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(Sec 1) Test 9: Rate and Speed

1. 2 men take 12 days to paint a house.

a. How long will 5 men take to paint the same house?
b. How many men will it take to pain 5 similar houses in 3 days?

4 girls take 2 hours to fold 56 origami cranes.

c. If all 4 of them fold at the same rate, how long does 3 girls take to fold 105 cranes?

Ans : a) _____________(1m)
b) _____________(2m)
c) _____________(2m)

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2. A car can travel 475 km on 50 ℓ of petrol.

a. How far can the car travel on 98 ℓ of petrol?
b. If 1 ℓ of petrol costs 80 cents, how much does Peter need to drive 57 km? Give your
answer in dollars.
c. A taxi company has the following charges.

First 2 kilometers $4
Next 200 meters of part thereof $0.40

How much does Tim have to pay if he wants to travel 5.3 km?

Ans : a) _____________(1m)
b) _____________(2m)
c) _____________(2m)

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3. Lina runs at an average speed of 8 km/h for 45 minutes. She then cycles 10 km at an
average speed of 15 km/h.
a. If Lina starts her journey at 8 p.m., what time will she complete her journey?
b. Find her average speed for the whole journey in km/h. Leave your answer in 3 significant
figures.
c. Convert your answer in (b) to m/s. Leave your answer in 3 significant figures.
d. If she wants to complete the same journey in 40 minutes, how fast must Lina travel
at? Give your answer in km/h.

Ans : a) _____________(1m)
b) _____________(2m)
c) _____________(1m)
d) _____________(1m)

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4. Tom left Town A at 7.45 a.m., driving at 80 km/h for Town B. After driving for 45 minutes,
he slowed down to 60 km/h and finished the rest of the journey at that speed.
a. Find the distance Tom travelled in the first 45 minutes.
b. If Town A and B are 180 km apart, what time will Tom reach Town B?
c. What is his average speed for the whole journey? Round off your answer to 1
decimal place.
d. On his return journey, Tom wants to reach in 2 hours and 15 minutes. What speed
should he travel at?

Ans : a) _____________(1m)
b) _____________(2m)
c) _____________(1m)
d) _____________(1m)

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5. At 7 am, Driver A travelled from Town P to Town Q at 50 km/h. 1 and a half hour later,
Driver B left Town Q for Town P at 80 km/h.
a. Convert 80 km/h to m/s.
b. If the distance between Town P and Town Q is 270 km, what time did the two
drivers meet?
c. How far away from Town P did they meet?

Ans : a) _____________(1m)
b) _____________(3m)
c) _____________(1m)

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