find distance only section 2 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

Rohan walks a distance of 3 km towards North, then turns to his left and walks for 2 km. he again turns left and walks for 3 km. At this point he turns to his left and walks for 3 km. how many kilometers is he from the starting point?

a) 2 km

b) 5 km

c) 1 km

d) 3 km

Question : 2

A postman was returning to the post office which was in front of him to the north. when the post office was 100 m away from him,he turned to the left and moved 50 m to deliver the last letter at shantivilla. He then moved in the same direction for 40 m, turned to his right and moved 100 m. How many metres away he was now from the post office ?

a) 90

b) 0

c) 150

d) 100

e) 50

Question : 3

Facing the east Gopi walks straight 4 kms, turns left and walks 3 kms and again turns left and walks 4 kms. How far is he now from the starting point?

a) 3 km

b) 11 km

c) 2 km

d) 10 km

Question : 4

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 : 5

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 : 6

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