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GRADE 5 - LESSON 11 (5TA1)

TIME – SPEED - DISTANCE
I. Background
1. Fundamental quantities

Quantity SI units Derived units

Distance Meter (m) Kilometer (km)
Speed Meter per second (m/s) Kilometer per hour (km/h)
Time Second (s) Hour (h)
2. Fundamental formula
d d
d  vt  1 ; v  2 ; t   3
t v
total of dis tan ce
vaverage  (4)
total of time
3. Units conversions
 km   m 
   
a. From  h  to  s  :
 km   1000m  1000  m 
    
 h   3600 s  3600  s 
 m   km 
   
b. From  s  to  h  :
 1 
km 
 m   1000 3600  m 
  1   
s  h  1000  s 
 3600 
4. Example problems
 Use the diagram to determine the average speed of the skier during these three minutes.

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180  140  100  420  m 

The total of distance covered is:
3 minutes  180  s 
The total of time is:
420 7
  m / s
Thus, the average speed is: 180 3
II. Practice makes perfect
1. LEVEL 1
Problem 1: Pete rides his bike with a constant speed of 12 km/h. How far can he travel in 4 hours?
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 2: A car drives with a constant speed of 84 km/h. How long will it take to travel a distance of
336 kilometers?
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 3: An airplane flies with a constant speed of 1000 km/h. How long will it take to travel a
distance of 2500 kilometers?
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 4: A train travels with a constant speed of 68 km/h. How far can it travel in 3 1/2 hours?
Problem 5: An airplane flies with a constant speed of 580 miles per hour. How long will it take to travel
a distance of 1160 miles?
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 6: A taxi hurries with a constant speed of 38 miles per hour. How far can it travel in 1/2 hour?
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 7: Emily rides her horse with a constant speed of 12 km/h. How long will she take to travel a
distance of 12 kilometers?
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 8: An airplane flies with a constant speed of 672 km/h. How far can it travel in 4 hours
40 minutes?
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 9: An airplane flies with a constant speed of 700 miles per hour. How far can it travel in
105 minutes?
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 10: An airplane flies with a constant speed of 720 miles per hour. How far can it travel in
255 minutes?
Answer: ______________________________
2. LEVEL 2

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Problem 1: An airplane flies 2652 km with a constant speed of 816 km/h and another 1850 km with a
constant speed of 888 km/h. What is its average speed for the total trip?
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 2: An airplane flies for 35 minutes with a constant speed of 768 km/h and then for another
2 hours 5 minutes with a constant speed of 1008 km/h. What distance did it go?
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 3: An airplane flies for 11/12 hours with a constant speed of 588 mph and then for another
2 hours 45 minutes with a constant speed of 672 mph. What distance did it go?
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 4: Cindy's airplane trip took 1 hour 24 minutes. For one-half of that time, the airplane flew at a
speed of 912 km/h, and for the rest of the time, it flew at a speed of 696 km/h. What distance did Cindy
travel?
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 5: John rides his bike for 4.6 hours with a constant speed of 17 km/h and then for another 4
hours 58 minutes with a constant speed of 8 km/h. What is his average speed for the total trip?
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 6: Pete travels in an airplane a distance of 3600 miles. For one-third of the distance, the airplane
flies at a speed of 720 miles per hour, and for the rest of the distance, it flies at a speed of 580 miles per
hour. How long does the trip take?
Answer: ______________________________
3. LEVEL 3
Problem 1: An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours. To cover the same
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distance in 3  hours, it must travel at a speed of:
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 2: If a person walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr, he would have walked 20 km more. The
actual distance travelled by him is:
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 3: A train can travel 50% faster than a car. Both start from point A at the same time and reach
point B 75 kms away from A at the same time. On the way, however, the train lost about 12.5 minutes
while stopping at the stations. The speed of the car is:
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 4: Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45 kmph.
For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 5: In a flight of 600 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. Its average speed for
the trip was reduced by 200 km/hr and the time of flight increased by 30 minutes. The duration of the
flight is:
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 6: A man completes 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.
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 7: 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:
Answer: ______________________________

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Problem 8: A man on tour travels first 160 km at 64 km/hr and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. The average
speed for the first 320 km of the tour is:
Answer: ______________________________
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Problem 9: A car travelling with  7  of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48 sec. Find the
actual speed of the car.
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 10: In covering a distance of 30 km, Abhay takes 2 hours more than Sameer. If Abhay doubles
his speed, then he would take 1 hour less than Sameer. Abhay's speed is:
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 11: Robert is travelling on his cycle and has calculated to reach point A at 2 P.M. if he travels at
10 kmph, he will reach there at 12 noon if he travels at 15 kmph. At what speed must he travel to reach A
at 1 P.M.?
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 12: It takes eight hours for a 600 km journey, if 120 km is done by train and the rest by car. It
takes 20 minutes more, if 200 km is done by train and the rest by car. The ratio of the speed of the train to
that of the cars is:
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 13: A farmer travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot at 4 km/hr and
partly on bicycle at 9 km/hr. The distance travelled on foot is:
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 14: A man covered a certain distance at some speed. Had he moved 3 kmph faster, he would
have taken 40 minutes less. If he had moved 2 kmph slower, he would have taken 40 minutes more. The
distance (in km) is:
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 15: Mr. Zack drove from Town A to Town B at a constant speed of 40 km/h. He then drove
back from Town B to Town A at a constant speed of 70 km/h. The total time taken for the whole journey
was 5.5h. Find the distance between the two towns.
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 16: A motorcyclist plans to travel from Town A to Town B with a speed of 45 km/h. But in fact,
he travels with a speed of 35 km/h. As a result, he arrives 40 minutes late as planned. How far is it from A
to B?
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 17: Mr. Zack bikes from his house to his school. He travels the first third of the distance with a
speed of 3o km/h, the second third with a speed of 40 km/h and the last third with a speed of 50 km/h.
Find the average speed of the whole journey.
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 18: One day, Joko drove at the average speed of 50 km/h from his house to his office. He
arrived 2 minutes late. On the next day, he drove to his office at the average speed of 60 km/h and arrived
one minute early. What is the distance between his house and his office, in km?
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 19: I plan to travel by car form City A to City B. I travel the first half of the distance with the
speed of 30 km/h. In order for my average travelling speed to be 40 km/h, at what speed should I travel
for the second half of the distance?
Answer: ______________________________
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Problem 20: A car traveled from Town A to Town B at an average speed of 100 km/h then traveled from
Town B to Town C at an average speed of 75 km/h. Given that the distance from Town A to Town B is
twice the distance from Town B to Town C. Find the car’s average speed, in km/h, for the entire journey.
Answer: ______________________________
Problem 21: Dean runs up a mountain road at 8 km per hour. It takes him one hour to get to the top. He
runs down the same path at 12 km per hour. How many minutes does it take him to run down the
mountain?
Problem 22: When travelling from London to Edinburgh by train, you pass a sign saying “Edinburgh
7
200 miles”. Then miles later, you pass another sign saying “Half way between London and
2
Edinburgh”.
How many miles is it from London to Edinburgh?
Answer: ______________________________