Length/distance

Chandrika was practising a long distance run. Can you work out how long the race was from the information?

The Earth is further from the Sun than Venus, but how much further? Twice as far? Ten times?

Nirmala and Riki live 9 kilometres away from the nearest market. They both want to arrive at the market at exactly noon. What time should each of them start riding their bikes?

What do these two triangles have in common? How are they related?

Use this information to work out whether the front or back wheel of this bicycle gets more wear and tear.

Swimmers in opposite directions cross at 20m and at 30m from each end of a swimming pool. How long is the pool ?

Follow the journey taken by this bird and let us know for how long and in what direction it must fly to return to its starting point.

In this version of the story of the hare and the tortoise, the race is 10 kilometres long. Can you work out how long the hare sleeps for using the information given?

Investigate the different distances of these car journeys and find out how long they take.