Units & Time

Edexcel

AQA

Foundation June 2025 Paper 1 Q14

EdexcelCurrent spec3 marksRatio & Basic ProportionUnits & Time

14 A road has a length of 1.6 kilometres.

The road is shown on a map with a scale of 1 : 20 000

Work out the length, in centimetres, of this road on the map. (3)

Foundation June 2025 Paper 1 Q12

EdexcelCurrent spec5 marksUnits & Time

12 Here is part of a train timetable from Liverpool to Birmingham.

Liverpool08 0708 4709 07
Runcorn08 2509 0309 26
Crewe08 5309 2209 55
Stafford09 1109 5110 14
Wolverhampton09 30–10 31
Birmingham09 5010 3410 50
(a) Which train should take the least time to go from Liverpool to Crewe?
You must show how you get your answer. (3)

Rose gets to the station in Wolverhampton at 09 25
She wants to catch the next train to Birmingham.

This train is delayed by 35 minutes.

(b) How many minutes does Rose have to wait for the train? (2)

Foundation June 2025 Paper 2 Q11

EdexcelCurrent spec4 marksCompound MeasuresUnits & Time

11 Jamie drives his van for 150 minutes.
He stops for a rest.
Jamie then drives for a further 75 minutes.

(a) Show that Jamie drives for less than 4 hours in total. (2)

A car travels for 2 hours at a steady speed of 65 mph.

(b) Work out the distance the car travels. (2)

Foundation June 2025 Paper 3 Q11

EdexcelCurrent spec2 marksUnits & Time

11 Elena’s height is 136 centimetres.
George’s height is 1.2 metres.

Elena’s height is greater than George’s height.

How many centimetres greater? (2)

Foundation June 2025 Paper 2 Q5

EdexcelCurrent spec2 marksUnits & Time

5 Write down a sensible metric unit that could be used to measure

(i) the height of a mountain (1)
(ii) the weight of a button. (1)

Foundation November 2024 Paper 2 Q15

EdexcelCurrent spec3 marksRatio & Basic ProportionUnits & Time

15 A map has a scale of 1 : \(25\,000\)
On the map, a road has a length of 14 cm.

Work out the real length of the road.
Give your answer in kilometres. (3)

Foundation November 2024 Paper 3 Q11

EdexcelCurrent spec4 marksUnits & Time

11 You can use this graph to change between miles and kilometres.

Conversion graph: a straight line from (0, 0) to about (32, 20), with kilometres from 0 to 30 on the horizontal axis and miles from 0 to 20 on the vertical axis
(a) Change 10 miles into kilometres. (1)

Rob drives 17 miles from Bridlington to Scarborough.
He then drives 50 kilometres from Scarborough to Staithes.

(b) What is the total distance Rob drives?
Give your answer in miles. (3)

Foundation November 2024 Paper 3 Q10

EdexcelCurrent spec5 marksUnits & Time

10 Here is part of a train timetable between Horwich and Manchester.

Horwich07 1307 4608 1408 4409 14
Lostock07 1608 1709 17
Bolton07 2107 5408 2208 5209 22
Salford07 3608 0508 3609 0509 36
Manchester07 4708 1508 4509 1509 45
(a) How long should the 07 46 train from Horwich take to get to Salford? (1)

Barnie has a job interview in Manchester.

Barnie takes 6 minutes to walk from his home to the station in Lostock.
He will take 8 minutes to walk from the station in Manchester to his interview.

Barnie needs to be at the interview no later than 09 00

(b) (i) What is the latest time Barnie can leave his house and be on time for the interview? (3)

The time of Barnie’s interview is changed.
Now he has to be at the interview no later than 09 15

(ii) What effect does the change of time have on the latest time Barnie can leave his house? (1)

Foundation June 2025 Paper 2 Q8

AQACurrent spec4 marksUnits & Time

8

(a) Convert \(\ 3\dfrac{1}{2}\ \) hours to minutes. [1 mark]
(b) Convert 1400 grams to kilograms. [1 mark]
(c) Convert 32 kilometres to miles.

Use 8 kilometres \(=\) 5 miles [2 marks]

Foundation June 2025 Paper 3 Q6

AQACurrent spec3 marksUnits & Time

6 Which metric unit would be most suitable for each measurement?

Tick one box for each. [3 marks]

centimetres
(cm)
metres
(m)
kilometres
(km)
Distance between two villages
Length of a pencil
Height of a building

Foundation June 2025 Paper 2 Q5

AQACurrent spec2 marksUnits & Time

5 Jenny walks

  • 400 metres to the shop
  • 250 metres to the park
  • 380 metres home.

Show that Jenny walks more than 1 kilometre. [2 marks]

Foundation November 2024 Paper 2 Q13

AQACurrent spec2 marksUnits & Time

13 The time Shaz takes to run a race is 1 minute 28 seconds less than 2 hours.

Work out her time in hours, minutes and seconds. [2 marks]

Foundation November 2024 Paper 3 Q9

AQACurrent spec3 marksDecimalsUnits & Time

9 A loaf of bread has

14 slices each 12 mm thick
and
2 crusts each 15 mm thick.

A loaf of bread cut into slices, with a double-headed arrow showing its total length

Not drawn accurately

Work out the total length of the loaf of bread.

Give your answer in centimetres. [3 marks]

Foundation November 2024 Paper 3 Q6

AQACurrent spec1 markUnits & Time

6 Paul leaves home at 7.15 am

He travels to work in 20 minutes.

Does Paul arrive at work by 7.30 am?

Tick a box

  • Yes
  • No

Give a reason for your answer. [1 mark]

Foundation June 2024 Paper 3 Q27

AQACurrent spec3 marksCompound MeasuresUnits & Time

27 Town A has

a population of 84 000
an area of 7 square miles.

Town B has a population density of 4695 people per square kilometre.

Population density \(= \dfrac{\text{population}}{\text{area}}\)

Which town has the greater population density?

Use \(\quad\) 1 square mile \(=\) 2.6 square kilometres

Tick a box.

  • Town A
  • Town B

Show working to support your answer. [3 marks]

Foundation June 2024 Paper 3 Q24

AQACurrent spec6 marksCompound MeasuresUnits & Time

24

(a) On Monday, Larrs swims 50 metres in 40 seconds at a constant speed.

On Tuesday, Larrs swims 1.5 kilometres.

Assume he swims at the same constant speed as on Monday.

How many minutes does he swim for on Tuesday? [5 marks]

(b) In fact, on Tuesday Larrs swims at a slower constant speed than on Monday.

What does this mean about the number of minutes he swims for on Tuesday?

Tick the correct box. [1 mark]

  • It is less than the answer to part (a)
  • It is the same as the answer to part (a)
  • It is greater than the answer to part (a)
  • It is not possible to say

Foundation June 2024 Paper 2 Q9

9 An electric car uses 1 unit of electricity to travel 3 miles.

1 unit of electricity costs 50 pence.

Work out the cost of electricity, in pounds, to travel 270 miles. [3 marks]

Foundation June 2024 Paper 3 Q4

AQACurrent spec2 marksUnits & Time

4 Luca spends 71p

He pays the exact amount with 4 coins.

List the coins he uses. [2 marks]

Foundation June 2024 Paper 1 Q2

2

(a) Complete the statement. [1 mark]

2 metres = \(\ldots\ldots\ldots\) centimetres

(b) Complete the statement. [1 mark]

8 kilograms = \(\ldots\ldots\ldots\) grams

(c) Convert 24 kilometres to miles.

Use    8 kilometres = 5 miles [2 marks]

Foundation November 2023 Paper 2 Q11

AQACurrent spec3 marksUnits & Time

11 Zoe’s mass is 55 kilograms.

Work out her mass in stones and pounds.

Use   1 kilogram \(=\) 2.2 pounds
     14 pounds \(=\) 1 stone [3 marks]

Foundation November 2023 Paper 3 Q7

7 The total cost of broadband for 5 months is £99.20

At the same monthly rate, work out the total cost of broadband for 2 years. [3 marks]

Foundation November 2023 Paper 1 Q7

AQACurrent spec5 marksUnits & Time

7 Ollie and Rachel run a marathon race.

(a) Ollie starts the race at 9.15 am

He takes \(3\dfrac{3}{4}\) hours to finish the race.

At what time does he finish? [2 marks]

(b) Rachel has a target time of 4 hours 10 minutes.

She has been running for 186 minutes.

To meet her target, how many minutes does she have left to finish the race? [3 marks]

Foundation June 2017 Paper 2 Q14

AQACurrent spec3 marksUnits & Time

14 In this question, use

1 kilogram = 2.2 pounds
1 stone = 14 pounds

Change 70 kilograms into stones. [3 marks]

Foundation June 2017 Paper 3 Q11

AQACurrent spec3 marksUnits & Time

11 A television channel shows 12 minutes of adverts in each half hour.

How many minutes of adverts does it show from 5 am to 11 pm? [3 marks]