Catching Up Catching up is about a faster car that catches up with a slower car, which either (a) has a head start or (b) starts way before the faster car. 7 1 Julie can run at a speed of 100 metres every minute. How far can she cover in 5 minutes? Imin— 100m 5 min — 5 x 100 = 500 m She can cover 500 m in 5 minutes. 2 David’s coach tells him that his swimming speed is 2 metres in 3 seconds. How long does it take for David to swim 50 metres if he swims at the same speed throughout? 2m—>3s 50m+2m=25 25x3s=75s It takes David 75 s to swim 50 m. 3 Danny can walk 80 metres per minute, Melissa can walk at 55 metres per minute. They start walking towards the school from the same place at the same time. How far is Melissa from the school when Danny arrives 5 minutes later? Danny (5 minutes later) Danny —> Dee Ore Melissa —> Melissa (5 minutes later) First, we find out how far the school is from the place they start walking. 5x 80m=400m 5*55m=275m Melissa has walked 275 m in 5 min. 400 m— 275 m= 125m Melissa is 125 m away from the school when Danny arrives 5 min later. Maths O}ympiad = Unleash Te Mats Olympian To You! anor 2) 145 Singapore Asa Publishers ie Lid. Tey Chew Chapter 16Acar travels from Town A to Town B at a speed of 80 km per hour. 2 hours later, another car travels in the same direction at 120 km per hour. When can the second car catch up with the first car? Solution: Method 1: Make a Table Distance covered | Distance covered | Distance between by car by 2 car the two cars hour | 80 km Okm 80-0=80km | 2” hour 160 km Okm 160 ~0= 160 km 3" hour 240 km 120 km 240 — 120 = 120 km 4* hour 320 km 240 km 320-240 = 80 km S* hour 400 km 360 km 400 — 360 = 40 km 6* hour 480 km 480 km 0 6-2=4 Method 2: Solve by Reasoning 2 = 80=160 km The first car is 160 km ahead of the second car two hours later. 120 km — 80 km = 40 km There is a difference of 40 km between the two cars. 160 km + 40 km = 4 The second car can catch up with the first one 4 hours later. 5 _ A tiger spotted its prey that was 50 metres ahead. The tiger could run 10 metres faster than its prey in 4 seconds. When could the tiger catch up with its prey? Solution: Method 1: Make a Table Time Distance from the prey 0 50m 4s 50-10=40m 8s 50-20= 30m 12s 50-30=20m 16s 50-40=10m 20s 50-50=0m Method 2: Solve by Reasoning 4s—>10m 50m+10m=5 4sx5=20s 20s 50m The tiger could catch up with its prey in 20 s.1 Molly walks to the school at a speed of 55 metres per minute. If she reaches the school in 6 minutes, how far is the school? 2 The library is 480 metres away from Sarah’s house. If Sarah can walk at 60 metres per minute, how long does it take her to reach the library?3 Town A is 640 km away from Town B. A car starts its journey from Town A at a speed of 80 km per hour. How many hours will the car take to reach Town B? 4 Town A and Town B are 480 km apart. A car starts its journey from Town A and arrives at Town B after 6 hours. What is the speed of the car?5 George walks to his friend Tom’s house at a speed of 65 metres per minute. 8 minutes later, he arrives at Tom’s house. How far is Tom’s house from George’s house? 6 The library and Alan’s house are 275 metres apart. Alan can walk to the library in 5 minutes. What is his walking speed?7 Aneagle spotted its prey 60 metres away. Its flying speed was 20 metres faster than its prey in every 8 seconds. How long would the eagle take to catch its prey? Barbara and Catherine started walking to a shopping mall at the same time. Barbara walked at 60 metres per minute, Catherine walked at 45 metres per minute. When Barbara reached the shopping mall, Catherine still had 60 metres to go. How far was the shopping mall from their starting point?‘Two cars started travelling to another village at the same time. When Car A, travelling at the speed of 100 km per hour, arrived at the destination, Car B still had 100 km to go. How far was the village if Car B travelled at 80 km per hour? 10 A jaguar spotted a deer 100 metres ahead. It could run 20 metres faster than its prey in 5 seconds. How long would it take for the jaguar to catch its prey?11 Jilly is 150 metres ahead of Dora. Jilly can walk at 60 metres per minute and Dora can walk 45 metres per minute. When can Dora catch up with Jilly? 12 A van travels at 80 km per hour to another city. 3 hours later, a car travels at 120 km per hour towards the same city from the same place. In how many hours can the car catch up with the van?* 1H Encountering aie This topic, Encountering, is about the place or the time where two moving objects will meet when they are travelling towards each other. The distance between the two moving objects will be of interest to us too. x = 1 Ahare runs at 50 metres per minute towards the tortoise’s house. At the same time, the tortoise crawls at 2 metres per minute to look for the hare. They meet each other 4 minutes later. How far is the hare’s house from the tortoise’s house? meeting place +} tortoise hare 50x 4=200m The hare travels 200 m in 4 min. » 2x4=8m The tortoise travels 8 m in 4 min. 200 + 8 = 208 m The hare’s house is 208 m away from the tortoise’s house. 2 David’s house is 770 m away from Mark’s house. If David walks towards Mark’s house at 50 metres every minute and Mark walks towards David’s house at 60 metres every minute at the same time, when will the two boys meet? Time | Davidhas | Mark has Distance between travelled | travelled the two boys F min 50m 60m 7710 — 50 — 60 = 660 m 2™ min 100m 120m 770 — 100 — 120 = 550 m 3* min 150m 180m 770 — 150 — 180 = 440 m 4° min | 200m 240m 770 200 240 = 330 m 5* min 250m 300m 770 — 250 ~ 300 = 220 m min | 300m 360m 770 - 300-360 = 110 m 7T* min 350m 420m 770 —350-420=0m “Maths Olympiad ~ Unleash The Maths Olympian in You! Junior 2) 153 © Singapore Asia Publishers Pte Lid & Terry Chew Chapter 17Method 2: Solve by Reasoning 50 + 60 = 110 m per min. The two boys travel 110 m per min. 770 + 110=7 min The two boys will meet 7 min later. Town A and Town B are 900 km apart. A car leaves Town A for Town B ata speed of 80 km per hour. At the same time, another car leaves Town B for Town A at 70 km per hour. When and where will the two cars meet? Solution: Method 1: Make a Table CarAhas | CarBhas | Distance between covered | covered the two cars 1 hour 80 km 70 km 900 — 150 = 750 km 2hour | 160km | 140km | 900-300=600km 3*hour | 240km | 210km 900 - 450 = 450 km 4*hour | 320km | 280km | 900-600-300 km 3* hour 350km | _900—750= 150 km 6* hour 420 km ‘900 — 900 = 0 km Time Method 2: Solve by Reasoning 80 +70 = 150 The two cars travel 150 km per hour. 900 + 150=6h 6 x 80 = 480 km 6 = 70=420 km The two cars will meet 480 km from Town A 6 hours later. or The two cars will meet 420 km from Town B 6 hours later. Jeremy and Matthew start cycling from the same place but in the opposite directions. How far are they apart after 5 minutes if Jeremy’s cycling speed is 140 metres per minute and Matthew’s cycling speed is 160 metres per minute? Solution: Matthew <——> Jeremy asMethod 1: 5 x 160 m= 800m Matthew would have cycled 800 m in 5 min. 5x 140m=700m Jeremy would have cycled 700 m in 5 min. 800 m+ 700 m= 1500 m Method 2: 140 m+ 160 m= 300m Matthew and Jeremy will be 300 m apart from each other in 1 min. 5 x 300 m= 1500 m They are 1500 m apart after 5 minutes. Kelly walks towards a park from her house at 50 metres per minute. Her brother returns from the park at 60 metres per minute at the same time. How far are they apart after 5 minutes if the park is 600 metres away from their house? Solution: — tye tee he sek ates te ted Brother 5x 50m=250m Kelly would have walked 250 m in 5 min. 5 x 60m =300m Her brother would have walked 300 m in 5 min. 600 m — 250 m— 300 m= 50m They are 50 m apart after 5 minutes.Shaun walks towards the library at 65 metres per minute. His brother returns from the library at a speed of 75 metres per minute at the same time. If they meet 5 minutes later, how far is the library from their house? 2 Asnail crawls at a speed of 50 centimetres per minute. An ant travels towards the snail at 3 metres per minute at the same time. When do the two meet if they are 14 metres apart at first?3 Car A travels from Town A to Town B at a speed of 55 km per hour. Car B travels from Town B to Town A at 60 km per hour at the same time. The two cars meet 4 hours later. How far are the two towns? Two trains travel towards each other from their own stations at the same time. The faster train travels at 80 km per hour, the slower one travels at 60 km per hour. The two trains meet 5 hours later. How far are the two stations?5 Two cars travel from the same place but in the opposite directions. The faster car travels at 90 km per hour, the other car at 70 km per hour. How far apart are the two cars after 5 hours? 6 Aplanet, which travelled at 30 km per minute, collided with another planet that travelled at 40 km per minute. How far apart were the two planets 5 minutes ago?7 Don walks towards the library at a speed of 60 metres per minute. His brother, Danny, returns from the library at the same time. They meet 360 metres from their house. How fast can Danny walk if the library is 780 metres away from home? 8 Town Aand Town B are 1000 km apart. A car travels from Town A to Town B at 80 km per hour. Another car travels from Town B to Town A at the same time. How fast is the second car travelling if the two cars meet 5 hours later?9 If a plane flies at 800 km per hour, it will reach the destination 1 hour ahead of schedule. If it flies at 700 km per hour, it will be late by 1 hour. What is the original flight hour duration? How far is the destination? If two cars travel in the opposite directions from the same place at the same time, they will be 1000 km apart after 5 hours. If they travel in the same direction, the faster car will be 200 km ahead after 5 hours. Find the driving speed of the two cars. # 4 0 (210536468011 Car A travels from Town A to Town B at 80 km per hour. Car B travels from Town B to Town A at 70 km per hour at the same time. When will the two cars be 50 km apart if the distance between the two towns is 800 km? If Edward and Randy walk in the same direction at the same time, Edward will be ahead of Randy by 60 metres after 5 minutes. If they walk in the opposite directions from the same place at the same time, they will be 610 metres apart after 5 minutes. How fast can each boy walk?