Level 3
5 poles are placed along the breadth of a rectangular field. The space between 2 poles is 50 m. If 10 poles are placed along the length of the rectangular field in the similar way, what is the perimeter of the rectangle? Give the answer in meters.
3 m
Level 3
Mr Smith planted 10 trees in a row for his garden. The distance between each tree and the next was equal for all the trees. The distance between the first tree and the fifth tree was 20 m, what was the distance between the 1st tree and the 8th tree?
4 m
Level 3
Ten potted plants are placed in a straight row at equal distance apart. The distance between the first and fourth potted plant is 6 m. What is the distance between the first and last potted plant?
4 m
Level 3
Some lanterns were hung in a row at equal distances. The distance between the 2nd and the 4th lantern was 8 m. What was the distance between the 1st and the 7th lantern?
4 m
Level 3
14 lamp posts are placed along a road at equal distances. The distance between the 5th and the 9th lamp post is 16 m.
  1. What is the distance between 2 lamp posts?
  2. What is the distance between the 1st and the last lamp post?
4 m
Level 3
The distance between the 1st bus stop and the 6th bus stop is 2100 m. Given that the distance between any 2 bus stops is the same, find the distance between the 2nd and the 4th bus stop.
4 m
Level 3
During a campaign, banners were put up along a road at equal distances from one another. The distance between the 2nd banner and 6th banner is 16 m. Find the distance between the 3rd banner and 10th banner.
4 m
Level 3
During a school anniversary celebration, pupils were required to line along one side of the corridor to welcome the Guest-Of-Honor from the foyer to the hall. They would stand at an equal distance apart. A pupil would stand at the beginning of the corridor and another pupil would stand at the end. The corridor was 50 m long. During the rehearsal, 26 pupils were asked to line one side of corridor, from the beginning to the end. On the actual day, 3 pupils were absent and 2 pupils were asked to serve drinks In the canteen instead. Those pupils who remained would have to spread themselves out to line the entire corridor, from the beginning to the end. Find the new distance between every 2 pupils.
4 m
Level 3
Lampposts were located at an equal distance of 6 m apart from one another, starting from the beginning of the road. Between every 2 lampposts, there were 2 shrubs, planted 2 m apart.
  1. What was the distance between the 1st shrub and the 4th shrub?
  2. What was the distance between the 4th shrub and the 10th shrub?
  3. Given that the stretch of road was 80 m, how many shrubs were there?
4 m
Level 3
Some lampposts were located at an equal distance of 6 m apart from one another, starting from the beginning of the road.
  1. What was the distance between the first lamppost and the 4th lamppost?
  2. What was the distance between the 4th lamppost and the 10th lamppost?
  3. Given that the stretch of road was 80 m, how many lampposts were there from the beginning to the end of the road?
4 m