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The document contains 14 multiple choice questions related to time, speed, and distance word problems. The questions involve calculating speeds, distances, times, and ratios for scenarios like trains traveling, cars on journeys, people walking to work, and sound traveling through air. Correct answers are provided for each question.

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Time Distance

The document contains 14 multiple choice questions related to time, speed, and distance word problems. The questions involve calculating speeds, distances, times, and ratios for scenarios like trains traveling, cars on journeys, people walking to work, and sound traveling through air. Correct answers are provided for each question.

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Priyanka. S
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TIME, SPEED, DISTANCE 6.

A man goes to his office from his house at a


speed of 3 km/hr and returns at a speed of 2
1. The ratio between the speeds of two trains is 7: km/hr. If he takes 5 hours in going and coming,
8. If the second train runs 400 kms in 4 hours, what is the distance between his house and
then the speed of the first train is? office?
a. 83.5 km/hr b.84.5 km/hr a. 3 km b.4 km c.5 km d.6 km
c.86.5 km/hr d.87.5 km/hr

7. A car travels first 160 km at 64 km/hr and the


next 160 km at 80 km/hr. What is the average
2. A train covers a distance in 50 min, if it runs at a speed for the first 320 km of the tour?
speed of 48kmph on an average. The speed at a. 70.24 km/hr b. 74. 24 km/hr
which the train must run to reduce the time of c. 71.11 km/hr d. 72.21 km/hr
journey to 40min will be.
a. 45 min b.60 min
c. 75 min d. None of these

8. A Man travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours.


He travelled partly on foot at 4 km/hr and partly
on bicycle at 9 km/hr. What is the distance
3. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 42 travelled on foot?
kmph and including stoppages, it is 28kmph. For a. 12 km b. 14 km
how many minutes does the bus stop per hour? c. 16 km d. 18 km
a. 10 b.12 c.15 d.20

4. A person walks from home to office at 6km/hr 9. A man completes a journey in 10 hours. He
and reaches the office 12 minutes late and if he travels first half of the journey at the rate of 21
walks at 9km/hr he is 8 minutes early to office. km/hr and second half at the rate of 24 km/hr.
What is the distance between home and office? Find the total journey in km.
a. 6km b.9km c.12km d.20km a. 121 km b. 242 km
c. 224 km d. 112 km

10. Walking 6/7th of his usual speed, a man is 12


5. A person walks from home to office at 36km/hr minutes late. What is the usual time taken by
and reaches the office 40 minutes late and if he him to cover that distance?
walks at 72 km/hr he is 10 minutes late to a. 1 hr 42 min b. 1 hr c. 2 hr d. 1 hr 12
office. What is the distance between home and
office?
a. 72km b.36km c.52km d.48km
11. Walking 4/7th of his usual speed, a man is 30
minutes late. What is the usual time taken by
him to cover half that distance?
a. 40 min b. 30 min
c. 20 min d. 50 min

12. Sound is said to travel in air at about 1100 feet


per second. A man hears the axe striking the
tree, 11/5 seconds after he sees it strike the
tree. How far is the man from the wood
chopper?
a. 1800 ft b.2810 ft
c. 3020 ft d.2420 ft

13. A car travels at an average of 50 miles per hour


for 2.5 hours and then travels at a speed of 70
miles per hour for 1.5 hours. How far did the car
travel in the entire 4 hours?
a. 210 miles b.230 miles
c.250 miles d.260 miles

14. It takes eight hours for a 600 km journey, if 120


km is done by train and the rest by car. It takes
20 minutes more, if 200 km is done by train and
the rest by car. What is the ratio of the speed of
the train to that of the car?
a. 3 : 4 b.2 : 3
c. 1 : 2 d.1 : 3

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