Comparing Distances

Q. In a long jump event, Dhanu has the longest jump of 3 metres 40 cm. Gurjeet is second. His jump is 20 cm less than Dhanu’s. Gopi comes third. His jump is only 5 cm less than Gurjeet’s jump. How long are Gurjeet’s and Gopi’s jumps?

Q. This is the long jump for boys.
Hitesh has the longest jump of 4 metres 60 cm. Sourabh is second. His jump is 40 cm less than Hitesh's. Shashi comes third. His jump is only 10 cm less than Sourabh's jump.
How long is Sourabh's jump?

1. 400 cm
2. 420 cm
3. 440 cm
4. 460 cm

Q. Shreya's house is 8km 250m from school and Rasika's house is 5km 350m from school. Whose house is nearer to the school and by how much?

1. Shreya, 3km 900m
2. Rasika, 2km 900m
3. Shreya, 3km 800m
4. Rasika, 2km 800m

Q. In a 800 metres race, Rakesh is 40 metres behind the finishing line. If Avinay is 20 metres behind Rakesh and Sunil is 40 metres behind Avinay, how far is Sunil from the finishing line?

1. 60 metres
2. 120 metres
3. 100 metres
4. 80 metres

Q. A fruit seller bought 45 apples and arranged them equally in 5 boxes. How many apples did he put in each box ?

Q. In a 100 metre race for boys, Arun is 10 metres from the finishing line. Roshan is running 5 metres behind Arun.
Roshan is how far from finishing line?

1. 25 metres
2. 20 metres
3. 10 metres
4. 15 metres

Q. Subodh and Manjani are starting from the same spot near the board shown. Subodh is going to Kozhikode which is 24 km away. Manjani is going to Thalassery which is 46 km away in the opposite direction. How far is Kozhikode from Thalassery?

Q.

A boy walks $18km$in$4hours$. In $6hours$ he will cover a distance of

1. $24km$

2. $27km$

3. $30km$

4. $36km$

Q. If a motor boat travels 18 km in one hour, then how much does it travel in 5 hours?

1. 90 km
2. 60 km
3. 70 km
4. 80 km

Q. A man runs a distance of 24 km in 2 hours. How much distance will he cover in 5 hours?

1. 12 km
2. 48 km
3. 60 km
4. 24 km

Q. Here are the Indian Records and World Records for some jumps.

Sports	World Record	Indian Record
High Jump (Men) Long Jump (Men) High Jump (Women) Long jump (Women)	Javier S. (2m 45 cm) Mike P. (8m 95 cm) Stefka K. (2m 9 cm) Galina C. (7m 52 cm)	Chandra Pal (2m 17 cm) Amrit Pal (8m 8 cm) Bobby A. (1m 91 cm) Anju G. (6m 83 cm)

Find out from the table —
How many centimetres more should Chandra Pal jump to equal the Men's World Record for high jump?

Q. (i) The length of a bridge is 500 metre long. How many buses can stand on the bridge if the bus length is 5 m long?
(2 Marks)

(ii) Sneha walks 425 meters every day. Find out the total distance covered by her in 19 days.
(2 Marks)

Q. • Find out how far your friends live from school and fill the table. Write in metres or kilometres.

Friend's name	Distance of home from school

Who among you lives nearest to the school? ____________
Who lives farthest from the school? ______________
How many children live less than 1 kilometre away from your school? ____________

Is there anyone who lives more than 5 km away from the school? How do they come to school? ________________________

Q.

What is the SI unit of distance ?

Q. Raj and Ramu both are in a Car. Raj weighs 48 kg and Ramu weighs 27 kg. Estimate the total weight on road if the Car weighs 788 kg.

1. 800 kg
2. 850 kg
3. 870 kg
4. 890 kg

Q. Houses A, B and C are on the same side of a street and in same order. If B is 2.5 kms from C and 3.5 kms from A, then the houses A and C are apart.

1. 5.5 kms
2. 6 km
3. 1 km
4. 1.5 km

Q. Ravi’s friend’s home is 200 m away from his home. There is shop between Ravi’s home and his friend’s home which 80 m away from his friend’s home. What is the distance between the shop and Ravi’s home?

1. 
   100 cm
2. 
   80 cm
3. 
   120 cm

Q. Here are the Indian Records and World Records for some jumps.

Sports	World Record	Indian Record
High Jump (Men) Long Jump (Men) High Jump (Women) Long jump (Women)	Javier S. (2m 45 cm) Mike P. (8m 95 cm) Stefka K. (2m 9 cm) Galina C. (7m 52 cm)	Chandra Pal (2m 17 cm) Amrit Pal (8m 8 cm) Bobby A. (1m 91 cm) Anju G. (6m 83 cm)

Find out from the table —
Galina's long jump is nearly
(a) 7 metres
(b) 7 and a half metres
(c) 8 metres

Q. Here are the Indian Records and World Records for some jumps.

Sports	World Record	Indian Record
High Jump (Men) Long Jump (Men) High Jump (Women) Long jump (Women)	Javier S. (2m 45 cm) Mike P. (8m 95 cm) Stefka K. (2m 9 cm) Galina C. (7m 52 cm)	Chandra Pal (2m 17 cm) Amrit Pal (8m 8 cm) Bobby A. (1m 91 cm) Anju G. (6m 83 cm)

Find out from the table —
Look at the Women's World Records. What is the difference between the longest jump and the highest jump?

Q. Here are the Indian Records and World Records for some jumps.

Sports	World Record	Indian Record
High Jump (Men) Long Jump (Men) High Jump (Women) Long jump (Women)	Javier S. (2m 45 cm) Mike P. (8m 95 cm) Stefka K. (2m 9 cm) Galina C. (7m 52 cm)	Chandra Pal (2m 17 cm) Amrit Pal (8m 8 cm) Bobby A. (1m 91 cm) Anju G. (6m 83 cm)

Find out from the table —
How many centimetres higher should Bobby A. jump to reach 2 metres?

Q. Houses A, B and C are on the same side of a street and in the same order. If A is 5 kms from B and 8.5 kms from C, then B and C are apart.

1. 3 km
2. 3.5 km
3. 2.5 km
4. 1.5 km

Q. Village1 is at distance of 256 km 500 m on one side of Bangalore and village2 is 345 km 200 m on the opposite side. Which village is nearer to Bangalore?

1. Village1
2. Village2
3. Both are at equal distance
4. Can't be determined

Q. Jhumpa once read a list of the tallest people in the world. One of them was 272 cm tall! That is just double of Jhumpa's height. How tall is Jhumpa? ____________ cm.

Q. Here are the Indian Records and World Records for some jumps.

Sports	World Record	Indian Record
High Jump (Men) Long Jump (Men) High Jump (Women) Long jump (Women)	Javier S. (2m 45 cm) Mike P. (8m 95 cm) Stefka K. (2m 9 cm) Galina C. (7m 52 cm)	Chandra Pal (2m 17 cm) Amrit Pal (8m 8 cm) Bobby A. (1m 91 cm) Anju G. (6m 83 cm)

Find out from the table —
Whose high jump is very close to two and half metres?
(a) Stefka K.
(b) Chandra Pal
(c) Javier S.
(d) Bobby A.

Q. If a man covers 21 km in 1 hour, then he will be able to cover km in 11 hours.

1. 221
2. 231
3. 210

Q. Raghu ran a marathon of 10 km. Ram ran a marathon of 40 km. Who ran more distance?

1. Both ran same distance.
2. Ram
3. Raghu
4. Can't be determined.

Q. A fruit seller bought 40 apples and arranged them equally in 5 boxes. How many apples did he put in each box?

1. 12
2. 8
3. 5
4. 6

Q. 1 round of stadium track is 2 km. How many rounds of stadium tracks is 6 km?

1. 2
2. 4
3. 1
4. 3

Q. If a man covers 21 km in 1 hour, then he will be able to cover km in 11 hours.

1. 221
2. 231
3. 210

Q. Shalini’s house is 7 km 300 m away from school and Alex’s house is 11 km 432 m away from school. Whose house is far and by how much? [4 marks]