Distance Word Problems

A car travels 20 kilometers per hour faster than a truck. The car covers 350 kilometers in two hours less than the time it takes the truck to travel the same distance. What is the speed of the car and the truck?

(Write your answer following the car then the truck's speed. Separate them with comma, no spacing. Include unit at the end.)

On a number line, what is the distance between -61.5 and -23.4?

• -84.9 units

• 84.9 units

• -38.1 units

• 38.1 units

On a number line, what is the distance between -16 and 76? 

• -60 units

• -92 units

• 60 units

• 92 units

On a number line, what is the distance between -1.75 and 2.5

• 4 and 1/4

• -4 and 1/4

• -3/4

• 3/4

Bill jogs 400 meters to Andy's house, turns around, and runs 400 meters back home.  He does so in 250 seconds.  Drag the appropriate items to create the formula and solve the problem? ​d = rt

​ (a)   = ​ (b)   ​ ​ (c)  

r = ​ ​ (d)  

• 800 meters

• 250 seconds

• r

• t

• d

• 400 meters

• 3.2 m/s

• 400 seconds

• 250 meters

• 1.6 m/s

When an individual rides in a taxi for 12 miles, it costs them $21. Another individual rides in the same taxi for 23 miles and pays $26.50. You go in the taxi and pay 51.25. How many miles did you go?

• 40.6 miles

• 6.6 miles

• 72.5 miles

• 65.5 miles

The hole for a support needs to be 4 feet deep. It is currently 1 foot 5 inches deep.How much deeper must the hole be?

• 2 inches

• 90 inches

• 15 inches

• 31 inches

A diver was 40 feet below the surface of the water. A fisherman was casting off a dock right above the diver that was 12 feet above the surface of the water. How far apart are the diver and the fisherman?

• 28 feet

• -28 feet

• 52 feet

• -52 feet

A climber starts descending from 555 feet above sea level and keeps going until she reaches 10 feet below sea level. How many feet did she descend?

• 565 feet

• 545 feet

• 555 feet

• 5550 feet

The elevation of the basement floor in a building is -8 feet. The elevation of the roof is 20 feet. What is the distance from the basement floor to the roof?

• 28 feet

• 12 feet

• -12 feet

• -28 feet