Marathon Training

Marathon Training

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will investigate a problem around incremental increases of time. We will look at the effect of adding 8 minutes on to each period in a sequence of training sessions for an athlete.

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which measurement is equivalent to 1750 ml?
Correct answer: 1.75 l
1.75 ml
1750 l
Q2.
Which measurement is equivalent to 1.6 l?
16 l
16 ml
Correct answer: 1600 ml
Q3.
Which measurement is equivalent to 1250 m?
Correct answer: 1.25 km
125 km
1250 cm
Q4.
Which measurement is equivalent to 1.8 km?
18 m
180 m
Correct answer: 1800 m
Q5.
Which measurement is equivalent to 1900 g?
Correct answer: 1.9 kg
19 kg
190 kg
Q6.
Which measurement is equivalent to 1.4 kg?
140 g
Correct answer: 1400 g
14000 g

6 Questions

Q1.
How long does Mary's first session last?
An image in a quiz
19 minutes
Correct answer: 25 minutes
29 minutes
Q2.
How long does Joe's first session last?
Correct answer: 19 minutes
23.5 minutes
25 minutes
Q3.
How long is Mary's second session?
28 minutes
Correct answer: 29 minutes
33 minutes
Q4.
How long is Mary's fifth session?
37
Correct answer: 41
45
Q5.
How long is Joe's fourth session?
28
32
Correct answer: 32.5
Q6.
How long is Joe's eighth session?
46
48
Correct answer: 50.5

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UnitMaths / Solving measure and money problems