Level 2
Tania and Christian started off together from the park at the same time and drove towards the office at speeds of 87 km/h and 81 km/h respectively. How far apart would they be after 1 hour 20 minutes?
2 m
Level 2
Martin and Ervin started together from the same bus-stop and ran along a track at the speed of 11 km/h and 7 km/h respectively. How far apart would they be in 15 minutes? Express the answer in km.
2 m
Level 2 PSLE
Jack and Kim started their walk around a 15-km track at 9.00 a.m. They started at the same point but went in opposite direction. Jack's walking speed was 6 km/h and Kim was 4 km/h. They did not change their speeds throughout. At what time did they first pass each other?
2 m
Level 3
Tap A can fill a tank completely in 2 hours while Tap B takes an hour more to fill the same tank completely. There is a hole at the bottom of the tank which can empty the full tank in 6 hours. How long does it take for the tank to be completely filled if both taps are turned on?
3 m
Level 3
Tap A can fill up a tank in 2 hours. Tap B can fill up the same tank in 6 hours. How long will it take to fill up the tank if both taps are turned on at the same time? Express the answer(s) in h.
3 m
Level 3
Elsa and Jason started biking at 10.45 a.m. along an 8-km trail. Elsa took 24 minutes to reach the finishing point. Jason's speed was 15 km/h slower than Elsa's. At what time did Jason reach the finishing point?
3 m
Level 3
Cain and Lea started driving at 9.30 a.m. from City A and headed towards City B which was 312 km away. Cain took 4 hours to complete his journey. Lea's average speed was 2 km/h faster than Cain's. At what time did Lea arrive at City B?
3 m
Level 3
A car is travelling from Town A to Town B. At 60 km/h, it will arrive four hours later than the scheduled time. At 70 km/h, it will arrive at two hours later than the scheduled time. What is the distance between Town A and Town B?
3 m
Level 3
At 8 a.m., Lance left Hotel A in his car and travelled towards Hotel B at 90 km/h. At the same time, Nick left Hotel A in his car and travelled in the opposite direction towards Hotel C. When Nick reached Hotel C at 10:30 a.m., Lance was 15 km away from Hotel B.
  1. What was the distance from Hotel A to Hotel B?
  2. If the distance between Hotel B and Hotel C was 440 km, what was Nick's average speed?
3 m
Level 3
At 6 a.m., Prince and John left Park A and drove towards Park B at average speeds of 105 km/h and 60 km/h respectively. Upon reaching Park B, Prince rested for 2 hours. He then headed back for Park A at an average speed of 105 km/h along the same route. Prince and John met each other on their way at 12 noon.
  1. How far had Prince covered when he met John on the way?
  2. How far apart were the two parks?
3 m
Level 3
The distance between Parryville Town and Queensland Town was 900 km apart. A car travelled at an average speed of 98 km/h from Parryville Town to Queensland Town. At the same time, a bus travelled at an average speed of 82 km/h from Queensland Town to Parryville Town. How much further did the car travel than the bus when the car met the bus on the way?
3 m
Level 3
Town A and Town B were 420 km apart. At 11.55 a.m., Parry set off from Town A travelling at 80 km/h towards Town B, while Jan set off from Town B travelling towards Town A. They met on their way at 2.55 p.m. Find Jan's average speed.
3 m
Level 3
At 12 p.m., a car left City X for City Y at an average speed of 100 km/h while a bus left City Y for City X at an average speed of 80 km/h. At 4.30 p.m., the two vehicles were 20 km apart. Find the distance between City X and City Y.
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
A store and a school are 120 m apart. They are located between Barry's house and Jony's house, as shown. The store is exactly halfway in between the two houses. One day, Barry and Jony started cycling from their houses at the same time and they arrived at school together. Jony cycled at 70 m/min while Barry cycled at a speed 15 m/min faster than Jony.
  1. How much further did Barry cycle than Jony?
  2. How far is Jony's house from school? Express the answer in m.
3 m
Level 3
At 10.25 a.m., a car left Town X for Town Y at an average speed of 86 km/h, while a truck left Town Y for Town X at an average speed of 74 km/h. At 3.25 p.m., the two vehicles were 22 km apart. How far apart were the two towns?
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
Sherry and Cindy started cycling at the same time along a 4.5 km track. Both did not change their speeds from start to finish. Sherry cycled at 375 m/min. When she reached the end of the track, Cindy was 720 m behind her. What was Cindy's cycling speed in m/min?
3 m
Level 3
City A and City B is 760 km apart. At 09 00, Sunny, travelling at a constant speed, left City A for City B. At the same time, Ron set off from City B for City A at a constant speed which was 9 km/h faster than Sunny. Find Ron's speed if they met at 17 00.
3 m
Level 3
Ron jogged while Bella walked from the same place but in opposite directions along a straight road. After 5 hours, they were 30 km apart. Ron's average speed was 1.2 km/h faster than Bella's average speed. What was Bella's average walking speed in km/h? Express the answer in decimal.
3 m
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