Test Name: Post-Test
Question Type: Multiple Choice
1. How far does a horse travel if it gallops at a speed
of 48 km/h for 15 minutes?
(1) 3.2 km
(2) 12 km
(3) 192 km
(4) 720 km
2. Daryl’s school, the library and the sports hub are
along the same street. Daryl jogs from his school to
the library and then to the sports hub at an
average speed of 150 m/min. His school is 375 m
away from the library. The sports hub is 225 m
away from the library. How long does Daryl take
to reach the sports hub?
(1) 0.25 min
(2) 1.5 min
(3) 2.5 min
(4) 4 min
3. Mr Tan took a bus that travelled at a speed of
3
60 km/h for h. He then alighted and cycled
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another 15 km. He took a total of 2 h for the whole
journey. What was Mr Tan’s average speed for the
whole journey in km/h?
(1) 45 km/h
(2) 40 km/h
(3) 30 km/h
(4) 20 km/h
Question Type: Short Answer
4. Kelly’s house was 72 km from her office. She took a
taxi from her office at 7.30 p.m. and reached
home at 8.15 p.m. What was the speed the taxi
was travelling at? _________
5. Gopal started cycling from his house to the
swimming complex at 13 25. He reached the
swimming complex at 14 10. He cycled at a speed
of 32 km/h. What was the distance between
Gopal’s house and the swimming complex?
_________
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6. Maya ran from one end of the hall to the other
end in 12 s at a speed of 3 m/s. She then ran back
to the starting point in 15 s. What was the speed at
which Maya ran on the return lap? _________
7. The distance between City A and City B is 260 km.
The distance between City B and City C is 185 km.
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Miss Velma took 1 h to travel from City A and City
5
4
B, and another h to travel from City B to City C
5
by train. Find the average speed of the train
travelling from City A to City C in km/h.
_________
8. Jonathan cycled half of an 8-km cycling race in
20 min.
He cycled the remaining distance at a speed of
160 m/min.
(a) Find the total time Jonathan took to
complete the race. _________
(b) Find Jonathan’s average speed for the whole
race. Give your answer in its simplest form.
_________
Question Type: Long Answer
9. Ragu jogged for 12 min from his home to the park.
The distance between his home and the park was
2.4 km. He then took 28 min to jog to the nearest
cafe. The distance between the park and the
3
cafe was of the distance between his home
5
and the cafe. What was Ragu’s average speed
for the whole journey in km/h?
10. Megan and Gaia started driving from the city
centre at the same time but in opposite directions.
After driving for 3 h, they were 330 km apart.
Megan’s constant speed was 60 km/h. What was
Gaia’s constant speed?
11. Town A and Town B are 450 km apart. A car
travels at a speed of 55 km/h from Town A to Town
B at 11.20 p.m. At the same time, a motorcycle
travels at a speed of 65 km/h from Town B to Town
A. At what time will the car and the motorcycle
meet?
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12. At 9.30 a.m., a bus started travelling toward its
destination at a constant speed of 43.75 km/h.
At noon, a motorcycle started travelling along the
same route towards the same destination. The
motorcycle took 3.5 h to catch up with the bus.
What was the constant speed of the motorcycle?
13. John and Gabriel started cycling from Point A to
Point B at a constant speed of 24 km/h and
2
36 km/h respectively. Gabriel took h to reach
3
Point B. How far was John from Point B when
Gabriel arrived at Point B?
14. Justina started cycling from Park A to Park B at
10 a.m., at a constant speed of 360 m/min. Russel
started cycling along the same route 20 min later.
Justina’s speed was twice of Russel’s speed.
At what time were the two cyclists 7740 m apart?
15. Justin left home at 6 a.m. for the hospital. He
drove at a constant speed of 80 km/h. At the
same time, his wife left the same hospital for their
home along the same route. She drove at a
constant speed 10 km/h slower than Justin. Given
that the distance between their home and the
hospital was 30 km, find
(a) the distance Justin travelled when they drove
past each other, and
(b) the time at which they drove past each other
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