ARITHMETIC

ASSIGNMENT 2
TSD ASSIGNMENT 1
Question1- Ram Walks at 1/3rd his original speed & reaches school 20 minutes late . Find the time taken by Ram usually and time taken at the
reduced speed ?

Question2- A kid goes from home to school at 10km/hr . He reaches school 15 minutes late , while coming back he increased his speed by
5km/hr and reaches home 25 minutes earlier than usual time . Find out the distance from Home to School ?

Question3- Travelling at 3/7th of his usual speed , a person is 24 minutes late in reaching his office . Find the usual time taken by him to cover
this distance .

Question4- A man walks at the rate of 30 kmph , he misses a train by 10 minutes . However , if he walks at the rate of 40kmph , he reaches the
station 5 minutes before the departure of the train . Find the distance to the station ?

Question5- A train meets with an accident and travels at 4/7th of its regular speed hereafter and hence it reaches its destination 36 minutes
late . Had the accident occurred 30 kms further , the train would have been late by only 21 minutes . Find the regular speed of the train .
Question6- If Bisman Singh Cycles at 10km/hr then arrives at a cetrain place at 2 pm . If he Cycles at 15km/hr , he will arrive at same place at 10
AM . At what speed must he cycle to get there at 12:00 PM

Question7- Rajdhani Express ,after travelling a distance of 70 km , meets with an accident . As a result it loses 25% speed and reaches
destination 37 minutes late . Had the accident been at 85 km from starting point, it would have been late by 25 minutes . What is the original
speed of train?
Question8- Once vineet starts chasing a girl . Ratio of speed of vineet and girl is 7:4 and to catch that girl vineet has to cover 60 meter extra
than that of girl . Find total distance vineet has to run to catch that girl .

Question9-Ram escapes from his home at 2:00 PM and travels away at a speed of 30 km/ph . His mom realize the escape at 3:30 PM and start
chasing at a speed of 40 kmph. At what time and distance she will catch Ram ?
Question 10- A car overtakes an Bike at Motinagar at 9:00 AM . The car reaches CP at 11:00 AM and immediately turns back . It again meets the
bike at jhandewalan at 11:30 AM . at what time will the bike reach CP

Question11- A and B start travelling at 16km/hr and 21 km/hr from two points P and Q respectively towards each other . When they met , it
was observed that one of them has travelled 75 km more than the other .Find the distance between P and Q

Question12- A thief escapes from a prison at 2 pm and travels away at a speed of 30 kmph. The police realize the escape at 3:30 pm and start
the chase then at a speed of 40 kmph. At what time will the police catch the thief? At what distance from the prison is the thief caught?

Question 13 - Navjivan Express from Ahmedabad to Chennai leaves Ahmedabad at 6:30 am and travels at 50 km per hour towards Baroda
situated 100 kms away. At 7:00 am Howrah - Ahmedabad Express leaves Baroda towards Ahmedabad and travels at 40 kms per hour. At 7:30
Mr. Shah, the traffic controller at Baroda realises that both the trains are running on the same tack. How much time does he have to avert a
head-on collision between the two trains? 1) 15 minutes 2) 20 minutes 3) 25 minutes 4) 30 minutes

Question14- A train X departs from station A at 11:00 am for station B, which is 180 km away. Another train Y departs from station B at 11:00
am for station A. Train X travels of an average speed of 70 kmph and does not stop anywhere until it reaches station B. Train Y travels at an
average speed of 50 kmph, but has to stop for 15 minutes at station C, which is 60 kms away from station B enroute to station A. Ignoring the
lengths of the trains, what is the distance, to the nearest km, from station A to the point where the trains cross each other? a. 112 b. 118 c. 120
d. None of these

Question15. A car is climbing up a hill at a speed of 90kmph. A rabbit, sitting at the top of the hill spots the car when it is 1170 km away, and
start running down the hill towards the car at a speed of 140kmph. As soon as it meets the car, the rabbit turns back towards the top of the hill
at a speed of 120kmph. The rabbit continues this to & from motion from the top of the hill towards the car and again back at the top of the hill
till the car raches the top of the hill. Find the total distance covered by the rabbit.
Question16- Yash Chopra’s office is 10 km from his home, which he covers in 2 hours,. One day, as he was on his way to office, he passed his
friend’s office who immediately pointed out that he had forgotten to wear his shoes. Yash Chopra therefore turned back, put on his shoes and
set off the office. As the passed his friend’s office, she again pointed out that now he had forgotten his glasses. Yash chopra again went back,
collected his glasses and reached the office 3 hours late. What is the distance between his home and friend’s office?
ANSWER KEYS

1) 10,30
2) 20 km
3) 18 m
4) 30 km
5) 90
6) 12
7) 25km/hr
8) 140 m
9) 8 pm
10) 12:20 PM
11) 555
12) 8 PM
13) 20 min
14) 112
15) 1680
16) 3.75