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1. A car took 3 2 hours to travel 420 km from Town A to Town B. What was its average speed ?

2. Adam drove from Jakarta to Bandung 450 km away at an average speed of 60 km/h. How long was
the journey ?
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3. A car covered 105 km in hour and another 120 km in 90 mins. Find its average speed.
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4. A hot air balloon rises at a speed of 4 km/h. How far can the hot air balloon rise in 1 3 hours ?
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5. Jon’s walking speed is 50 m/min. How many kilometers can Jon walk in 1 4 hours ?

6. A guy runs at an average speed of 250 m/min. How long does it take to run 25 km? Give your
answer in hour.

7. A tortoise crawls at a speed of 2 m/s. How long would the tortoise take to crawl a distance of

450 m? Give your answer in minutes and seconds.

8. Jim drove from Town X to Town Y with a distance of 405 km at an average speed of 45 km/h. He
arrived at Town Y at 1.30 p.m. What time did he leave Town X ?
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9. James took 3 hours to cycle of a journey. He took another five hours to travel the remaining 90
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km. Find his average speed for the whole journey.

10. Ms Kim took 45 minutes to walk to the market at an average speed of 6 km/h. How many metres
did she walk ?

11. A roller coaster moves at a speed of 135 m in 3 seconds. Find the time the roller coaster takes to
move 10.8 km. Express the answer in minutes.

12. John drove for 80 mins at an average speed of 75 km/h. Then he drove for another 80 km for 40
mins. Find his average speed for the whole journey.

13. Jimmy cycles for 2 hours at a speed of 16 km/h from point A to point B. He walks for another 3
hours at a speed of 6 km/h from point B to point C. Find Jimmy’s average speed for the whole
journey.

14. Mr Ang drove a distance of 150 km from Bogor to Solo at an average speed of 60 km/h. On his
way back, he drove at an average speed of 75 km/h. Find his average speed in km/h.

15. Josh and Jim are travelling towards each other. They were 640 km apart. They passed each other
8 hours later. If the speed of Josh was 50 km/h, what was Jim’s speed ?

16. Jennifer and Sara started a 16 km walk at the same time. When Jennifer completed the walk,
Sara was 4 km behind her. If Jennifer’s walking speed was 4 km/h, what was Sara’s speed ?

17. The distance between Town P and Town Q is 54 km. A car leaves Town P at 15.20 and arrives at
Town Q at 16.05.

a) How long does the car take to travel from Town P to Town Q

b) Find the speed of the car in km/h


18. A train travels 68 km at a speed of 51 km/h. Then it travels another 46 km at a speed of 69 km/h
before reaching its destination.

a) Find the total time taken for the whole journey.

b) Find the average speed of the train for the whole journey in km/h.

19. Susan travels from Jakarta to Bandung. She first travels for 2 hours at a speed of 65 km/h. After
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that, she continues her journey at 68km/h for 3 hours before reaching her destination.
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a) Find the distance between Jakarta and Bandung.

b) Find Susan’s average speed for the whole journey. Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

20. A fire engine travels 50 km for the first part of the journey. It then travels for another 45 minutes
at a speed of 60 km/h. The whole journey takes 2 hours.

a) Find the total distance the fire engine travels.

b) Find the average speed of the fire engine for the whole journey

21. A robot walks along a 150m track. It takes 7 minutes to complete the first 100m and another 5
minutes to complete the rest of the track. Find the average speed of the robot in m/s.

22. Two friends, Ben and Jacob, are meeting at the cinema located halfway between their houses for
a show. They both leave home at the same time, with Ben travelling at a speed of 50 km/h from his
house and Jacob travelling at a speed of 40 km/h from his house. Their houses are 155 km apart.
What is the distance between Ben and Jacob 45 minutes into their journey ?
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23. A cyclist took 3 hours to cover 46 km. For the first 20 km, he cycled at a speed of 15 km/h. Find
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the speed of the cyclist for the second part of the journey.
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24. Ryan started jogging from his home to the stadium at 11.00. He jogged at a speed of 8 km/h for
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2 hours and then took another 2 2 hours to cycle the remaining 12 2 km before finally reaching the
stadium.

a) At what time did Ryan arrive at the stadium ?

b) Find the distance between Ryan’s home and the stadium.

c) Find Ryan’s average speed for the entire journey.

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