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Every Edexcel GCSE Maths exam question on R11 Compound units: speed, density and pressure, 2017–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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- June 2025, Paper 2H, Q8 (3 marks): Metal rods are made from steel with density 8 g/cm 3 Each metal rod has a volume of 1500 cm 3 The maximum mass of metal rods that can be put on a trolley is 300
- June 2025, Paper 3H, Q4 (4 marks): In London, 2 kg of carrots cost £3.75 In New York, 5 lbs of carrots cost 4.90 US dollars. £1 = 1.20 US dollars 1 kg = 2.2 lbs In which city are carrots better v
- June 2025, Paper 3H, Q6 (3 marks): A plane takes 2 hours 24 minutes to fly from Luton to Alicante. The plane flies a distance of 1512 kilometres. Work out the average speed of the plane. Give you
- November 2024, Paper 1H, Q5 (4 marks): A car travelled 4.96 miles at an average speed of 30.4 miles per hour. (a) Work out an estimate for the time taken by the car. Give your answer in minutes. minu
- November 2024, Paper 1H, Q8 (3 marks): The diagram shows a solid triangular prism on a horizontal floor. pressure = force area 2 m The face in contact with the floor is a rectangle of width 2 m. The
- November 2024, Paper 2H, Q3 (3 marks): Choci bar Choci bar 200 g 360 g £3.50 7.20 Swiss francs London Zurich In London, a 200 g Choci bar costs £3.50 In Zurich, a 360 g Choci bar costs 7.20 Swiss fra
- November 2024, Paper 2H, Q12 (5 marks): The diagram shows a solid cylinder with base radius 3 cm and height 8 cm. It also shows a solid cube with side length h cm. 8 cm 3 cm h cm The cylinder is made
- June 2024, Paper 3H, Q5 (4 marks): Habib has two identical tins. He puts 600 grams of flour into one of the tins. The flour fills the tin completely. The density of the flour is 0.6 g/cm 3 Habib
- November 2023, Paper 3H, Q7 (3 marks): Riley travelled by car and by aeroplane. He travelled 143 miles by car at an average speed of 55 miles per hour. Riley then travelled for 5 hours and 20 minutes
- November 2023, Paper 3H, Q8 (3 marks): The diagram shows a solid cube placed on a horizontal table. force = pressure area The pressure on the table due to the cube is 3.5 newtons/cm2 The force exerte
- June 2023, Paper 1H, Q8 (3 marks): The diagram shows a solid cylinder on a horizontal floor. pressure = force area 40 cm The cylinder has a 3 volume of 1200 cm height of 40 cm. The cylinder exert
- June 2023, Paper 3H, Q6 (3 marks): Lava flows from a volcano at a constant rate of 11.9 m 3/s How many days does it take for 67 205 600 m 3 of lava to flow from the volcano? Give your answer corr
- June 2023, Paper 3H, Q8 (2 marks): A solid cuboid is made of metal. The metal has a density of 9 g/cm 3 The volume of the cuboid is 72 cm 3 Work out the mass of the cuboid. g
- November 2022, Paper 1H, Q7 (2 marks): pressure = force area A storage tank exerts a force of 10 000 newtons on the ground. The base of the tank in contact with the ground is a 4 m by 2 m rectangle.
- November 2022, Paper 2H, Q23 (5 marks): A race is measured to have a distance of 10.6 km, correct to the nearest 0.1 km. Sam runs the race in a time of 31 minutes 48 seconds, correct to the nearest se
- November 2022, Paper 3H, Q25 (5 marks): The pyramid P is formed from two parts made of different materials. top bottom The top part of P has a mass of 92.8 g and is made from material with a density o
- June 2022, Paper 1H, Q7 (3 marks): Here are two cubes, A and B. 4 cm 3 cm A B Cube A has a mass of 81 g. Cube B has a mass of 128 g. Work out the density of cube A : the density of cube B Give yo
- June 2022, Paper 2H, Q4 (5 marks): Festival A will be in a rectangular field with an area of 80 000 m2 The greatest number of people allowed to attend Festival A is 425 Festival B will be in a re
- June 2022, Paper 2H, Q9 (3 marks): A box in the shape of a cuboid is placed on a horizontal floor. force pressure = The box exerts a force of 180 newtons on the floor. area The box exerts a press
- June 2022, Paper 3H, Q6 (4 marks): Jessica runs for 15 minutes at an average speed of 6 miles per hour. She then runs for 40 minutes at an average speed of 9 miles per hour. It takes Amy 45 minut
- November 2021, Paper 2H, Q3 (5 marks): Sam drives his car on a journey. Here is the travel graph for the first 15 minutes of his journey. 50 40 30 Distance travelled (kilometres) 20 10 0 10 00 10 10
- November 2021, Paper 2H, Q7 (3 marks): Liquid A has a density of 1.8 g/cm3 Liquid B has a density of 1.2 g/cm3 80 cm3 of liquid A is mixed with 40 cm3 of liquid B to make 120 cm3 of liquid C. Work ou
- November 2021, Paper 3H, Q4 (4 marks): A water tank is empty. Anil needs to fill the tank with 2400 litres of water. Company A supplies water at a rate of 8 litres in 1 minute 40 seconds. Company B s
- November 2020, Paper 1H, Q8 (3 marks): The diagram shows a prism placed on a horizontal floor. force pressure = area 3 m The prism has height 3 m The volume of the prism is 18 m3 The pressure on the
- November 2020, Paper 1H, Q13 (3 marks): Liquid A and liquid B are mixed to make liquid C. Liquid A has a density of 70 kg/m3 Liquid A has a mass of 1400 kg Liquid B has a density of 280 kg/m3 Liquid B
- November 2020, Paper 3H, Q2 (3 marks): Andy cycles a distance of 30 km at an average speed of 24 km/h. He then runs a distance of 12 km at an average speed of 8 km/h. Work out the total time Andy tak
- November 2019, Paper 1H, Q9 (4 marks): A car travels for 18 minutes at an average speed of 72 km/h. (a) How far will the car travel in these 18 minutes? km David says, “72 kilometres per hour is fast
- November 2019, Paper 3H, Q6 (4 marks): Nimer was driving to a hotel. He looked at his Sat Nav at 13 30 Time 13 30 Distance to destination 65 miles Nimer arrived at the hotel at 14 48 Work out the ave
- November 2019, Paper 3H, Q13 (4 marks): Liquid A and liquid B are mixed together in the ratio 2 : 13 by volume to make liquid C. Liquid A has density 1.21 g/cm3 Liquid B has density 1.02 g/cm3 A cylin
- June 2019, Paper 3H, Q11 (3 marks): In May 2019, the distance between Earth and Mars was 3.9 u 107 km. In May 2019, a signal was sent from Earth to Mars. Assuming that the signal sent from Earth t
- June 2019, Paper 3H, Q13 (4 marks): The density of ethanol is 1.09 g/cm3 The density of propylene is 0.97 g/cm3 60 litres of ethanol are mixed with 128 litres of propylene to make 188 litres of an
- November 2018, Paper 1H, Q5 (4 marks): A plane travels at a speed of 213 miles per hour. (a) Work out an estimate for the number of seconds the plane takes to travel 1 mile. seconds (b) Is your answe
- November 2018, Paper 2H, Q20 (5 marks): Here is a frustum of a cone. r 3.2 cm Volume of sphere = 4 3 ʌU3 3.2 cm l h Volume of cone = 1 3 ʌU2h 7.2 cm r The diagram shows that the frustum is made by rem
- November 2018, Paper 3H, Q5 (4 marks): Lara is a skier. She completed a ski race in 1 minute 54 seconds. The race was 475 m in length. Lara assumes that her average speed is the same for each race. (
- November 2018, Paper 3H, Q18 (5 marks): A high speed train travels a distance of 487 km in 3 hours. The distance is measured correct to the nearest kilometre. The time is measured correct to the neare
- June 2018, Paper 1H, Q4 (4 marks): A cycle race across America is 3069.25 miles in length. Juan knows his average speed for his previous races is 15.12 miles per hour. For the next race across Am
- June 2018, Paper 2H, Q6 (3 marks): A force of 70 newtons acts on an area of 20 cm2 pressure = force The force is increased by 10 newtons. area The area is increased by 10 cm2 Helen says, “The pre
- June 2018, Paper 2H, Q21 (5 marks): Jackson is trying to find the density, in g/cm3, of a block of wood. The block of wood is in the shape of a cuboid. He measures the length as 13.2 cm, correct t
- November 2017, Paper 1H, Q9 (5 marks): James and Peter cycled along the same 50 km route. James took 2 1 2 hours to cycle the 50 km. Peter started to cycle 5 minutes after James started to cycle. Pet
- November 2017, Paper 3H, Q2 (3 marks): In London, 1 litre of petrol costs 108.9p In New York, 1 US gallon of petrol costs $2.83 1 US gallon = 3.785 litres £1 = $1.46 In which city is petrol better va
- November 2017, Paper 3H, Q3 (3 marks): A gold bar has a mass of 12.5 kg. The density of gold is 19.3 g/cm3 Work out the volume of the gold bar. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures. cm3
- November 2017, Paper 3H, Q16 (3 marks): The petrol consumption of a car, in litres per 100 kilometres, is given by the formula Petrol consumption = 100 × Number of litres of petrol used Number of kilo
- June 2017, Paper 2H, Q4 (5 marks): Olly drove 56 km from Liverpool to Manchester. He then drove 61 km from Manchester to Sheffield. Olly’s average speed from Liverpool to Manchester was 70 km/h.
- June 2017, Paper 3H, Q6 (4 marks): The density of apple juice is 1.05 grams per cm3. The density of fruit syrup is 1.4 grams per cm3. The density of carbonated water is 0.99 grams per cm3. 25 cm3
- June 2017, Paper 3H, Q17 (5 marks): A train travelled along a track in 110 minutes, correct to the nearest 5 minutes. Jake finds out that the track is 270 km long. He assumes that the track has be
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