Application Problems in Speed, Distance, Time

Q.

An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours. What speed it must attain to cover the same distance in $1\frac{2}{3}$ hours?

1. 300 km/hr
   

2. 360 km/hr

3. 720 km/hr

4. 180 km/hr

Q.

A cyclist travels at a speed of 20 km/hour. How far will he travel in 50 minutes?

1. 17 Km Approx.

2. 15 Km Approx.

3. 20 Km Approx.

4. 25 Km Approx.

Q.

Walking at the rate of 4km/hr a man covers certain distance in 2hr 45min. If he runs at a speed of 16.5km/hr, How much time will he take to cover the same distance?

1. 20min

2. 60min

Q.

A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?

1. 18 km/hr

2. 8.4 km/hr

3. 3.6 km/hr

4. 7.2 km/hr

Q.

A car takes 4 hours to cover a distance if it travels at a speed of 40 kmph. What should be its speed to cover the same distance in 1.5 hours?

1. 105 km/hr

2. 118.23 km/hr

3. 106.66 km/hr

4. 106 km/hr

Q.

Two men running towards each other at 4 m/s and 6 m/s respectively, are one km apart. how long will it take before they meet?

1. 110 seconds

2. 101 seconds

3. 100 seconds

4. 1 minute and 40 seconds

Q. Distance travelled by a body when it completes three-fourth of a revolution around a circular track with radius r is _________.

1. Distance is equal to 3.14 πr

2. Distance = 2πr

3. Distance = 0.5 πr

4. Distance = 0

Q.

A train travels from A to B, a distance of 100 km, at a speed of 20 km/h. If it had gone two and a half times fast, how much earlier would it have arrived at B?

1. 2 hours

2. 3 hours

3. Same time

4. Insufficient data

Q.

Raghavendra can cover a distance in 1 hr and 24 min by covering 2/3 of the distance at 4 kmph and the remaining at 5 kmph. Find the total distance covered by him.

1. 7 km

2. 10 km

3. 8 km

4. 6 km

Q. RAM's school is at a distance of 5km from home.i f he leaves at 7:30 am cycling at the rate of 12km/hr.f Ind the time he reaches school.

Q.

A man is running at a speed of 8 km/hr for a distance 5200 metres. Find the time taken by him in minutes.

1. 65 minutes

2. 29 minutes

3. 45 minutes

4. 39 minutes

Q.

By walking at $\frac{3}{4}$ th of his usual speed, a man reaches office 20 minutes later than usual. What is the usual time he takes to reach office?

1. 30 min

2. 60 min

3. 1 hour

4. 50 min

Q.

The train is moving at a uniform speed of 80 kmph. Find the distance covered by it in 15 minutes.

1. 10 km

2. 15 km

3. 20 km

4. 13.33 km

Q.

A train 175 m long crosses a bridge which is 125m long in 60s. What is the speed of the train?

1. 2m/s

2. 5m/s

3. 12m/s

4. 22m/s

Q.

A train travels 40 km at a uniform speed of 30 km/hr. Its average speed after travelling another 40 km is 45 km/hr for the whole journey.Find its speed in the second half of the journey.

1. 65 km/hr

2. 90 km/hr

3. 105 km/hr

4. 45 km/hr

Q.

B starts after A has gone 1 kilometre and over takes A in 15 minutes walking at a rate of 8 kilometres an hour. Find A's speed.

Q.

Calculate the distance travelled in each of the following.

40 minutes at 48 km/hr.

Q.

Ram is riding his bicycle at $4m/s$.How long does he take to cover a distance of 600 m?

1. 100s

2. 1min

3. 150s

4. 8min

Q.

A jet airplane reaches $737\mathrm{km}/\mathrm{h}$ on a certain flight.

How long does it take to cover $388k\mathrm{m}$ ?

Set the Math up.

But dont do any of it. Just leave your answer as a math expression.

Also, be sure your answer includes all the correct unit symbols.

Q.

Harry can run a stretch of 400m in 100 seconds. The time taken by him to run 100m at double the speed will be

1. 12.5 sec

2. 15 sec

3. 25 sec

4. 20.5 sec

Q.

A car travels $60$ kilometres in one hour . Use $t$for time in hours , express the distance travelled in time $t$ hours .

Q.

Calculate the distance travelled in each of the following.

12 seconds at 36 km/hr.

Q. A train which is moving at an average speed of 40 kmph, reaches its destination on time.When its average speed reduces to 5 kmph, then it reaches its destination 15 minutes late. The distance travelled by the train is

1. 80 km
2. 70 km
3. 40 km
4. 30 km

Q.

Calculate the distance travelled in each of the following.

4 hrs at 56 km/hr.

Q. A boy takes 20 minutes to reach the school at an average speed of 12 km/hour. If he wants to reach the school in 15 minutes, his average speed (in km/hour) will be

1. 16
2. 18
3. 17
4. 19

Q.

A body can travel x meters in y seconds. The distance that it will cover in z seconds will be:

1. xy/z

2. xz/y

3. 1/xyz

4. xyz

Q.

A car running at a speed of 48 kmph on an average, covers a certain distance in 100 minutes. The speed at which the car must run to reduce the time of journey to 40 min will be:

1. 120 kmph

2. 240 kmph

3. 180 kmph

4. 80 kmph

Q.

If Raju covers a distance of 12 km in 3 hours then find distance that Raju covers in 10 hours, assuming he travels at the same speed.

1. 60 km

2. can't be found

3. 20 km

4. 40 km

Q.

Calculate the distance travelled in each of the following.

A Vehicle moving with a speed of 48 km/hr takes 8 hours to reach the place Find the distance travelled by the vehicle.

Q.

Rohit takes 2 hours to reach the airport travelling at the speed of 40 km/h. How fast should he drive the car to reach the airport in 80 min? [2 MARKS]