I8 Sums on train : Distance
1. The speed of a train is 90 kmph. What is the distance covered by it in 10 minutes?
Ans: 15km/hr
2. The length of a train and that of a platform are equal. If with a speed of 90 k/hr, the train
crosses the platform in one minute, then the length of the train (in meters) is Ans :750m
3. A train speeds past a pole in 15 seconds and a platform 100 m long in 25 seconds. Its
length is: Ans: 150m
4. . A train crosses a platform of 120 m in 15 sec, same train crosses another platform of
length 180 m in 18 sec. then find the length of the train? Ans: 180m
5. A train crosses a platform of 150 m in 15 sec, same train crosses another platform of
length 250 m in 20 sec. then find the length of the train? Ans: 150m
6. A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a pole in 9 seconds. Find the length of
the train. 150 meter
7. A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a pole in 9 sec. What is the length of
the train? Ans: 150 m
8. A train 800 m long is running at a speed of 78 km/hr. If it crosses a tunnel in 1 min, then
the length of the tunnel is? x = 500 m.
9. A goods train runs at the speed of 72 km/hr and crosses a 250 m long platform in 26
sec. What is the length of the goods train? Ans: x = 270 m.
10. A train passes a station platform in 36 sec and a man standing on the platform in 20
sec. If the speed of the train is 54 km/hr. What is the length of the platform? x = 240 m.
11. A 300 m long train crosses a platform in 39 sec while it crosses a signal pole in 18 sec.
What is the length of the platform? Ans= x = 350 m.
12. A train speeds past a pole in 15 sec and a platform 100 m long in 25 sec, its length is?
Ans: x = 150 m.
13. Two trains of equal are running on parallel lines in the same direction at 46 km/hr and
36 km/hr. The faster train passes the slower train in 36 sec. The length of each train is?
Ans:50 m
14. A 270 m long train running at the speed of 120 km/hr crosses another train running
in opposite direction at the speed of 80 km/hr in 9 sec. What is the length of the other
train? Ans : 230 m
15. . Two trains are running at 40 km/hr and 20 km/hr respectively in the same direction. Fast
train completely passes a man sitting in the slower train in 5 sec. What is the length of the fast
train? Ans: Length of faster train = 50/9 * 5 = 250/9 = 27 7/9 m.
16. . A train 700 m long is running at the speed of 72km per hour if it crosses a tunnel in 1
minute. Then the length of the tunnel is: x = 500 m
17. A train speeds past a pale in 15 seconds and speeds past a platform 100 meters long in 25
seconds. Its length in meters is: x = 150 m
18. A train travelling at a speed of 30m/sec crosses a platform 600m long in 30seconds. The
length of the train is Ans: x = 300m
19. . A 130m long train crosses a bridge in 30 seconds at 45kmph. The length of the bridge is
Ans: 245m
20. . A train travelling at constant speed crosses a 96m long platform in 12 seconds and
another 141m long platform in 15 seconds. The length of the train Ans : X = 84m
21. . A train crosses a pole in 15 seconds while it crosses a 100m long platform in 25 seconds.
The length of the train is Ans: x =150m
22. The length of a train and that of a platform are equal. If with a speed of 90 k/hr, the train
crosses the platform in one minute, then the length of the train (in metres) is:
23. A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a pole in 9 seconds. What is the length of
the train?
24. A train takes 10 sec to pass a signal post and covers a distance of 10 km in 15 min. Find
the length of train?
