find distance only Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

Ram walks 3 km towards East and takes a left turn and walks for one km before he turns left and walks 2 km to take another left turn to walk for another one km. How many km is he away from his starting point?

a) 2kms

b) 4kms

c) 1km

d) 3kms

Question : 2

A man walks 1 km towards East and then he turns to South and walks 5 km. Again he turns to East and walks 2 km, after this he turns to North and walks 9 km. Now, how far is he from his starting point?

a) 4 km

b) 7 km

c) 3 km

d) 5 km

Question : 3

In the given figure. P is 300 km eastward of O and Q is 400 km north of O. R is exactly in the middle of Q and P. The distance between Q and R is

a) 300 km

b) 250 km

c) 250 km

d) 350 km

Question : 4

A child is looking for his father. He went 90 metres in the east before turning to his right. He went 20 metres before turning to his right again to look for his father at his uncle’s place 30 metres from this point. His father was not there. From here he went 100 metres to his north before meeting his father in a street. How far did the son meet his father from the starting point?

a) 100 m

b) 140 m

c) 80 m

d) 260 m

Question : 5

Namita walks 14 metres towards west, then turns to her right and walks 14 metres and then turns to her left and walks 10 metres. Again turning to her left she walks 14 metres. What is the shortest distance (in metres) between her starting point and the present position?

a) 24

b) 38

c) 10

d) 28

Question : 6

X and Y start moving towards each other from two places 200 m apart. After walking 60 m, B turns left and goes 20 m, then he turns right and goes 40 m. He then turns right again and comes back to the road on which he had started walking. If A and B walk with the same speed, what is the distance between them now ?

a) 40 m

b) 30 m

c) 20 m

d) 50 m