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Ultimate Guide to Travel Graphs| Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics

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Travel graphs fall under the bigger topic of Algebra, but unlike the other lessons under this topic, this is really simple and easy to understand… as long as you read the question carefully and pay attention to the readings of the graphs ?!

What is a travel graph?

A travel graph is a line graph that tells us how much distance has been covered by the object in question within a particular time. We can use travel graphs to represent the motion of cars, people, trains, buses, etc. This means travel graphs can tell us whether an object is still (stationary), moving at a constant speed, accelerating, or decelerating. The y -axis represents the distance travelled while the x -axis shows the time it takes to travel a distance such as that.

James went on a cycling ride. The travel graph shows James’s distance from home on this cycle ride. Find James’s speed for the first 60 minutes.

We are told that James is going on a cycling ride and that the distance he travelled is what is shown here. What is required of us is to find James’s speed for the first 60 minutes. This means you need to mark the point at 60 minutes on the x -axis as shown in the picture below.

We have learnt when learning about Speed, Time and Distance that speed = distance/ time.

Therefore, in a distance-time graph, the slope that we see (also called the gradient) is what will give us the speed.

We can see that this particular cycle has travelled 12 km in 60 minutes.

When we substitute these values into the formula above, it would look like this:

When this formula is solved, then we get James’s speed for the first 60 minutes , which is 0.2 km/min .

A train journey takes one hour. The diagram shows the speed-time graph for this journey. Calculate the total distance of this journey.

We need to be careful here because this time what we have in this question is a speed-time graph and not a distance-time graph.

In a speed-time graph, the gradient of a slope represents either acceleration or deceleration, which will be concepts touched upon in later lessons. The distance travelled is found by calculating the area under a speed-time graph.

In order to calculate the distance travelled by the train therefore, we need to calculate the area under the graph that is drawn. To make things easier, we can separate this graph into shapes:

2 triangles and 1 rectangle

Triangle 1: Area of a triangle = ½ × base of triangle × height of triangle Area = ½ × 4 km × 3 km/min Area = 6 km2

Rectangle: Length of the rectangle can be found by finding out the difference between 50 and 4, which equals to 46 min. The height of the rectangle is 3 km/min. Area = length × base Area = 46 min × 3 km/min Area = 138 km

Triangle 2: Area of a triangle = ½ × base of triangle × height of triangle Area = ½ × 10 km × 3 km/min Area = 15 km

Total Area under the graph = Total distance travelled by the train Therefore, Total Distance = Triangle 1 + Rectangle + Triangle 2 Total Distance = 6 km + 138 km + 15 km Total Distance = 159 km

Those are the basic tips and tricks you would need to learn in this particular chapter!

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Pay attention to what sort of graph is given to you. Is it a distance-time graph? A speed-time graph? Depending on the type of graph, remember, the value represented by the gradient changes, and so does the value represented by the area under the graph.

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Travel Graphs

This section covers travel graphs, speed, distance, time, trapezium rule and velocity.

Speed, Distance and Time

The following is a basic but important formula which applies when speed is constant (in other words the speed doesn't change):

Remember, when using any formula, the units must all be consistent. For example speed could be measured in m/s, distance in metres and time in seconds.

If speed does change, the average (mean) speed can be calculated: Average speed = total distance travelled total time taken

In calculations, units must be consistent, so if the units in the question are not all the same (e.g. m/s, m and s or km/h, km and h), change the units before starting, as above.

The following is an example of how to change the units:

Change 15km/h into m/s. 15km/h = 15/60 km/min (1) = 15/3600 km/s = 1/240 km/s (2) = 1000/240 m/s = 4.167 m/s (3)

In line (1), we divide by 60 because there are 60 minutes in an hour. Often people have problems working out whether they need to divide or multiply by a certain number to change the units. If you think about it, in 1 minute, the object is going to travel less distance than in an hour. So we divide by 60, not multiply to get a smaller number.

If a car travels at a speed of 10m/s for 3 minutes, how far will it travel? Firstly, change the 3 minutes into 180 seconds, so that the units are consistent. Now rearrange the first equation to get distance = speed × time. Therefore distance travelled = 10 × 180 = 1800m = 1.8km

Velocity and Acceleration

Velocity is the speed of a particle and its direction of motion (therefore velocity is a vector quantity, whereas speed is a scalar quantity).

When the velocity (speed) of a moving object is increasing we say that the object is accelerating . If the velocity decreases it is said to be decelerating. Acceleration is therefore the rate of change of velocity (change in velocity / time) and is measured in m/s².

A car starts from rest and within 10 seconds is travelling at 10m/s. What is its acceleration?

Distance-Time Graphs

These have the distance from a certain point on the vertical axis and the time on the horizontal axis. The velocity can be calculated by finding the gradient of the graph. If the graph is curved, this can be done by drawing a chord and finding its gradient (this will give average velocity) or by finding the gradient of a tangent to the graph (this will give the velocity at the instant where the tangent is drawn).

Velocity-Time Graphs/ Speed-Time Graphs

A velocity-time graph has the velocity or speed of an object on the vertical axis and time on the horizontal axis. The distance travelled can be calculated by finding the area under a velocity-time graph. If the graph is curved, there are a number of ways of estimating the area (see trapezium rule below). Acceleration is the gradient of a velocity-time graph and on curves can be calculated using chords or tangents, as above.

The distance travelled is the area under the graph. The acceleration and deceleration can be found by finding the gradient of the lines.

On travel graphs, time always goes on the horizontal axis (because it is the independent variable).

Trapezium Rule

This is a useful method of estimating the area under a graph. You often need to find the area under a velocity-time graph since this is the distance travelled.

Area under a curved graph = ½ × d × (first + last + 2(sum of rest))

d is the distance between the values from where you will take your readings. In the above example, d = 1. Every 1 unit on the horizontal axis, we draw a line to the graph and across to the y axis. 'first' refers to the first value on the vertical axis, which is about 4 here. 'last' refers to the last value, which is about 5 (green line).] 'sum of rest' refers to the sum of the values on the vertical axis where the yellow lines meet it. Therefore area is roughly: ½ × 1 × (4 + 5 + 2(8 + 8.8 + 10.1 + 10.8 + 11.9 + 12 + 12.7 + 12.9 + 13 + 13.2 + 13.4)) = ½ × (9 + 2(126.8)) = ½ × 262.6 = 131.3 units²

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C2.10 Interpret and use graphs in practical situations including travel graphs and conversion graphs, e.g. interpret the gradient of a straight line graph as a rate of change. Draw graphs from given data.

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The Moscow Metro is the third most intensive subway system in the world after Tokyo and Seoul subways. The first line was opened on May 15, 1935. Since 1955, the metro has the name of V.I. Lenin.

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Arrow showing the direction of metro line 1 and 2

Moscow subways are very clean

To Maria, every street, metro and building told a story. I couldn’t keep up with her stories. I don’t remember most of what she said because I was just thrilled being in Moscow. Added to that, she spilled out so many Russian words and names, which to one who can’t read Cyrillic, sounded so foreign and could be easily forgotten.

The metro tour was the first part of our all day tour of Moscow with Maria. Here are the stations we visited:

1. Komsomolskaya Metro Station is the most beautiful of them all. Painted yellow and decorated with chandeliers, gold leaves and semi precious stones, the station looks like a stately museum. And possibly decorated like a palace. I saw Komsomolskaya first, before the rest of the stations upon arrival in Moscow by train from St. Petersburg.

2. Revolution Square Metro Station (Ploshchad Revolyutsii) has marble arches and 72 bronze sculptures designed by Alexey Dushkin. The marble arches are flanked by the bronze sculptures. If you look closely you will see passersby touching the bronze dog's nose. Legend has it that good luck comes to those who touch the dog's nose.

Touch the dog's nose for good luck. At the Revolution Square station

Revolution Square Metro Station

3. Arbatskaya Metro Station served as a shelter during the Soviet-era. It is one of the largest and the deepest metro stations in Moscow.

Arbatskaya Metro Station

4. Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Metro Station was built in 1935 and named after the Russian State Library. It is located near the library and has a big mosaic portrait of Lenin and yellow ceramic tiles on the track walls.

Lenin's portrait at the Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Metro Station

5. Kievskaya Metro Station was one of the first to be completed in Moscow. Named after the capital city of Ukraine by Kiev-born, Nikita Khruschev, Stalin's successor.

Kievskaya Metro Station

6. Novoslobodskaya Metro Station was built in 1952. It has 32 stained glass murals with brass borders.

Novoslobodskaya metro station

7. Kurskaya Metro Station was one of the first few to be built in Moscow in 1938. It has ceiling panels and artwork showing Soviet leadership, Soviet lifestyle and political power. It has a dome with patriotic slogans decorated with red stars representing the Soviet's World War II Hall of Fame. Kurskaya Metro Station is a must-visit station in Moscow.

Ceiling panel and artworks at Kurskaya Metro Station

8. Mayakovskaya Metro Station built in 1938. It was named after Russian poet Vladmir Mayakovsky. This is one of the most beautiful metro stations in the world with 34 mosaics painted by Alexander Deyneka.

Mayakovskaya station

One of the over 30 ceiling mosaics in Mayakovskaya metro station

9. Belorusskaya Metro Station is named after the people of Belarus. In the picture below, there are statues of 3 members of the Partisan Resistance in Belarus during World War II. The statues were sculpted by Sergei Orlov, S. Rabinovich and I. Slonim.

10. Teatralnaya Metro Station (Theatre Metro Station) is located near the Bolshoi Theatre.

Teatralnaya Metro Station decorated with porcelain figures .

Taking the metro's escalator at the end of the tour with Maria the tour guide.

Have you visited the Moscow Metro? Leave your comment below.

January 15, 2017 at 8:17 am

An excellent read! Thanks for much for sharing the Russian metro system with us. We're heading to Moscow in April and exploring the metro stations were on our list and after reading your post, I'm even more excited to go visit them. Thanks again 🙂