11+ Speed, Distance, Time Online Tests
Speed, distance and time are linked by one relationship: speed equals distance divided by time. Rearranged, distance equals speed multiplied by time, and time equals distance divided by speed. Almost every question in this topic is an application of one of those three forms.
The 11+ presents these as word problems about journeys, and the difficulty is usually in the units rather than the formula. A speed in kilometres per hour with a time given in minutes needs converting before the formula can be applied at all.
21 free Speed, Distance, Time tests
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- Speed, Distance & Time: Easy Test 1 Easy 15 questions · 15 min
- Speed, Distance & Time: Easy Test 2 Easy 15 questions · 15 min
- Speed, Distance & Time: Easy Test 3 Easy 15 questions · 15 min
- Speed, Distance & Time: Easy Test 4 Easy 15 questions · 15 min
- Speed, Distance & Time: Easy Test 5 Easy 15 questions · 15 min
- Speed, Distance & Time: Medium Test 1 Medium 15 questions · 15 min
- Speed, Distance & Time: Medium Test 2 Medium 15 questions · 15 min
- Speed, Distance & Time: Medium Test 3 Medium 15 questions · 15 min
- Speed, Distance & Time: Medium Test 4 Medium 15 questions · 15 min
- Speed, Distance & Time: Medium Test 5 Medium 15 questions · 15 min
- Speed, Distance & Time: Medium Test 6 Medium 15 questions · 15 min
- Speed, Distance & Time: Medium Test 7 Medium 15 questions · 15 min
- Speed, Distance & Time: Medium Test 8 Medium 15 questions · 15 min
- Speed, Distance & Time: Hard Test 1 Hard 15 questions · 15 min
- Speed, Distance & Time: Hard Test 2 Hard 15 questions · 15 min
- Speed, Distance & Time: Hard Test 3 Hard 15 questions · 15 min
- Speed, Distance & Time: Hard Test 4 Hard 15 questions · 15 min
- Speed, Distance & Time: Hard Test 5 Hard 15 questions · 15 min
- Speed, Distance & Time: Hard Test 6 Hard 15 questions · 15 min
- Speed, Distance & Time: Hard Test 7 Hard 15 questions · 15 min
- Speed, Distance & Time: Hard Test 8 Hard 15 questions · 15 min
What these Speed, Distance, Time tests cover
- The relationship between speed, distance and time
- Calculating average speed
- Finding distance travelled or time taken
- Converting between minutes and hours for use in the formula
- Journey and travel word problems
- Reading distance-time graphs
Speed, Distance, Time: tips that earn marks
- Use the formula triangle with distance on top and speed and time below. Cover the quantity you want and the triangle shows the calculation.
- Check the units first. A time of 30 minutes must become 0.5 hours before it is used with a speed in kilometres per hour.
- Average speed is total distance divided by total time - not the average of the individual speeds, which is a favourite trap.
- On a distance-time graph, a steeper line means faster, and a flat line means stopped.
Questions parents ask about Speed, Distance, Time
Is speed, distance and time on every 11+ paper?
Not every one, but it appears often enough - especially in grammar school papers - to be worth learning properly. It also overlaps with ratio and measurement.
What is the most common mistake?
Leaving the time in minutes when the speed is per hour. Converting 45 minutes to 0.75 hours before starting fixes most errors in this topic.
How do you find average speed over two stages?
Add the distances, add the times, then divide total distance by total time. Averaging the two speeds gives the wrong answer unless the times happen to be equal.