Average Speed Questions

A man rides his bicycle for $10\text{km}$ at an average speed of $12\text{km/h}$ and further travels $12\text{km}$ at an average speed of $10\text{km/h}$. What is his approximate average speed for the entire trip?

Dixit covers a certain distance by car, driving at the speed of 28km/h and he returns to the starting point riding on a scooter at the speed of 36km/h. Find the average speed (in km/h) for the whole journey.

A train covers 40km between two stations in 45 minutes. It covers another 30km in 30 minutes and the remaining 20km in 15 minutes. Find the average speed of the train in the whole journey.

A man travels the first $200\text{km}$ of his journey at $80\text{km/h}$. Due to bad weather he travels the next $200\text{km}$ of his journey at $50\text{km/h}$. What is his average speed for the first $400\text{km}$ of his journey?

A person travels two-fifth of a distance at a speed of 40km/h and the remaining at a speed of 60km/h. What is his average speed (in km/h) in the entire journey?

Reshma covers 45 km at a speed of 15 km/h by bicycle, 80 km at a speed of 40 km/h by car, and another 6 km at a speed of 2 km/h on foot. Find her average speed for the whole journey (correct to 2 decimal places).

While travelling from A to B, Raghav travels a quarter of the distance at 10km/h, the next quarter of the distance at 15km/h, the third quarter of the distance at 20km/h, and the final quarter of the distance at 30km/h. While travelling on exactly the same route, Manish travels for a quarter of the total time taken for his journey at 10km/h, the next quarter of the total time taken for his journey at 15km/h, the third quarter of the total time taken for his journey at 20km/h, and the final quarter of the total time taken for his journey at 30km/h. If the overall average speed of Raghav during his journey is given as ykm/h, and that of Manish is given as zkm/h, find the value of (z−y).

What is the average speed of a car in km/h, if it travels 300km in 4h and remaining 150km in 5h?

If Tanmay covers three equal distances at the speeds of 2km/h, 3km/h and 4km/h, respectively, then find his average speed (in km/h) during the whole journey. (Rounded off to 2 decimal places)

A drives for 2 hours, 2.5 hours, 3 hours, 2 hours and 2.5 hours in five days of a week, respectively. His speeds on these days are 45km/h, 50km/h, 60km/h, 70km/h and 80km/h, respectively. What is his average speed for the week?

A truck travels 75km in the first hour and 33km in the second hour. Find the average speed of the truck (in km/h).

A car covers the distance from Delhi to Gurugram at 60 km/h and returns at a uniform speed of 40 km/h. The average speed of the car during the whole journey is: