Level 3
Allan and Maine were in a roller skating race. Allan was travelling at a constant speed of 20 km/h and they both did not change their speed. When Maine completed half of her race, Allan was 3.5 km ahead. Allan completed the race at 10.45 a.m. What time did Maine complete the race?
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
Peter and John started jogging at the same time along the route shown. Both did not change their speed throughout. After 45 min, Peter was at the halfway point and John was 450 m behind. Peter reached the end point 4 min before John. What was the distance of the route? Express the answer in m.
3 m
Level 3
Fay cycled from View Hill at 09 56 toward Sand Garden while Joy cycled from Sand Garden toward View Hill at the same time. At 10 06, the two cyclists passed each other. 7 minutes later, Fay reached Sand Garden but Joy was 1155 m from View Hill.
  1. At what speed were the two cyclists approaching each other?
  2. Find the distance between Sand Garden and View Hill Park in km.
3 m
Level 3
Helen and Jomarie started off from the same place and drove at uniform speeds in the same direction round a 40-km circular racing track. Helen completed each round in 40 minutes. Jomarie took 50 minutes to complete each round.
  1. How far would Jomarie be behind Helen after 1 hour?
  2. How long after they started would it take Helen to meet Jomarie for the first time?
3 m
Level 3
In the diagram shown, 23 identical rubber balls were placed between two walls with equally spaced gaps between them. The first rubber ball and the last rubber ball were touching the front wall and last wall respectively. Given that the distance between the two walls was 399 cm and that the radius of a rubber ball was 7 cm. Find the length of the gap between any two adjacent rubber balls as shown.
3 m
Level 3
Tom built a car using two identical wheels of radius 2.9 cm each as shown. The distance between the centres of the two wheels is 59.2 cm. He rolled the car from one end of the room to the other end touching walls at both ends. The distance between the two walls is 11.2 m. How many complete revolutions did each wheel make? Take π = 3.14.
3 m
Level 3
One part of a car wheel was stained with paint on its surface. The diagram showed the tyre marks made by the car wheel when the vehicle moved through a certain distance. Find the radius of the car wheel. Round off the answer to 2 decimal place. (Take π = 227)
3 m
Level 3
In Sunshine Primary School, flag poles are placed at equal distance apart in a straight line. The distance between the 1st and 5th flag pole is 11.6 m. There are a total of 8 flag poles. What is the distance between the first and the last flag pole?
3 m
Level 3
May started jogging from home to park at a speed of 300m/min at 6 a.m. Her brother started jogging from home later. They were beside each other at 6.30 a.m. and her brother reached park at 7 a.m. while May was still 1800 m away. If both of them travelled at a constant speed throughout the journey, what time did her brother leave home?
4 m
Level 3
The distance between town A and town B was 100 km. At 0700 Ali left town A and cycled towards town B. Grace left town A and cycled towards town B at 0730. Grace's cycling speed was 2 km/h faster than Ali. At 1100, Grace caught up with Ali. When Grace was 20 km from town B, she stopped to wait for Ali. How far was Ali from Grace when she stopped to wait for him?
4 m
Level 3
At 8 a.m., Shaira and Joana raced off together from the starting point of a trail. Shaira ran at an average speed of 3 m/s. Joana ran at an average speed of 4 m/s. Upon reaching the end of the trail, Joana rested for 5 minutes. She then immediately ran back along the same route at 4 m/s. At 8.40 a.m., Shaira met Joana.
  1. Find the total distance covered by the two runners when they met each other. Express the answer in km.
  2. Find the length of the trail in km.
4 m
Level 3
Singapore and Kuala Lumpur is 375 km apart. Rael left Singapore for Kuala Lumpur at 10.00 a.m. travelling at an average speed of 75 km/h. Sam left Singapore later than Rael and caught up with him at 12.00 p.m. Sam was travelling at a speed of 90 km/h.
  1. At what time did Sam leave Singapore?
  2. How much later did Rael arrive in Kuala Lumpur than Sam?
4 m
Level 3
Timothy took 15 min to jog from his home to his school. After that, he took 20 min to walk the same way home. His walking speed was 3 km/h slower than his jogging speed.
  1. Find Timothy's jogging speed in km/h.
  2. How far was the school from his home?
4 m
Level 3
A pharmacy and a bank, 500 m apart, are situated between Tina's apartment and Lynn's house as shown. The bank is half-way between the two houses. Tina and Lynn left their homes at the same time and arrived at the pharmacy at the same time. Tina drove at a speed of 65 km/h while Lynn drove at a speed 10 km/h slower than Tina.
  1. How much further did Tina travel than Lynn?
  2. How far is Lynn's house from the bank?
4 m
Level 3
Building A and Building B were 360 km apart. A car travelled from Building A towards Building B. At the same time, a bus started from Building B to Building A. After travelling 112 hours, the two vehicles were still 144 km apart. If the ratio of the average speed of the bus to that of the car was 4 : 5, find
  1. the average speed of the bus.
  2. the time taken for them to meet. travelling the rest of the journey
4 m
Level 3
Andy and Benny were planning to run on a circular track with a circumference of 400 m. Both of them started jogging together at the same start point and moved round the track in a clockwise direction at uniform speeds. Andy completed a full round in 50 s. Benny completed a full round in 40 s.
  1. How long would it take for Benny to overtake Andy for the first time?
  2. How far was Benny ahead of Andy after 10 s?
4 m
Level 3
Shan and Ella started off at the same spot and ran at average speeds round a 3-km circular path. Shan took 15 minutes to complete each round. Ella completed each round in 20 minutes.
  1. How far ahead of Ella would Shan be after 1 minute? Express the answer in metres.
  2. How long would it take Shan to meet Ella for the first time?
  3. How many rounds would Shan have completed by then?
4 m
Level 3
The figure is not drawn to scale. Two balls, X and Y, turn and move along the line AB in opposite directions. The radius of X is 10 cm. The ratio of the diameter of Ball X to that of Ball Y is 5 : 2. If Ball X turns 10 rounds and Ball Y turns 2 rounds, how far apart are the centres of the balls? (Take π = 3.14)
4 m
Level 3
Ray left City B for City A at 07 30. Lindy left City B for City C at the same time. At 10 30, they were 480 km apart. Both maintained a constant speed and reached their destination at the same time at 12 00 h.
  1. Find the distance between Cities A and C.
  2. If Lindy's speed was 35 the speed of Fred, find Ray's speed.
5 m
Level 3
City X and City Y are 420 km apart. At 3.45 p.m., Joni is travelling at a uniform speed left City X for City Y while Ben set off from City Y to City X along the same road at a uniform speed, which was 12 km/h slower than that of Joni. The two met at 6.45 p.m.
  1. Find the speed of Joni.
  2. If Ben continued to travel at the same speed, how long would it take for him to reach his destination after the two met? Express the answer in mixed number.
5 m