Models with ratios, rates and travel
Practise online with Next and Previous buttons, worked explanations and a report of the questions to review.
Log in to continueChoose a ratio or rate model, check the units and explain when its assumptions hold.
One-question preview
Choose one answer
Try this sample, or continue to the online quiz for a practice set with Next and Previous buttons.
A trip is modelled at a constant 60 km/h for 3/2 hours. What distance does the model predict?
Show worked steps
Answer: 90 km
- Distance = speed × time = 60 × 3/2.
- The model predicts 90 km; stops or changing speeds could alter the real trip.
- 60 × 3/2 = 90.
This is a question from this topic’s quiz. Preview answers are not saved.
Scratchpad
Working out
Draw with a finger, pen or mouse, or type your working below.
Your working stays on this page. It is not submitted or saved, and clears when you leave or reload.
Curriculum reference
Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0
Pi Leo practice scope
Choose a ratio or rate model, check the units and explain when its assumptions hold.
Read the official VCAA curriculum description (VC2M8M07)
These quizzes practise concepts within this topic. Multiple-choice answers alone do not demonstrate drawing, conducting an investigation or using a digital tool.
Activities to practise beyond the quiz
- Supported by the guided activity; selecting an MCQ does not demonstrate this action.
- VC2M8M07-C01Formulate and interpret constant-speed travel calculations.
- VC2M8M07-C02Use ratios in a financial model and interpret allocations.
- VC2M8M07-C03Formulate a ratios-and-rates model, communicate its results and review its assumptions.
- VC2M8M07-C04Apply and explain models with ratios, rates and travel using build and check a model.
- VC2M8M07-C05Apply and explain models with ratios, rates and travel using work backwards from what is known.
Learn with worked examples
Help with this topic
Skills in this topic
Traceable coverage
Subskills
These practice subskills map to the curriculum topic. Guided activities cover skills beyond multiple-choice questions.
Descriptor-derived subskills
- D01Distance, time and assumptionsFormulate and interpret constant-speed travel calculations.
- D02Divide a total into ratio partsUse ratios in a financial model and interpret allocations.
- D03Build and check a modelApply and explain models with ratios, rates and travel using build and check a model.
- D04Work backwards from what is knownApply and explain models with ratios, rates and travel using work backwards from what is known.