Question

How Far is Your Home from School?
Momun comes to school from very far. He first walks about 400 metres to the pond. With slippers in his hands, he then walks 150 metres through the pond. Next he runs across the 350 metres wide green field. Then he carefully crosses the 40 metres wide road to reach his school.



How much does Momun walk every day to reach school? _____________
Is it more than 1 km? ____________

Answer 1

Distance covered by Momun to reach the pond = 400 m
Distance covered by Momun while walking through the pond = 150 m
Distance covered by Momun while running across the green field = 350 m
Distance covered by Momun to cross the road = 40 m
Total distance covered by Momun to reach the school = (400 + 150 + 350 + 40) m
= 940 m
Momun walks 940 m every day to reach the school.

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We know
1 km = 1000 m
Also, 940 m is less than 1000 m. So, 940 m is less than 1 km.
Thus, the total distance travelled by Momun to reach the school every day is not more than 1 km.