Year 5 line graphs and timetables test to download as PDF

This Year 5 line graphs and timetables test lasts 40 minutes and is marked out of 20. It covers the whole chapter for pupils aged 9-10, and the full answers are on a separate page.

⏱️ Duration : 40 min
🎯 Total : 20 marks
❓ 5 questions

Mark/20

Question 1 – Reading a graph
The table shows the number of visitors to a park each hour.
Time 10 am 11 am 12 noon 1 pm 2 pm
Visitors 30 45 80 70 50
(a) What was the highest number of visitors, and at what time? (1 mark)
(b) How many more visitors came at 12 noon than at 10 am? (1 mark)
(c) What was the fall in visitors from 12 noon to 2 pm? (1 mark)
(d) What scale could you use on the vertical axis when drawing a line graph? (1 mark)
Question 2 – Timetables
Part of a train timetable is shown.
Station Train 1 Train 2
Derby 10:20 11:50
Leicester 10:55 12:25
Peterborough 11:50 13:20
(a) When does Train 2 leave Leicester? (1 mark)
(b) How long does Train 1 take from Derby to Peterborough? (1 mark)
(c) Sam reaches Derby station at 11:05. Which train can he catch and how long does he wait? (2 marks)
Question 3 – The 24-hour clock
(a) Write 4:35 pm in the 24-hour clock.
(b) Write 21:10 in the 12-hour clock using am or pm.
(c) A film starts at 17:45 and ends at 19:30. How long is it?
(d) A bus leaves at 08:50 and the journey takes 55 minutes. When does it arrive?
Question 4 – Graph reasoning
A line graph of the temperature through a day goes up from 6 am to 2 pm, then goes down.
(a) What does a flat section in a line graph mean? (1 mark)
(b) The temperature at 8 am is 10°C and at 10 am is 16°C. Estimate the temperature at 9 am. (1 mark)
(c) Why is your answer to (b) only an estimate? (1 mark)
Question 5 – The school journey
Year 5 go by coach to a farm. The coach leaves school at 09:20 and arrives at the farm at 10:35. The children stay at the farm until 14:50, then travel back and arrive at school at 16:10.
(a) How long is the journey to the farm? (1 mark)
(b) How long do the children stay at the farm? (2 marks)
(c) How long is the journey back? (1 mark)
(d) Is the journey back longer or shorter than the journey there, and by how much? (1 mark)

Time	10 am	11 am	12 noon	1 pm	2 pm
Visitors	30	45	80	70	50

Station	Train 1	Train 2
Derby	10:20	11:50
Leicester	10:55	12:25
Peterborough	11:50	13:20

How to use this Year 5 line graphs and timetables test

First, revise with the line graphs and timetables lesson and the worksheet. Then sit the test in one go, with a timer set to 40 minutes. After that, mark your work with the line graphs and timetables test answers. If you lose marks on a question, redo it the next day without help.

Finally, you can download this Year 5 line graphs and timetables test as a PDF and print it like a real exam paper. Moreover, all the pages of this chapter work together, so you can move between them at any time. For example, many pupils read the lesson on Monday, practise on Wednesday and test themselves on Friday.