Length + velocity - practice problems
Number of problems found: 372
- A ship 2
A ship runs at 15 1/2 knots (pls convert to nautical miles per hour) for 3 1/2 hours. How far does the ship travel? - Janet
Janet walks 7/10 miles in 1/4 hour. Ian walks 9/10 miles in 1/3 hour; who walks at the faster rate and why? - Noel drives
Noel drives at an average speed of 52 miles per hour (mi/h) for 3 1/4 hours. How far has he traveled for 3 1/4 hours? - A biker
A biker traveled from city A to city B via city C with a uniform speed of 52 km/h. He then returned directly to city A with a uniform speed of 89 km/h. Find, in minutes, the total time of his whole journey to two decimal places. City distance A from B is - Feed rate
The feed rate of a drill is the distance it advances with each revolution. If a drill makes 320 rpm and drills a hole 2.625 inches deep in 1.8 minutes, what is the feed rate? - Lightning strike
In a thunderstorm, the formula M=t/5.3 gives the approximate distance, M, in miles, from a lightning strike if it takes t second to hear the thunder after seeing the lightning. If you are 5.4 miles away from the lightning flash, how long will it take the - A car 8
A car begins heading along a path at 50 mph. A second car begins an hour later, along the same path traveling at 70 mph. For how long will the first car travel when the second car overtakes it? - Balloon
If a ceiling balloon rises at 120 m (about 400 ft) each minute, what is the ceiling of an overcast deck of stratus clouds 1500 m (about 5000 ft) thick if the balloon disappears into the clouds in 5 minutes? Show your solution. - Dinesh 2
Dinesh left town L for town M at a constant speed and took 10 hours to complete the journey. At the same time, Saanvi left town M for town L, traveled at a constant speed, and took 6 hours to complete the journey. They both passed each other at a point 72 - The factory 3
The factory is 18 km away from the city. A cyclist leaves the factory for the city, and half an hour after him from the same place, a motorcyclist arrives 6 minutes before the cyclist in the city. Find the speed of each, knowing that the speed of the cycl - A race
A race car driver won a 500-mile race with a speed of 116.3 miles per hour. Find the driver's time. - Unit rate (speed)
What is the unit rate for 4543.08 km in 52.4 h? Enter your answer, as a decimal, in the box. - Water level
Between 9 PM and 6:36 AM, the water level in a swimming pool decreased by 6/35. Assuming that the water level decreased at a constant rate, how much did the water level drop each hour? - Ronaldo
Ronaldo drove 75 3/5 km in 4 1/2 hours. What was the average speed? - Zendaya
Zendaya walked 6 miles in 5 hours. What was her walking rate in hours per mile? - Simultaneously 83009
A passenger train will travel from Brno to Bratislava (144km) in 3 hours; a freight train will cover this distance in 4.5 hours. How long will they meet if a passenger train from Brno and a freight train from Bratislava leave simultaneously? How many kilo - Overtake 82752
I am passing a tractor whose speed is 20 km/h. The length of the tractor with the siding is 10 m. My speed is 50 km/h. How long will I overtake the tractor? - Completely 82545
A granite cube with an edge length of 1 dm and a weight of 2.5 kg is completely immersed in a container of water. How much buoyancy does it lighten? How much pressure does the cube exert on the bottom of the container? - Consider 82380
The pool is 50m long. The first swimmer swims across it in the 60s and the second in the 40s. Both start at the same time and on the same side. The faster swimmer turns around at the end and swims back. When will he meet the slower swimmer? Swimmers move - Makarska 81876
The motor boat departs from Baška Voda at 19:15 and arrives in Makarska at an average speed of 30 km/h at 20:00. However, a group of tourists from Germany must be in Makarska a third of the time earlier. What should the average speed of the boat be?
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