Time, Speed and Distance Exercise 1

A bus covers a distance of 2,924 kms in 43 hours What is the speed of the bus?

A train covers a distance of 1560 kms in 26 hours What is the speed of the train?

A car finishes a journey in ten hours at the speed of 80 km/hr. If the same distance is to be covered in eight hours how much more speed does the car have to gain?

A man is walking at a speed of 10 km per hour. After every kilometre, he takes rest for 5 minutes. How much time will he take to cover a distance of 5 kilometres?

A car starts running with the initial speed of 40 kmph, with its speed increasing every hour by 5 kmph. How many hour will it take to cover a distance of 385 km?

Two men undertake to drive a distance of 54 km. The first performs the journey at 8 km/h. The second, starting half an hour later, arrives 15 minutes sooner. Find the ratio of their speeds.

The jogging track in a sports complex is 726 metres in circumference. Pradeep and his wife start from the same point and walk in opposite directions at 4.5 km/h and 3.75 km/h, respectively. They will meet for the first time in :

Two cars A and B are running towards each other from different places 88 km apart. If the ratio of the speeds of the cars A and B is 5 : 6 and the speed of the car B is 90 km per hour then after how long will the two meet each other?

A car travels a distance of 45 kms at the speed of 15 kmph. It covers the next 50 kms of its journey at the speed of 25 kmph and the last 25 kms of its journey at the speed of 10 kmph. What is the average speed of the car?

A car covers a distance of 540 km in 9 hours Speed of a train is double the speed of the car. Two-third the speed of the train is equal to the speed of a bike. How much distance will the bike cover in 5 hours?

The ratio between the speed of a train and a car is 18 : 13 respectively. Also, a bus covered a distance of 480 kms. in 12 hours The speed of the bus is five-ninth the speed of the train. How much distance will the car cover in 5 hours?

A bike covers certain distance at the speed of 64 km/hr in 8 hours If the bike was to cover the same distance in approximately 6 hours, at what approximate speed should the bike travel?

A motor starts with the speed of 70 kmph with its speed increasing every two hours by 10 kmph. In how many hours will it cover 345 kms?

Suresh takes 6 hrs 30 min to walk to a certain place and to come back by scooter. He would have gained 2 hrs 10 min by riding the scooter both ways. How much time would he have taken if he would have walked both ways?

A thief steals a car at 2 : 30 p.m. and drives it at 60 kmph. The theft is discovered at 3 p.m. and the owner sets off in another car at 75 kmph. When will he overtake the thief?

A man walks a certain distance and rides back in 6¼ hours He can walk both ways in 7¾ hours How long it would take to ride both ways?

There are 20 poles with a constant distance between each pole. A car takes 24 seconds to reach the 12th pole . How much time will it take to reach the last pole?

In a 800 m race around a stadium having the circumference of 200 m, the top runner meets the last runner on the 5th minute of the race. If the top runner runs at twice the speed of the last runner, what is the time taken by the top runner to finish the race?

R and S start walking each other at 10 AM at the speeds of 3 km/h and 4 km/h respectively. They were initially 17.5 km apart. At what time do they meet?

Cars C₁ and C₂ travel to a place at a speed of 30 and 45 km/h respectively. If car C₂ takes 2½ hours less time than C₁ for the journey, the distance of the place is

If I walk at 4 km/h, I miss the bus by 10 minutes. If I walk at 5 km/h, I reach 5 minutes before the arrival of the bus. How far I walk to reach the bus stand?

A car travels 25 km an hour faster than a bus for a journey of 500 km. If the bus takes 10 hours more than the car, then the speeds of the bus and the car are respectively:

A starts 3 min after B for a place 4.5 km away. B on reaching his destination, immediately returns back and after walking a km meets A. If A walks 1 km in 18 minutes then what is B’s speed?

A long distance runner runs 9 laps of a 400 metres track everyday. His timings (in minutes) for four consecutive days are 88, 96, 89 and 87 respectively. On an average, how many metres/minute does the runner cover?

A car covers 420 km with a constant speed. If its speed were 10 km/h more it would have taken one hour less to cover the distance. Find the speed of the car.