Ordinary-level Leaving Certificate mathematics, paper one
1 (b) A car journey of 559 kilometres took 6 hours and 30 minutes. (i) Calculate the average speed, in km/hr, for the journey. (ii) If the average petrol consumption for the journey was 8.3 kilometres per litre, calculate the number of litres of petrol used, correct to the nearest litre. One part of a three-part question. Each full question is worth 50 marks