Review Exercise 39

Subjective Questions
1.

A teacher marks 4 essays in one hour. Find

(a) the number of essays the teacher marks in 7 hours,
(b) the time taken to mark 500 essays.

2.

On average, a Malaysia adult consumes 84 kg of rice in one year. Find the rate of
consumption of rice in gram per month.

3.

A printing company prints 1 500 pages of report in 30 minutes.

(a) What is the rate of printing per hour?
(b) How many pages of the report are printed in one day?
(c) How long does it take to print 22 500 pages of the report?

4.

State the speed for the following situations.

(a) A bird flies over a distance of 2.1 m in 1 second.
(b) A van moves 45 km in 1 hour.
(c) A jet flies over a distance of 720 km in 1 hour.
(d) A golf ball travels a distance of 50 m in 1 second.

5.

An aircraft travels at a speed of 800 km/h from Kuala Lumpur to Manila.

(a) The distance between Kuala Lumpur and Manila by air is 2 500 km. Calculate
the time, in hour and minute, taken by the aircraft to travel from Kuala Lumpur
to Manila.
(b) From Manila, the aircraft departed for Taipei at the same speed. If the time of
flight from Manila to Taipei is 4 hours, calculate the distance between Manila
and Taipei by air.

6.

Determine the distance covered in the following situations.

(a) A ship sails at an average speed of 7 km/h in 4 hours 45 minutes.
(b) An electric train travels at an average speed of 200 km/h in 1 hour 30 minutes.

7.

Calculate the time taken for each of the following situations.

(a) David rides a horse at an average speed of 48 km/h for a distance of 36 km.
(b) Ganesan walks a distance of 9 km at an average speed of 6 km/h.

8.

Gurhan walks at an average speed of 6 km/h for 15 minutes to his friends house and
1
then cycles at an average speed of 15 km/h for 1
hours. Calculate
4
(a) the total distance travelled,
(b) the average speed for the whole journey.

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9.

The distance between a taxi station and a hotel is 25 km. In a journey, a taxi took 40
minutes to arrive at the hotel from its station. Calculate the average speed, in km/h, of
the taxi.

10.

Rahman took 4 minutes to cycle from P to Q which is 3.2 km apart. He stopped at Q

for 3 minutes before resuming his journey to R. The distance from Q to R is 2.4 km
and the time taken is 3 minutes. Calculate the average speed for the journey from
P to R.

11.

A bus which started from rest accelerated to a speed of 8 m/s in 6 seconds. Find the
acceleration of the bus.

12.

Copy and complete the table below.

13.

Initial speed

Final speed

Time taken

10 m/s

18 m/s

16 s

22 m/s

21 s

(a)
(b)

(c)

9 m/s

10 s

Acceleration

1
m/s2
3

Two
towns
J and
M are

2
m/s2
5

2
m/s2
15
connected by a road of length 60 km. A taxi travels from J to M at an average speed
of 80 km/h. After stopping at M for 27 minutes, the taxi returns to J with an average
speed of 75 km/h. Calculate the average speed of the taxi for both the journeys.
(d)

24 m/s

20 m/s

14.
Week

Rate of rental per day

First

RM80

Second

RM75

Third

RM60

Fourth

RM40

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The table shows the rate of rental for a car charged by an operator.
(a) Karil rented a car for 10 days. Calculate the total amount of rental he needs to
pay.
(b) Malek paid a sum of RM1 665 for renting a car. Determine the number of days
Malek rented the car.
15.

A van departed from town G at 1042 hours and arrived at town K at 1132 hours.
Given that the average speed of the car for the journey from G to K is 108 km/h.
Calculate the distance between G and K.

16.
Month

Current
reading

Previous
reading

January

1 146 000

1 012 000

February

1 146 000

The table shows the readings of a water meter, in litre, for the household of Hamzah
in January and February. The charge for a litre of water consumed is fixed at
0.04 sen.
(a) Calculate the payment of water bill in January.
(b) The water bill for February shows a sum of RM131.60. Find the value of f.
17.
Duration of rental
For the first

Payment
RM12

1
hour
2

For every subsequent 1 hour or

parts of an hour

RM8

The table shows the rate of rental for a boat charged by operator P. Mr Mogan rented
a boat from 1030 hours until 1315 hours.
(a) Calculate the amount of rental he has to pay.
(b) The rate of rental for a boat charged by operator Q is RM9 for every 1 hour or
parts of an hour. Calculate the difference between the payments for renting a boat
for the same duration from 1030 hours until 1315 hours that are charged by
operator P and operator Q.

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18.

The diagram shows the positions of three towns which are connected by a straight
road. At 0830 hours, a bus departed from G to N via L. The average speeds of the bus
for the journey from G to L and from L to N are 60 km/h and 80 km/h respectively.
Calculate
(a) the average speed of the bus for the entire journey from G to N,
(b) the time, in the 24-hour system, when the bus arrives at N.
19.
Mass

Postage

For the first 1 kg

RM2.50

For every additional 1 kg

RM1.00

The table shows the rate of postage for parcels that are charged by a post office. Farid
has three parcels with masses of 1 kg, 4 kg and 15 kg.
(a) If Farid posts the three parcels separately, calculate the total amount he has to
pay.
(b) If Farid posts the three parcels as one big parcel, calculate the amount of money
he will save.
20.

The distance between Bukit Mertajam and Kuala Lumpur by road is 360 km. At 1030
hours, Dollah departed from Bukit Mertajam by car and arrived in Kuala Lumpur at
1530 hours. In the journey, the car has consumed 50 litres of petrol amounting to
RM96.
Calculate
(a) the average speed Dollah drove his car in the journey,
(b) the price of a litre of petrol.

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