Question

A loaded truck cover 16km in 25 minutes at the same speed how far can it travel in 5 hours?

Answer 1

5 hours = 300 minutes

25mins × ? = 300 minutes

25mins × 12 = 300 minutes

So 16kms × 12 = 192kms

Answer 2

Given:

A loaded truck covered 16 km in 25 minutes.

To find :

How far it can travel in 5 hours?

Solution :

Converting hours to minutes -

1 hour = 60 minutes

5 hours = 5 x 60 = 300 minutes

5 hours = 300 minutes .

Finding the distance covered by truck in 5 hours -

In 25 minutes it covered 16 km.

300 minutes = ? km

= 300 x 16 ÷ 25

= 4800 ÷ 25

= 192.

So, truck covered 192 km in 5 hours.