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The Questacon Train

Mr Wincklebotham is travelling on the train from Enviroland to Visionworld, with his baby Sylvana.

Sylvana is very afraid of the dark and starts to scream if she is in the dark for more than 3 minutes.

The train has to travel through a very dark tunnel which is 1 km long. If the train is 1 km long and is travelling at 60 km/h, will Sylvana start to scream?

How long will it take for the train to travel all the way through the tunnel?

Solution

Tenix Questacon Maths Squad

This puzzle is just one of the 500 puzzles in the Tenix Questacon Maths Squad — an outreach program which travels around Australia making maths fun for everyone!


	Questacon > Kids > Puzzles > Questacon Choo-Choo Puzzles The Questacon Train Mr Wincklebotham is travelling on the train from Enviroland to Visionworld, with his baby Sylvana. Sylvana is very afraid of the dark and starts to scream if she is in the dark for more than 3 minutes. The train has to travel through a very dark tunnel which is 1 km long. If the train is 1 km long and is travelling at 60 km/h, will Sylvana start to scream? How long will it take for the train to travel all the way through the tunnel? Solution Tenix Questacon Maths Squad This puzzle is just one of the 500 puzzles in the Tenix Questacon Maths Squad — an outreach program which travels around Australia making maths fun for everyone!
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