Time, Speed & Distance

Distance

Speed Time
Conversions
1. A person walks 600 meters in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km/h?

2. A cyclist rides at 12 km/h for 25 minutes. What distance does he cover?

3. A runner covers 2.4 kilometers at a speed of 8 km/h. How much time does he
take?

4. A person jogs 900 meters in 6 minutes. What is his speed in m/s?

5. A car travels at 36 km/h. How much time in seconds will it take to cover 500
meters?
 Question
An airplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 120 kmph in 2 hours. To
cover the same distance in 1 hours, it must travel at a speed of:

A) 120 kmph
B) 150 kmph
C) 240 kmph
D) 360 kmph
 Question
Walking at (5/7)th of your usual speed, you will reach the market 16
minutes late. What is the usual time taken by you to reach the market?

A) 25 minutes
B) 32 minutes
C) 38 minutes
D) 40 minutes
 Question
Walking 6/7th of his usual speed, a man is 12 minutes too late. What is the
usual time taken by him to cover that distance?

TIME OVER

A) 1 hr 42 min
B) 2 hr 42 min
C) 2 hr
D) 1 hr 12 min
 Question
Walking at (1/2)th of your usual speed, you will reach the school 10
minutes late. What is the usual time taken by you reach the school?

TIME OVER

A) 10 minutes
B) 20 minutes
C) 30 minutes
D) 40 minutes
 Question
Ram walks at a speed of 12 km/h. Today the day was very hot so walked at
⅚ of his average speed. He arrived his school 10 minutes late. Find the
Distance and the usual time.
 Question
If you ride your scooter at a speed of 20 kmph from your house, you will
reach college at 9:05 a.m. If you ride at 30 kmph, then you will reach at
8:55 a.m. Find the distance between your house and college.

A) 10 km
B) 20 km
C) 30 km
D) 40 km
 Question
Rohit is travelling on his cycle and has calculated to reach point A at 2 P.M.
if he travels at 10 kmph, he will reach there at 12 noon if he travels at 15
kmph. At what speed must he travel to reach A at 1 P.M.?

A) 8
B) 11
C) 12
D) 14
 Question
A man travelling at 20 kmph arrives at a certain place at 4 p.m. If he travels
at 30 kmph, he will arrive at the same place at 2 p.m. At what speed in
kmph (approx) must he travel to get there at 3.30 p.m.?
TIME OVER

A) 22
B) 21
C) 20
D) 23
 Types of Speeds

1. Average Speed
2. Relative Speed
3. Effective Speed
Average Speed
 Question
If you travel from your house to office at the speed of 30 kmph and return
home at the speed of 70 kmph, then what is your average speed for the
entire journey?

A) 42 Kmph
B) 46 Kmph
C) 50 Kmph
D) 52 Kmph
 Question
If you travel 210 km from town A to town B at a speed of 30 kmph and
from there to town C at a speed of 70 kmph for another 140 km, then what
is your average speed during the entire journey?

A) 16.66 Kmph
B) 28.28 Kmph
C) 38.88 Kmph
D) 50 Kmph
 Question
A person goes from A to B at the speed of 40 kmph and comes back at the
speed of 60 kmph. What is his average speed for the whole journey?

A) 47 kmph
B) 48 kmph
C) 49 kmph
D) 50 kmph
 Question
A man on tour travels first 160 km at 64 km/hr and the next 160 km at 80
km/hr. The average speed (km/h) for the first 320 km of the tour is:

TIME OVER

A) 70
B) 71.11
C) 72.22
D) 69.98
Relative Speed
Problems on Trains
 Question
What is the time taken by a 90 m long train travelling at a speed of 18
kmph to cross a bridge of length 270 m?
 Question
A train 90 m long is travelling at a speed of 40 kmph. A man is running at a
speed of 5 kmph in a direction opposite to the motion of the train. What
would be the time taken by the train to cross the man?
 Question
The distance between two cities A and B is 330 km. A train starts from A at
8 a.m. and travels towards B at 60 km/hr. Another train starts from B at 9
a.m. and travels towards A at 75 km/hr. At what time will they meet?
TIME OVER

A) 11 a.m.
B) 10:30 a.m.
C) 10 a.m.
D) 11:30a.m.
 Question
A train leaves Delhi at 9 a.m. at a speed of 30 kmph. Another train leaves
at 2 p.m. at a speed of 40 kmph on the same day and in the same direction.
How far from Delhi, will the two trains meet?
TIME OVER

A) 500 km
B) 600 km
C) 700 km
D) 800 km
 Question
A thief steals a bike at 12.30pm and drives it at 60kmph. The owner
discovers this at 1pm and sets off in another bike at 75kmph. At what time
will he overtake the thief?
TIME OVER

A) 3 p.m.
B) 4 p.m.
C) 3:30 p.m.
D) 4:20 p.m.
E) None of these
Effective Speed
Problems on Boats & Streams
 Question
A boat can travel at a speed of 13 kmph in still water. If the speed of the
stream is 4 kmph, find the time taken by the boat to travel 68 km
downstream.

A. 2 hours
B. 2.5 hours
C. 4 hours
D. 5 hours
 Question
A motorboat travels 40 km downstream in 5 hours and 30 km upstream in
6 hours. Find the speed of the stream (in kmph).

A. 1.5
B. 2.5
C. 3.5
D. 4.5
• A boat can travel 30 km downstream in 2 hours and the same distance upstream in 3 hours.
What are the speeds of the boat in still water and the current?

• A man rows 15 km downstream in 1.5 hours, and returns in 2.5 hours.

• A boat takes twice as long to travel a distance upstream as it does downstream.

• The speed of a boat in still water is 12 km/h, and the speed of the stream is 3 km/h.
How much time will it take to go 54 km upstream and come back the same distance
downstream?
Races
 Question
In a 100 m race, A can beat B by 25 m and B can beat C by 4 m. In the
same race, by how many meters can A beat C?

A. 56 m
B. 48 m
C. 32 m
D. 28 m
 Question
In a 300 m race, Ani beats Bini by 22.5 m or 6 seconds. What is the time
taken by Bini to complete the race?
TIME OVER

A. 86 s
B. 80 s
C. 76 s
D. None of these
 Question
In a 200 m race, A gives B a head start of 25 m and wins by 10 s. If A gives
B a head start of 45 m, the race ends in a dead heat. What will be the time
taken by A to complete the race? TIME OVER

A. 100s
B. 77.5 s
C. 86 s
D. 155 s
 Question
Two identical trains P and Q running in opposite directions with equal
speeds take 5 minutes to cross each other completely. The number of
bogies of Q is increased from 20 to 30. How much more time (in seconds)
would they now require to cross each other? TIME OVER

A) 65
B) 75
C) 55
D) 45
 Question
Two boys starting from the same place walk at a rate of 5 kmph and 5.5
kmph respectively. What time( in hours) will they take to be 8 km apart, if
they walk in the same direction?
TIME OVER

A) 16 hours
B) 17 hours
C) 18 hours
D) 19 hours
 Question
A man in a train notices that he can count 41 telephone posts in one
minute. If they are known to be 50 meters apart, then at what speed is the
train travelling (km/hr)?
TIME OVER

A) 100
B) 120
C) 180
D) 80
 Question
Two boats travelling at 10 kmph and 20 kmph head towards each other.
They begin at a distance of 40 km from each other. How far apart are they
(in metre) one minute before they collide?
TIME OVER

A) 800
B) 500
C) 400
D) 200
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