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Word problemsArithmeticMiddle schoolabout 1:12

A car travels at 65 mph for 4 hours. How far does it go?: animated lesson

A narrated, step-by-step word problems video lesson with captions. Final answer: Distance = 260 miles.

Video with a synthetic English voice and captions. Pick another language for subtitles in that language, or open the interactive version.

Video narrated by a synthetic voice (Piper TTS, en_US-ljspeech-high voice (LJ Speech dataset, public domain)); the steps come from our maths engine and the answer was checked independently. Download MP4 (0.4 MB) · Captions (WebVTT)

Steps on screen

  1. 1. The problem
    Worked example
    A car travels at 65 mph for 4 hours. How far does it go?
  2. 2. Steps, part 1
    1. Read the problem
    2. Identify the known values
    3. d=r td = r\,t
      Write the equation
    4. Solve for d
  3. 3. Steps, part 2
    1. Result
  4. 4. The answer
    Distance = 260 miles\text{Distance = 260 miles}

    d = 260

  5. 5. Check
    • Substituting d = 260 back into d = r · t balances both sides ✓

Transcript

The problem. Here is the problem: A car travels at 65 mph for 4 hours. How far does it go? Speed 65 mph, time 4 hours; the distance is unknown. Distance equals rate times time; r equals 65, t equals 4; solve for d.

Steps, part 1. Read the problem. Speed 65 mph, time 4 hours; the distance is unknown. Identify the known values. Distance equals rate times time. Known: r equals 65, t equals 4. Unknown: distance (d). Write the equation. d equals r times t. Solve for d. d equals r times t equals 65 times 4.

Steps, part 2. Result. d equals 260.

The answer. So the answer is Distance equals 260 miles. Substitute the known values into d equals r times t and isolate d. Keep units consistent (for example miles, miles per hour and hours).

Check. Substituting d equals 260 back into d equals r times t balances both sides, which checks out.

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