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CAT Time Speed and Distance — practice questions

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In uniform motion problems, distance is found by multiplying rate by:Read the answer and worked solution →A car goes 70 miles per hour for 3 hours. The distance covered is:Read the answer and worked solution →For the distance formula, 90 minutes must be written as:Read the answer and worked solution →An express train takes 4 hours and a local train 5 hours for the same trip, the express being 12 mph faster. The local train's speed is:Read the answer and worked solution →With the local train at 48 mph and the express 12 mph faster, the express train runs at:Read the answer and worked solution →Because both trains leave Pittsburgh for Washington, the equation comes from the fact that they travel the:Read the answer and worked solution →If the parents drove at 40 mph and Christopher was 10 mph faster, his speed was:Read the answer and worked solution →When two people drive toward each other, the equation is that their distances:Read the answer and worked solution →For trucks travelling in opposite directions, the distances travelled must:Read the answer and worked solution →If the rate is in miles per hour, the time in the distance formula must be in:Read the answer and worked solution →Katie Mae walks to school in 30 minutes and bikes it in 15 minutes. In hours these times are:Read the answer and worked solution →If Katie Mae walks at 3 mph and bikes 3 mph faster, her biking speed is:Read the answer and worked solution →Hamilton left home at 2:00 pm and entered the desert at 4:30 pm, so he drove in the city for:Read the answer and worked solution →The first step in a distance, rate and time problem, after reading it, is to:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the same-distance casesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the motion wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the speed numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the motion wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Equal or added distancesRead the answer and worked solution →Sort rate, time and distanceRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Motion bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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In uniform motion problems, distance is found by multiplying rate by:

  1. Time
  2. Mass
  3. Cost
  4. Area
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Correct answer: A. Time

1. The three columns are rate, time and distance. 2. Multiply rate by time. 3. That gives the distance. _Source: OpenStax Elementary Algebra 2e, Chapter 3, Uniform Motion Applications (CC BY 4.0)._

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A car goes 70 miles per hour for 3 hours. The distance covered is:

  1. 233 miles
  2. 210 miles
  3. 140 miles
  4. 73 miles
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Correct answer: B. 210 miles

1. Multiply rate by time. 2. 70 times 3 is 210. 3. The distance is 210 miles. _Source: OpenStax Elementary Algebra 2e, Chapter 3, Uniform Motion Applications (CC BY 4.0)._

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For the distance formula, 90 minutes must be written as:

  1. 1.5 hours
  2. 0.9 hours
  3. 90 hours
  4. 9.0 hours
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Correct answer: A. 1.5 hours

1. Units must match the rate. 2. Divide 90 by 60. 3. That is 1.5 hours. _Source: OpenStax Elementary Algebra 2e, Chapter 3, Uniform Motion Applications (CC BY 4.0)._

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