Saturday, May 10, 2008

Speed Questions from A* Math Problem

Answers (without working) are placed in comments.

1) At 9am, Gopal left Village A and drove towards the city at an average speed of 60km/h. 2 hours later, Ali also left Village A and drove along the same route as Gopal. After travelling 270km, Ali managed to catch up with Gopal.
a) What was the average speed at which Ali travelled?
b) How far apart would they be at 3pm?

2) Two motorists, A and B, started travelling from the same end of a road at the same time. They were travelling in the same direction as a cyclist at a distance ahead. After travelling for 6 minutes, Motorist A overtook the cyclist. 2 minutes later, Motorist B overtook the same cyclist. Given that Motorist A and Motorist B travelled at an average speed of 1000m/min and 800m/min respectively, find the average speed of the cyclist.

3) At 7.30am, a bus left Town P for Town Q travelling at an average speed of 60km/h. 15 minutes later, a car left Town Q for Town P. The car reached Town P at 10.45am. The bus reached Town Q at 12 noon.
a) How far apart were the two towns?
b) What was the average speed of the car?
c) How far apart were the two vehicles at 9.45am?

4) A bus, which left Terminal A, was scheduled to reach Terminal B by a certain time. After travelling for 3 hours at its usual speed, the bus stopped for 30 minutes due to an engine problem. In order to reach Terminal B punctually, the bus travelled the remaining journey at a speed of 6.5km/h faster than usual. Given that the bus took 4 hours to cover the remaining journey, find the distance between the two terminals.

FRIENDS FOR LIFE!!

posted by 5 Honesty's Blog at

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

1a) Average speed for Ali = 270/2.5 = 108km/h

1b) Distance between Gopal and Ali = 162 - 90 = 72km

2) Average speed of cyclist = 400/2 = 200m/min

3a) Distance between two towns = 60 x 4.5 = 270km

3b) Average speed of car = 270/3 = 90km/h

3c) Distance between 2 vehicles = 315 - 270 = 45km

4) Distance between 2 terminals = (3 x 52) + (4 x 58.5) = 390km

May 10, 2008 at 9:23 AM  

Post a Comment

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]

<< Home


OUR BLOG

6HONESTY FOREVER!
spammers are not entertained here

US, DUH!

CLICK FOR GIRLS!


CLICK FOR BOYS!



WISHES &HOPES!


♥to be together forever :D
good results for PSLE
(you guys can write your wishes here, you know)

GOODBYE!

OTHER CLASSES

6 Courage
6 Diligence
6 Kindness
6 Loyalty

6 HONESTY PUPILS

Alicia
Bryan
Cheryl and Jean
Christie
Clarice
Genevieve
Jean
Joey
Joslyn
Kevin
Siti
Vivian

5 HONESTY (2007) PUPILS

Andrew
Cheryl
Nabil
Peizhen
Pohyi
Waikeng

SECONDARY SCHOOL CLASS BLOGS

Joslyn's Class 1-1
Nigel's Class 1-5
Jean's Class 1.4
Pohyi's Class 1.8
Alicia/Christie's Class 1/6
Adriana/Dennis's Class 1/7

TALKATIVES



Feedjit Live Traffic



ADRIANA'S PET



SITEMETER!





COUNTER!



THANK YOU! :D


Designer
Blogger
Tagboard



ARCHIVES!


August 2007
September 2007
October 2007
November 2007
December 2007
January 2008
February 2008
March 2008
April 2008
May 2008
June 2008
July 2008
August 2008
September 2008
October 2008
November 2008
December 2008
January 2009
February 2009
March 2009
April 2009
May 2009
June 2009
August 2009
September 2009
October 2009
November 2009
December 2009
May 2010
October 2010