UNIT - 4
TIME AND DISTANCE
FORMULA:
1. Speed, Time and Distance
Speed(km/hr) = (Distance/Time)
Time(hr) = (Distance/Speed)
Distance(km) = (Speed x
Time).
2. km per hr to m per sec conversion x km/hr = (x*5/18) m/sec.
3. m/sec to km/hr conversion x m/sec = (x *18/5) km/hr.
1. Express a speed of 36 kmph in meters per second?
A. 10 mps
B. 12 mps
C. 14 mps
D. 17 mps
EXPLANATION:
36 * 5/18 = 10 mps
2.Express 25 mps in kmph?
A. 15 kmph
B. 99 kmph
C. 90 kmph
D. None
EXPLANATION:
25 * 18/5 = 90 kmph
3. The speed of a train is 90 kmph. What is the distance covered by it in
10 minutes?
A. 15 kmph
B. 12 kmph
C. 10 kmph
D. 5 kmph
EXPLANATION:
90 * 10/60 = 15 kmph
4. A car covers a distance of 624 km in 6 hours. Find its speed?
A. 104 kmph
B. 140 kmph
C. 104 mph
D. 10.4 kmph
EXPLANATION:
624/6 = 104 kmph
5. In what time will a railway train 60 m long moving at the rate of 36
kmph pass a telegraph post on its way?
A. 9 sec
B. 8 sec
C. 7 sec
D. 6 sec
EXPLANATION:
T = 60/36 * 18/5 = 6 sec
6. A train 240 m in length crosses a telegraph post in 16 seconds. The
speed of the train is?
A. 50 kmph
B. 52 kmph
C. 54 kmph
D. 56 kmph
EXPLANATION:
S = 240/16 * 18/5 = 54 kmph
7. The speed of a car is 90 km in the first hour and 60 km in the second
hour. What is the average speed of the car?
A. 72 kmph
B. 75 kmph
C. 30 kmph
D. 80 kmph
EXPLANATION:
Average speed = 2xy / x+y
= (2*90*60) / (90+60)
= 72 km/hr.
8. A man leaves a point P at 6 a.m. and reaches the point Q at 10 a.m.
another man leaves the point give at 8 a.m. and reaches the point P at 12
noon. At what time do they meet?
A. 8 a.m.
B. 8 p.m.
C. 9 a.m.
D. 9 p.m.
EXPLANATION:
9 a.m.
9. A thief goes away with a SANTRO car at a speed of 40 kmph. The
theft has been discovered after half an hour and the owner sets off in a
bike at 50 kmph when will the owner over take the thief from the start?
A. 2 hours
B. 2 hours 45 min
C. 2 hours 30 min
D. 2 hours 50 min
EXPLANATION:
|-----------20--------------------|
50 40
D = 20
RS = 50 – 40 = 10
T = 20/10 = 2 hours
10. How many seconds will a train 100 meters long take to cross a
bridge 150 meters long if the speed of the train is 36 kmph?
A. 18
B. 22
C. 25
D. 28
EXPLANATION:
D = 100 + 150 = 250
S = 36 * 5/18 = 10 mps
T = 250/10 = 25 sec
11. A train 100 meters long completely crosses a 300 meters long bridge
in 45 seconds. What is the speed of the train is?
A. 32 kmph
B. 36 kmph
C. 40 kmph
D. 48 kmph
EXPLANATION:
S = (100 + 300)/45
= 400/45 * 18/5
= 32 km/hr
12. A 180 meter long train crosses a man standing on the platform in 6
sec. What is the speed of the train?
A. 90 kmph
B. 108 kmph
C. 120 kmph
D. 88 kmph
EXPLANATION:
S = 180/6 * 18/5 = 108 kmph
13. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a train is 45 kmph and including
stoppages it is 36 kmph. Of how many minutes does the train stop per
hour?
A. 10 min
B. 11 min
C. 12 min
D. 13 min
EXPLANATION:
T = 9/45 * 60 = 12
14. How long does a train 165 meters long running at the rate of 54
kmph take to cross a bridge 660 meters in length?
A. 45 sec
B. 75 sec
C. 55 sec
D. 54 sec
EXPLANATION:
T = (660 + 165)/54 * 18/5
T = 55
15. The distance between Delhi and Mathura is 110 kms. A starts from
Delhi with a speed of 20 kmph at 7 a.m. for Mathura and B starts from
Mathura with a speed of 25 kmph at 8 p.m. from Delhi. When will they
meet?
A. 10.30 a.m.
B. 10.00 a.m.
C. 9.30 a.m.
D. 9.00 a.m.
EXPLANATION:
D = 110 – 20 = 90
RS = 20 + 25 = 45
T = 90/45 = 2 hours
8 a.m. + 2 = 10 a.m.
16. A train of 24 carriages, each of 60 meters length, when an engine
also of 60 meters length is running at a speed of 60 kmph. In what time
will the train cross a bridge 1.5 km long?
A. 1 ½ mins
B. 3 mins
C. 3 ½ mins
D. 7 mins
EXPLANATION:
D = 25 * 60 + 1500 = 3000 m
T = 3000/60 * 18/5 = 180 sec = 3 mins
17. A train 540 meters long is running with a speed of 54 kmph. The
time taken by it to cross a tunnel 180 meters long is?
A. 40 sec
B. 44 sec
C. 48 sec
D. 52 sec
EXPLANATION:
D = 540 + 180 = 720
S = 54 * 5/18 = 15 mps
T = 720/15 = 48 sec
18. A man complete a journey in 10 hours. He travels first half of the
journey at the rate of 21 km/hr and second half at the rate of 24 km/hr.
Find the total journey in km.
A. 218 kmph
B. 224 kmph
C. 220 kmph
D. 288 kmph
EXPLANATION:
(1/2)x / 21+(1/2)x / 24=10
⇒x / 21+x / 24=20
⇒15x=168×20
⇒x=(168×20) / 15
⇒x=224km
19. Kiran travels from A to B by car and returns from B to A by cycle in
7 hours. If he travels both ways by car he saves 3 hours. What is the
time taken to cover both ways by cycle?
A. 10 hours
B. 13 hours
C. 14 hours
D. 12 hours
EXPLANATION:
Let the time taken to cover from A to B in car and cycle be x hours and
y hours respectively.
x + y = 7 --- (1) ; 2x = 4 --- (2)
solving both the equations, we get y = 5
So, time taken to cover both ways by cycle = 2y hours = 10 hours.
20. Pavan travelled for 11 hours. He covered the first half of the
distance at 30 kmph and remaining half of the distance at 25 kmph. Find
the distance travelled by Pavan.
A. 240 km
B. 280 km
C. 260 km
D. 300 km
Let the distance travelled be x km.
Total time = (x/2)/30 + (x/2)/25 = 11
x/60 + x/50 = 11
=> (5x + 6x)/300 = 11
=> x = 300 km
THANK YOU..,
A person crosses a 600
m long street in 5
minutes. What is his
speed in km per hour?
An car covers a certain
distance at a speed of 240
kmph in 5 hours. To cover the
same distance in 1 hours, it
must travel at a speed of:
Explanation:
Distance = (240 x 5) = 1200 km.
Speed = Distance/Time
Speed = 1200/(5/3) km/hr.
[We can write 1 hours as 5/3 hours]
Required speed =1200 x5/3
= 720 km/hr
The ratio between the speeds
of two trains is 7 : 8. If the
second train runs 400 km in 4
hours, then the speed of the
first train is:
Explanation:
Let the speed of two trains be 7x and 8x
km/hr.
Then, 8x =400 /4 = 100
x =100/8= 12.5
Speed of first train = (7 x 12.5) km/hr = 87.5
km/hr.
A farmer travelled a distance of
61 km in 9 hours. He travelled
partly on foot @ 4 km/hr and
partly on bicycle @ 9 km/hr.
The distance travelled on foot
is:
Explanation:
Let the distance travelled on foot be x km. Then, distance
travelled on bicycle = (61 -x) km.
So, x/4+(61 -x)/9 = 9
9x + 4(61 -x) = 9 x 36
5x = 80
x = 16 km.
A man goes to his office from his
house at a speed of 3 km/hr and
returns at a speed of 2 km/hr. If
he takes 5 hours in going and
coming, what is the distance
between his house and office?
Average speed
=2×3×2/2+3=12/5km/hr
Total time taken =5 hours
Distance travelled =12/5×5=12 km
Two boys starts from the same place
walking at the rate of 5kmph and
5.5 kmph respectively in the same
direction. What time will they take to
be
8.5 km apart?
A train travelled at an average
speed of
100 km/hr, stopping for 3 minutes
after every 75 km. How long did it
take to reach its destination 600
km from the starting point?
A person travels from A to B at
a speed of 40 km/hr and
returns by increasing his speed
by 50%. What is his average
speed for both the trips?
To cover a certain distance, a person had
two options, either to ride a car or to walk.
If he walked one side and rode back the
other side, it would have taken 4 hours. If
he had walked both ways, it would have
taken 6 hours. How much time will he take
if he rode the car both ways ?
A winner can complete a
750 m race in two and a
half minutes. Will he be able
to beat runner who runs at
17.95 km / hr ?
Speed of the winner = 750 / 150 =
5 m / sec
We convert this speed to km / hr
by multiplying it by 18/5.
Speed of the first winner = 18 km /
hr
A man decided to cover a distance of
6 km in 84 minutes. He decided to
cover two thirds of the distance at 4
km / hr and the remaining at some
different speed. Find the speed after
the two third distance has been
covered.
Walking at the speed of 5 km / hr from his
home, a geek misses his train by 7
minutes. Had he walked 1 km / hr faster,
he would have reached the station 5
minutes before the actual departure time
of the train. Find the distance between his
home and the station.
A policeman sighted a robber from a
distance of 300 m. The robber also
noticed the policeman and started
running at 8 km / hr. The policeman also
started running after him at the speed of
10 km / hr. Find the distance that the
robber would run before being caught.
To cover a certain distance, a person had
two options, either to ride a car or to walk.
If he walked one side and rode back the
other side, it would have taken 4 hours. If
he had walked both ways, it would have
taken 6 hours. How much time will he take
if he rode the car both ways ?
