
    • 4 hours

11. A metal block has a mass of 2000 g and a volume of 250 cm³. What is its density?

    • 4 g/cm³
    • 0.125 g/cm³
    • 500 g/cm³
    • 8 g/cm³

12. A worker earns £518.40 at £14.40 per hour. How many hours were worked?

    • 36
    • 45
    • 40
    • 32

13. A train travels 180 km in 2 hours and then 90 km in 1 hour. What is its average speed for the whole journey?

    • 180 km/h
    • 135 km/h
    • 60 km/h
    • 90 km/h

14. 500 cm³ of water has a mass of 500 g. What is its density?

    • 500 g/cm³
    • 1 g/cm³
    • 250 g/cm³
    • 0.5 g/cm³

15. A worker normally earns £10 per hour and time-and-a-half for overtime. What is the pay for 3 hours of overtime?

    • £45
    • £60
    • £30
    • £40

16. A distance is covered at 60 mph in 2 hours. How long would it take at 45 mph?

    • 2 hours 15 minutes
    • 2 hours 30 minutes
    • 3 hours 20 minutes
    • 2 hours 40 minutes

17. A material has a density of 2.7 g/cm³ and a volume of 15 cm³. What is its mass?

    • 405 g
    • 5.56 g
    • 40.5 g
    • 17.7 g

18. A coach travels at an average speed of 30 mph for 45 minutes. How far does it travel?

    • 67.5 miles
    • 30 miles
    • 22.5 miles
    • 15 miles

19. A worker earns £420 a week for 35 hours. What is the hourly rate?

    • £15
    • £12
    • £14.70
    • £11

20. A cyclist travels at 18 km/h. What is this speed in metres per second, using 1 km/h = 1/3.6 m/s?

    • 5 m/s
    • 65 m/s
    • 1.8 m/s
    • 18 m/s

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