Exercises: Introduction to Distance-Time Graphs

Study each graph carefully before answering. Time is always shown on the horizontal axis and distance on the vertical axis.

Grade 6·22 problems·~30 min·Uganda NCDC Primary 6 Mathematics·lesson·dts-05

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Recall / Warm-Up

Can the line on a distance-time graph go downward (distance decreasing) as time moves forward?

No — distance is measured from the starting point and does not decrease on this type of graph.

Yes, whenever someone walks back the way they came, the line should come back down toward the starting distance.

Yes, but only during rest periods, since nothing is being covered during a rest.