Question

The distance travelled by Prateek from home to temple is 300 metres and from temple to school is 495 metres. What is the total distance travelled by him in kilometres ?

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Answer 1

Solution:

As we know that $1\text{km}=1000$ $\text{m}$ and $1m=\frac{1}{1000}\text{km}$.
Distance between home and temple = 300 $\text{m}$
Since $1\text{m}=\frac{1}{1000}\text{km}$,
$\Rightarrow$ $300\text{m}=\frac{300}{1000}=$ 0.3$\text{km}$

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Similarly,
Distance between temple and school $=495\text{m}=\frac{495}{1000}=$ 0.495 $\text{km}$


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Therefore, total distance travelled by Prateek $=0.3+0.495=0.795$ $\text{km}$


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