alleryStart learning →Convert a speed of $90$ km/hr into metres per second.
- $18$ m/s
- $22.5$ m/s
- $25$ m/s
- $27$ m/s
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Correct answer: C. $25$ m/s
Multiply km/hr by $\dfrac{5}{18}$: $90 \times \dfrac{5}{18} = 25$ m/s.
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Convert a speed of $90$ km/hr into metres per second.Read the answer and worked solution →A car covers $360$ km in $4$ hours. Find its average speed.Read the answer and worked solution →A man travels the first half of a journey at $30$ km/hr and the second half at $60$ km/hr. Find his average speed for the whole journey.Read the answer and worked solution →If the ratio of the speeds of A and B is $3 : 4$, what is the ratio of the times they take to cover the same distance?Read the answer and worked solution →Complete the definition of discountRead the answer and worked solution →Discount worked outRead the answer and worked solution →Which price does this belong to?Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: overhead expensesRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the sales tax ruleRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: tax, VAT and GSTRead the answer and worked solution →Added on top, or already inside the price?Read the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: find the bill amount after taxRead the answer and worked solution →Simple interest or compound interest?Read the answer and worked solution →Simple interest worked outRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: interestRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Match each term to what it meansRead the answer and worked solution →Tap everything that goes into the cost priceRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: from marked price to what the customer paysRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the compound interest ideaRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: term with meaningRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →Reading the definitions backRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: reading a billRead the answer and worked solution →Who pays, and who collects?Read the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reason: pricesRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every statement true of sales taxRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the cost price ruleRead the answer and worked solution →
Worked practice questions
A car covers $360$ km in $4$ hours. Find its average speed.
- $60$ km/hr
- $80$ km/hr
- $90$ km/hr
- $100$ km/hr
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Correct answer: C. $90$ km/hr
Speed $= \dfrac{\text{Distance}}{\text{Time}} = \dfrac{360}{4} = 90$ km/hr.
A man travels the first half of a journey at $30$ km/hr and the second half at $60$ km/hr. Find his average speed for the whole journey.
- $35$ km/hr
- $40$ km/hr
- $45$ km/hr
- $50$ km/hr
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Correct answer: B. $40$ km/hr
For equal distances, average speed is the harmonic mean: $\dfrac{2xy}{x+y} = \dfrac{2 \times 30 \times 60}{90} = \dfrac{3600}{90} = 40$ km/hr.
Not the arithmetic mean $(30 + 60)/2 = 45$ — that holds for equal *times*, not equal *distances*.
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