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- Fuel mileage
You have a 3/8 tank of fuel. Estimate fuel consumption at 6 mpg. Estimate speed at 50 mph. Your fuel tank holds 200 gals. Figure out fuel mileage. - Average speed 4
Starting at home, Tony traveled uphill to the store for 45 minutes at 8 miles per hour. he then traveled back home on the same path at a speed of 24 miles per hour. What is his average speed for the entire trip? - Mail train
The speed of the mail train is 1370 meters per minute. Express it in miles per hour, correct to three significant figures. Use the following facts to convert this units: 1 meter = 39.37 inches, 1 mile = 1609 m, 1 hour = 60 minutes - Cars 6
At 9:00 AM, two cars started from the same town and traveled at a rate of 35 miles per hour, and the other car traveled at a speed of 40 miles per hour. After how many hours will the cars be 30 miles apart? - Walking
Lucy can walk about 3 4/5 miles each hour. How far can she walk in 2 hours 45 minutes? - Round-trip
A woman works at a law firm in city A, about 50 miles from city B. She must go to the law library in city B to get a document. Find how long it takes her to drive round-trip if she averages 40 mph. - Drive to NJ
Ed drove to New Jersey at 30 mph. He drove back home in 3 hours at 50 mph. How many hours did it take Ed to drive to New Jersey? - Runners
If John has a running speed of 3.5 miles per hour and Lucy has a speed of 5 miles per hour. If John starts running at 10:00 AM and Lucy starts running at 10:30 AM, what time will they meet? (as soon as possible) - The caravans
At 6:00 in the morning, a caravan set out of the oasis at a speed of 1.5 miles per hour. Two hours later, a second caravan followed her at 2.5 miles per hour. When did the faster caravan run slower? How far from the oasis? - Shortcut
The road from the cottage to the shop 6 km away leads either along a straight road that the bicycle can drive at a speed of 18 km/h or by "shortcut". It measures only 3.6 km. But the road from the cottage is all uphill - at a speed of 8 km/h, you can go h - A plane
A plane is flying at the rate of 350 mph. After an eight-hour flight is at its destination, how far did the plane fly? - Brian 2
Brian and Jake left their homes 500 miles apart and drove straight toward each other. It took 4 hours for the two to meet if Jake's speed was 15 mph slower than Brian's. What was Brian's speed? - A train
A train can travel 1136 miles in 4 hours. What is the unit rate at which this train travels per hour? Write in miles per hour. - A truck 4
A truck covers a particular distance in 3 hours with a speed of 60 miles per hour. If the speed is increased by 30 miles per hour, find the time the truck takes to cover the same distance in hours. - Mountain climbing
Ken and his brother decided to go on mountain climbing 8 miles from their house to Mt. Daraitan at a rate of x mph (miles per hour). For the return trip, it was 2 mph faster. It took them 6 hours for the entire round trip. What is the x? - 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. - David 5
David was riding his bicycle at a speed of 26.5 kilometers per hour (km/h). Use the fact that 1 kilometer is approximately equal to 0.6214 miles to convert this speed to miles per hour (mile/h) - A car miles
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? - The bicycle The bicycle runs 30 mph for 20 minutes. How far it goes?
- 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?
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