How long does it take to go 45 miles in a car?

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How long it takes to drive one mile depends on the rate of speed you’re traveling. To figure out how long a delivery will take you, all you need to do is a little math based on your average speed.

Since the speed you drive is measured in miles per hour (mph), an easy way to estimate travel time is to compare your average speed to a single hour. For example, if you’re driving 60 mph, that means you’ll travel 60 miles in one hour, so it’ll take just one minute to travel one mile.

Here are a few other examples:

15 mph = 1 mile every 4 minutes
30 mph = 1 mile every 2 minutes
45 mph = 1 mile every 1 minute and 22 seconds

Because most roads have a speed limit between 25–60 mph, you can expect to take between 1–2.5 minutes to drive a single mile.

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The time it takes to drive 165 miles at 45 miles per hour (mph) is displayed below in hours, minutes, and seconds:

3 hours
40 minutes
0 seconds

Do you want to know how to calculate how long it takes to drive 165 miles at 45 mph? No problem. Here is how we did it:

1) Find the number of hours by dividing the distance by mph. The number of hours will be to the left of the decimal point:

165 miles / 45 mph
= 3.66666666666667
= 3 hours

2) Find the number of minutes by multiplying what is remaining from step 1 by 60 minutes. The minutes will be to the left of the decimal point:

0.66666666666667 x 60
= 40.0000000000002
= 40 minutes

3) Find the number of seconds by multiplying what is remaining from step 2 by 60 seconds. The seconds will be to the left of the decimal point:

Use this page to find out how long it will take to drive 45 miles (mi). Before we continue, note that the time it takes to drive 45 miles depends on how many miles per hour (mph) you are driving.

Therefore, please enter how fast (mph) you will be driving and then press "Time" to see how long it will take you to drive 45 miles.

The answer will show you how many total hours and minutes it will take you to drive 45 miles based on your speed. The answer will not show seconds, and the minutes are rounded if necessary.

The formulas to calculate the total hours and minutes it takes to drive 45 miles is as follows:

Floor(45 ÷ mph) = Hours

((45 ÷ mph) - Hours) × 60 = Minutes

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Do you need to know how long it takes to drive a different distance? If so, please enter the distance below and press "Drive".

We saw in the previous section that speed, distance and time are all related.
In this section we look at calculating distances and times using the following formulae:

Example Questions

Example Question 1

Jane drives at an average speed of 45 mph on a journey of 135 miles.
How long does the journey take?
To find a time, we need to divide distance by speed.
135 miles � 45 mph = 3 hours

Example Question 2

Chris cycles at an average speed of 8 mph.
If he cycles for 6½ hours, how far does he travel?
To find a distance, we need to multiply speed by time.
8 mph � 6.5 hours = 52 miles

Example Question 3

Nikki has to travel a total of 351 miles. She travels the first 216 miles in 4 hours.
(a) What is her average speed for the first part of the journey?
To find average speed, we need to divide distance by time.
216 miles � 4 hours = 54 mph

Her average speed is the same for the whole of her journey.
(b) How long does the whole journey take?
To find time, we need to divide distance by speed.
351 miles � 54 mph = 6.5 hours

Practice Questions

Work out the answer to each of these questions then click on the button markedto see whether you are correct.

Practice Question 1
Jim travels 45 miles at 15 mph.
How long does it take him?

Practice Question 2
Jemimah walks at 4 mph for 2½ hours.
How far does she walk?

Practice Question 3
Jenny drives at a constant speed. In the first three hours she travels 81 miles.
How far will she have travelled after 5 hours?

How long would it take to drive 45 miles? Use the calculator below to find how much time it will take to drive, sail, run or walk a given distance at the speed you choose.

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