Distance Problems (1)( Week 9 Practice) 1. Two cities A and B are connected by a train track which is 493.5 miles long. A train leaves city A at 8:00 AM and heads for city B at 61 MPH. At the same time, another train leaves city B and heads for city A at the speed of 80 MPH. How many hours will it take for the two trains to meet? 2. A lion can run a short distance at a speed of 66 mph. How many yards can the lion run in one minute? Note that 1 mile = 1760 yards. 3. Suppose a bee can fly 2 feet per second. At this rate, how many feet will it fly in 1 minutes? 4. If a car can travel 5 miles in 5 minutes, how many miles will the car travel in an hour at the same speed? 5. Rene drove at the speed of 55 miles per hour (MPH) to a vacation destination for 3 hours. When returning, it took him 2 hours for the same route. What was the average speed in MPH for the round trip? |