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6. Copy Tables A and B to help you to keep a record of the race.

Table A: The distance covered after different times

Time 0 min 10 min 20 min 30 min 40 min 50 min
Annie 0 1 867 5 504

Ellen 0 1 768 5 345
Gap 0 99

Table B: The distances covered in different 10-minute periods

First Second Third Fourth Fifth
Period
10 min 10 min 10 min 10 min 10 min

Annie 1 867 1 835
Ellen 1 768 1 778
Difference

7. Complete as much of the tables as you can. Use the
information you produced when you did questions 2 and 3.
Write your answer for question 3(c) in the row for “difference”
in Table B.

During the fourth 10-minute period of the race, Annie runs
1 774 m and Ellen runs 1 809 m.

8. (a) Is Ellen now ahead of Annie in the race?

(b) Write all the new information into Tables A and B.

9. Think about the distances that Ellen ran over the first, second,
third and fourth 10-minute periods.

(a) Is she running faster or slower as the race progresses?
(b) How much further does she run in the second 10 minutes,
than in the first 10 minutes?

(c) How much further does she run in the third 10 minutes,
than in the second 10 minutes?

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