The table compares the fuel costs of a petrol car with an electric car.
Jun travels on average 35 000 km per year.
How much will he save on fuel costs in a year by using an electric car? (3 marks)
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The fuel consumption for a car is 6.7 litres/100 km. On a road trip, the car travels a distance of 1560 km and the fuel cost is $1.45 per litre.
What is the total fuel cost for the trip? (2 marks)
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A car travels 350 km on 40 L of petrol.
What is its fuel consumption?
- 7.8 L/100 km
- 8.4 L/100 km
- 8.8 L/100 km
- 11.4 L/100 km
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The driving distance from Alex's home to his work is 20 km. He drives to and from work five times each week. His car uses fuel at the rate of 8 L/100 km.
How much fuel does he use driving to and from work each week?
- 16 L
- 20 L
- 25 L
- 40 L
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Kate is comparing two different models of car. Car A uses fuel at the rate of 9 L/100 km. Car B uses 3.5 L/100 km.
Suppose Kate plans on driving 8000 km in the next year.
How much less fuel will she use driving car B instead of car A?
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B.
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Peta’s car uses fuel at the rate of 5.9 L /100 km for country driving and 7.3 L /100 km for city driving. On a trip, she drives 170 km in the country and 25 km in the city.
Calculate the amount of fuel she used on this trip. (2 marks)
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Xuso is comparing the costs of two different ways of travelling to university.
Xuso’s motorcycle uses one litre of fuel for every 17 km travelled. The cost of fuel is $1.67/L and the distance from her home to the university car park is 34 km. The cost of travelling by bus is $36.40 for 10 single trips.
Which way of travelling is cheaper and by how much? Support your answer with calculations. (2 marks)
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Heather’s car uses fuel at the rate of 6.6 L per 100 km for long-distance driving and 8.9 L per 100 km for short-distance driving.
She used the car to make a journey of 560 km, which included 65 km of short-distance driving.
Approximately how much fuel did Heather’s car use on the journey?
- 37 L
- 38 L
- 48 L
- 50 L