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Distance - Rate - Time Word Problems

This document contains 6 word problems involving calculating distance, rate, and time for trips in different directions and at different speeds. The problems can be solved using the formula: Distance = Rate x Time. Sample solutions are provided for the first problem.

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Distance - Rate - Time Word Problems

This document contains 6 word problems involving calculating distance, rate, and time for trips in different directions and at different speeds. The problems can be solved using the formula: Distance = Rate x Time. Sample solutions are provided for the first problem.

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Distance - Rate - Time Word

Problems
Formula: Distance = Time x Rate / Rate x Time
1) An aircraft carrier made a trip to Guam and back. The trip there took three hours
and the trip back took four hours. It averaged 6 km/h on the return trip. Find the
average speed of the trip there.

Trip
Trip
Back

Time

Rate

3
hours
4
hours

x
6 km

Distanc
e
3x
24

3x = 24
x =8

Answer : 8
km/h

2) A passenger plane made a trip to Las Vegas and back. On the trip there it flew
432 mph and on the return trip it went 480 mph. How long did the trip there take if
the return trip took nine hours?
432x = 480
Tim
Rate
Distance
(9)
e
Answer : 10
432x =
Trip
x
432
432x
4320
mph
hours
Trip
9
480
480 (9)
Back
mph
3) A cattle train left Miami and traveled toward New York. 14 hours later a diesel
train left traveling at 45 km/h in an effort to catch up to the cattle train. After
traveling for four hours the diesel train finally caught up. What was the cattle train's
average speed?

Left
Miami
Toward
New York

Tim
e
14

Rate

45
km/h

Distance

4) Jose left the White House and drove toward the recycling plant at an average
speed of 40 km/h. Rob left some time later driving in the same direction at an
average speed of 48 km/h. After driving for five hours Rob caught up with Jose. How
long did Jose drive before Rob caught up?

5) A cargo plane flew to the maintenance facility and back. It took one hour less
time to get there than it did to get back. The average speed on the trip there was
220 mph. The average speed on the way back was 200 mph. How many hours did
the trip there take?

6) Kali left school and traveled toward her friend's house at an average speed of 40
km/h. Matt left one hour later and traveled in the opposite direction with an average
speed of 50 km/h. Find the number of hours Matt needs to travel before they are
400 km apart. -1-

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