find distance only section 2 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

Ganesh is standing at a point. He walks 20 m towards the East and further 10 m towards the South; then he walks 35 m towards the West; and further 5 m towards the East. What is the straight distance in metres between his starting point and the point where he reached last ?

a) 5 m

b) 35 m

c) 20 m

d) 10 m

Question : 2

A boy rode his bicycle northwards, then turned left and rode one km and again turned left and rode 2 km. He found himself exactly one km west of his starting point. How far did he ride northwards initially ?

a) 3 km

b) 2 km

c) 1 km

d) 5 km

Question : 3

Sita cycled 8 km southward from her home turned right and cycled 5 km, turned right and cycled 8 km, turned left and cycled 10 km. How many kms will she have cycle to reach straight home?

a) 10 km

b) 13 km

c) 8 km

d) 15 km

Question : 4

Seeta and Geeta started walking from a point A. Seeta walks 6 km towards North and then takes a right turn and walks 3 km. She then takes a right turn towards South and walks for 6 km. She again takes a left turn and walks 3 km, and reaches a point B. Geeta walks for 3 km towards West and takes a left turn and walks for 6 km; she takes a left turn and walks 9 km, and she reaches at a point C. How far is the point B from point C ?

a) 4km

b) 6km

c) 3km

d) 9km

Question : 5

Anita drives from point A towards north and travels 30 kms. She then turns to her right and travels 4 kms, and then again turns to the right and drives straight for 30 kms. How much distance she has to cover to go straight to the starting point ?

a) 8 kms

b) 4 kms

c) 26 kms

d) 22 kms

Question : 6

Ramesh went 20 m to the east, then he turned left and after 15 m turned right and went 25 m and then turned right and went 15 m. How far was Ramesh from the starting point ?

a) 35 m

b) 45 m

c) 60 m

d) 40 m