Mathorio
Worksheet
Distance, Rate, and Time Problems
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- 1.A car travels at 60 km/h for 2 hours. What is the distance traveled?
- a)62 km
- b)180 km
- c)30 km
- d)120 km
- 2.A cyclist covers 36 km in 3 hours. What is the cyclist's average speed in km/h?
- 3.A train travels at 90 km/h. How long does it take to travel 270 km?
- 4.Which formula correctly shows how to find the rate (speed)?
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- 5.A runner jogs at 8 km/h for 1.5 hours. How far does the runner go?
- 6.A plane flies at 500 km/h. How far does it travel in 45 minutes? Answer in km.
- 7.A bus travels 180 km in 2.5 hours. What is its average speed?
- a)72 km/h
- b)450 km/h
- c)90 km/h
- d)60 km/h
- 8.Maria drives 120 km at 60 km/h, then 80 km at 40 km/h. What is her total travel time?
- 9.A ship sails 240 km at an average speed of 30 km/h. How many hours does the journey take?
- 10.A helicopter flies 280 km in 2 hours. It then flies another 180 km in 1.5 hours. What is the average speed for the entire trip?
- a)150 km/h
- b)140 km/h
- c)131.4 km/h
- d)120 km/h
- 11.Tom leaves home at 8:00 AM driving at 50 km/h. His sister leaves at 8:30 AM driving at 70 km/h on the same route. At what time will she catch up to Tom?
- 12.A boat travels 48 km downstream (with the current) in 2 hours and 48 km upstream (against the current) in 4 hours. What is the speed of the current in km/h?
- 13.Two cities are 300 km apart. A bus leaves City A at 9:00 AM traveling at 60 km/h toward City B. At the same time, a car leaves City B traveling at 90 km/h toward City A. At what time will they meet?
- 14.A cyclist travels at 15 km/h for the first half of a journey and 25 km/h for the second half. If the total distance is 100 km, what is the average speed for the entire journey?
- a)22 km/h
- b)17.5 km/h
- c)18.75 km/h
- d)20 km/h
- 15.A train takes 4 hours to travel from Station A to Station B at 75 km/h. If a newer, faster train travels the same route at 100 km/h, how much time will it save?