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CAIE IGCSE Physics 1.2.3 Recall Use Average Speed Total Questions

Practise calculating average speed from total distance and total time for journeys with changing speeds or multiple stages in Cambridge IGCSE Physics problems.

Syllabus
2026–2028
Course
Physics 0625

Exam points

  • Calculate average speed as total distance divided by total time, including journeys with changing speeds or multiple stages.

CAIE IGCSE Physics 1.2.3 Recall Use Average Speed Total Questions question 1

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Fig. 1.1 shows the speed-time graph of a person on a journey.
On the journey, he walks and then waits for a bus. He then travels by bus. He gets off the bus and waits for two minutes. He then walks again. His journey takes 74 minutes.

Fig. 1.1

Fig. 1.1

For the whole journey calculate:

the average speed.
average speed =

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