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The Hare and the Tortoise
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level 
Most of you will know the story of the hare and the tortoise with the moral tag "slow and steady wins the race".
In this version
- The race is $10$ km (kilometres) long.
- The hare runs at $10$ times the speed of the tortoise.
- The tortoise take $2$ hours and $30$ minutes to complete the race.
- The hare arrives at the finish $30$ seconds after the tortoise.
For how long does the hare sleep?
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