Cluster · Speed, Distance and Time Calculations
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Rahul travels a certain distance at a speed of 4 km/h and returns at a speed of 3 km/h via same route. What was his average speed for the entire journey (correct to 2 decimal places)? pipeline-467266
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If a man drives at 53 kmph instead of 49 kmph, he will travel 84 kilometers more. Find the distance travelled by him when he travels at 53 kmph. (In km) pipeline-570311
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A car covers a certain distance in 3 h with a speed of 108 km/h. If the speed is reduced by 27 km/h, then the time taken by the car to cover the same distance will be: pipeline-467264
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While travelling from Nashik to Daman, Harsh drove for 1 hour at a speed of 50 km/h and for the next three hours at 60 km/h. What was his average speed for the whole trip? pipeline-422896
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If a man drives at 59 kmph instead of 55 kmph, he will travel 92 km more. Find the distance travelled by him when he travels at 59 kmph. (In km) pipeline-536806
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A boy travelled from the home to the college at the rate of 35 km/h and walked back at the rate of 3 km/h. If the whole journey took 6 h 30 min, then the distance of the college from the home (correct to 2 decimal places) is: pipeline-467981
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A car covered 240 km in 5 h. If it travels with half of its usual speed, then how much more time will be taken to cover the same distance? pipeline-466809
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A person cycles from hostel to college at a speed of 20 kmph and reaches 15.5 minutes late. If he cycles at a speed of 24 kmph and reaches early by 15.5 minutes, find the distance between hostel and college. (In km) pipeline-568062
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If Aashima travels a certain distance with a speed of 80 km/h in 5 hours. Then how many hours (rounded off to 1 decimal point) approximately will she take to cover the same distance with a speed of 150 km/h? pipeline-607696
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A person runs at an average speed of 20 km/h for 30 minutes and cycles at a speed of 32 km/h for 1 hour 15 minutes. Calculate the average speed (in km/h, rounded off to 1 decimal place). pipeline-423446
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quant | — | intermediate | |
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To make a certain journey, a distance of 10 km is travelled on foot in 3 hours, a distance of 120 km is travelled by car in 3 hours, and a distance of 70 km is travelled by scooter in 4 hours. What is the average speed of the total journey? pipeline-359949
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A man completes his journey in 6 hours. He covers half the distance at 10 km/h and the rest at 20 km/h. The length of the journey is: pipeline-370266
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An car moves through 20 m in 3 minutes and the next 50 km at a speed of 100 km/h. What is the approximate average speed of the car? pipeline-370653
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A bus can travel 20% faster than a scooter. Both start from point P at at the same time and reach point Q, 60 km away from the point P, at the same time. On the way, however, the bus lost about 10 minutes while stopping at bus stations, while the scooter did not stop anywhere. What is the speed of the bus? pipeline-348398
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A girl, walking at 5/6 of her usual speed, misses the bus by 7 minutes. How long does she usually take to reach the bus stop? pipeline-364532
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quant | — | intermediate | |
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A bus runs at 50 kmph. if the speed is increasd by 10 kmph, it will cover 20 km more in the same time. Find the actual distance covered? pipeline-33760
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If a person goes from home to his college at a speed of 12 km/h, he reaches 7 minutes early. If he goes at a speed of 8 km/h, he reaches 14 minutes late. What is the distance between his home and his college? pipeline-357094
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A car covers the first 30 km at a speed of 60 kmph and the next 20 km at 80 kmph. Find the average speed. pipeline-33744
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A person crosses a 500 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km/h? pipeline-366560
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An airplane covers a distance of 900 km in 1.5 hours. What is the speed of the airplane? pipeline-349403
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Walking towards a bus stop at \(\frac{5}{7}\) of his usual speed, Rakesh missed the bus by 10 minutes. What is the usual time that Rakesh takes to reach the bus stop just in time for the bus? pipeline-356306
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A bus starts from a bus station after every 30 minutes in the same direction. The speed of each bus is the same. Z is riding a bike in the opposite direction at a speed of 25 km/h. Z meets each bus in 20 minutes. What is the speed of each bus? pipeline-360805
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A car starts at a speed of 30 km/h and increases its speed by 5 km/h after every hour. Another car has a constant speed of 40 km/h. In how much time will both the cars cover an equal distance? pipeline-370456
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The ratio between the speeds of two buses is 11 : 9. If the second bus runs 270 km in 15 hours, then the speed of the first bus is? pipeline-29293
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A bus is running at a speed of 90 kmph. What distance will it cover in 20 seconds? pipeline-29997
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During the morning walk, a man covers a distance of 3 km, 4 km, 3.5 km, 5 km, and 4.5 km from Monday to Friday, respectively. How much distance should he cover on two more days, so that his average per week becomes 4 km per day? pipeline-33700
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A vehicle is going at one-fourth of its usual speed and it takes an extra 45 minutes to reach its destination. Its usual time to cover the same distance is:
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Mohan completed a certain journey by car. If he covered 30% of the distance at 90 km/h, 45% of the distance at 135 km/h and the remaining distance at 75 km/h. His average speed (in km/h) for the entire journey is: pipeline-580294
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A car has to cover a distance of 288 km in 20 hours. If it covers half of the journey in 1/5 th of the time, find the speed to cover the remaining distance in the time left. pipeline-587864
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A boy covers a certain distance between his house and school on a cycle. Riding on an average speed of 15 km/h, he is late by 10 min. However, with an average speed of 20 km/h, he reaches the school 5 min earlier. Find the distance between his house and school. pipeline-575385
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A man runs for 40 km. The time taken by him in the first 10 km is twice the time taken by him in the second 10 km. The time taken in the third 10 km is half of the time taken in the fourth 10 km, and the time taken in the fourth 10 km is equal to the time taken in the first 10 km. If his speed in the first 10 km is 40 km/h, then what is the average speed for 40 km? pipeline-568072
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A person driving to a store travels 100 metres in 200 seconds. Then he went to another store driving another 200 metres in 400 seconds. What is his average speed (in m/s)? pipeline-490797
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Sudhin cycled at 8.5 km/h for 4 hours, then took an auto and traveled at 20 km/h for 1.5 hours, and then walked at 4 km/h for y hours. If Sudhin's overall average speed for the entire journey was 10 km/h, what is the value of y? pipeline-558631
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A part of a journey is covered in 37.5 minutes at 90 km/h and the remaining part in 14 minutes at 80 km/h. The total distance (in km) of the journey is: pipeline-544584
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A boy goes from home to school at a speed of 30 km/h and returns back at a speed of 70 km/h. What is his average speed for the journey? pipeline-577376
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A tourist van travels the distance of 35 km from Dehradun to Mussoorie at an average speed of 36 km/h and returns at 60 km/h. What is the approximate average speed (in km/h) of the tourist van for the entire journey? pipeline-568035
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Ram rides at the rate of 36 km/h but stops for five minutes to take a drink at the end of every 10 km. Find the time that Ram will take to cover a distance of 84 km. pipeline-558807
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A person covers 28 km while walking at a speed of 8 km/h. How much distance (in km) will he cover in same time if he walks at a speed of 6 km/h? pipeline-581545
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A man covers a certain distance by bike. If he covers 25% of the distance at the speed of 25 km/h, 50% of the distance at the speed of 50 km/h, and the remaining distance at the speed of 12.5 km/h, find his average speed over the whole journey. pipeline-578377
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Anand covers a certain distance in the first lag of 5 hours at the speed of 50 km/h. In the second lag, he increased the speed by 20% due to which he covered 20% more distance than that of the first lag. He covered the third lag at the average speed of the first two lags and covered 10% extra distance than that of the second lag distance. How much total time (in hours) did he take to complete all three lags? pipeline-565636
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A car, during its entire journey of 5 hours, travels the first 45 minutes at a certain speed, the next 75 minutes at a speed of 85 km/h, and the last 3 hours at a speed of 70 km/h. During its entire journey, the average speed of the car is found to be 73 km/h. What is the speed (in km/h) of the car during the first 45 minutes? pipeline-574731
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On day one, with speed v, R covers a distance x, in t time. On the next day, he covers a distance 2.5x in 0.75t time. What is his speed the next day? pipeline-558704
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A man drives his car for 24 km at a speed of 48 km/h, and for the next 1.5 hours he drives at a speed of 80 km/h. Find his average speed (in km/h) for the entire journey. pipeline-558718
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A train goes from Bhubaneswar to Patna with an average speed of 90 km/hr. The journey takes 10 hours. It returns from Patna to Bhubaneswar on the same route with an average speed of 60 km/hr. What was the average speed of the train? pipeline-51590
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The speed of a train without stoppages is 60 kmph and the speed with stoppages is 50 kmph. How many minutes in an hour the train stops on an average? pipeline-52296
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A person got his leg injured so his speed became 1/3 of his usual speed and he became late 10 mins late. Find the usual time taken taken by him to cover that distance. pipeline-305660
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A man covered a certain distance by scooter at a rate of 20 km/hr and walked back at the rate of 12 km/hr. The whole journey took 8 hours. Find the distance he traveled. pipeline-305654
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Gaurav covers 4.5 miles/hr from his village to town. What will be his speed in metre/sec? pipeline-305427
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Bharat traveled from A to B. When his speed is multiplied by 11 and 8 is added to then 14.28% of it is equivalent to four times the time taken to cover the distance. If the distance between A and B is 640 km then find the time taken to cover the distance. pipeline-309720
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A man covered a certain distance by his bicycle at a rate of 8 km/hr and walked back at the rate of 6 km/hr. The whole journey took 7 hours. Find the distance he travelled. pipeline-305657
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