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Solving for Speed

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  • What is the equation to calculate speed?
    speed = distance/time
  • A ball rolls 144 cm in 12 sec. What is its speed in meters per second?
    0.12 m/s
  • A boat travels at 22 km/hr for 10 hrs, what distance will it travel?
    220 km
  • Dave runs a 400 m race with a speed of 4 m/s. What time will it take him to finish the race?
    100 seconds
  • A snail can move approximately 0.30 meters per minute. How many meters can the snail cover in 15 minutes?
    4.5 m
  • What is the velocity of a car that traveled a total of 75 kilometers north in 1.5 hours?
    50 km/hr north
  • What is the speed of a man who runs 10 miles in 1 hr?
    10 miles/hr
  • It took 3.5 hours for a train to travel the distance between two cities at a velocity of 120 miles/hr. How many miles lie between the two cities?
    420 miles
  • Which of the following is a unit of time? 1. km/hr 2. hr 3. km 4. mi
    hr
  • A man runs at 10 m/min for 5 min, what distance will he run?
    50 m
  • A train travels 25 km in .5 hrs. How fast is the train going?
    50 km/hr
  • A speed boat travels 200 miles at a speed of 20 miles/hr. How much time will it take to travel the 200 miles?
    10 hrs
  • What is the formula for average speed ?
    Average Speed = total distance/ total time
  • Which of the following is a unit of speed? 1. km 2.hr 3. s 3.km/hr 4. hr/s
    km/hr
  • Mr. Rudman drives his speed boat 22 km at 45 km/hr how, how long will it take him to go the 22 km?
    0.48 hrs
  • Elle drives 169 miles from Sheffield to London. Her average speed is 65 mph. She leaves Sheffield at 6:30 a.m. Does she arrive in London by 9:00 a.m.?
    No. She only travels 162.5 miles in 2hrs and 30 mins but she needs to travel 169 to reach London.
  • A car travels 30 miles/hr for 3 hours, calculate the distance it will travel
    90 miles
  • On Alberto's drive to his aunt's house, the traffic was light, and he drove the 45-mile trip in one hour. However, the return trip took his two hours. What was his average trip for the round trip?
    30 miles/hr
  • What is the equation to calculate distance?
    distance = speed x time
  • Calculate the velocity of a car that travels 556 km northeast in 3.4 hours.
    163.52 km/hr northeast
  • John drove for 3 hours at a rate of 50 miles per hour and for 2 hours at 60 miles per hour. What was his average speed for the whole journey?
    54 miles/hr
  • Which of the following is a unit of distance ? 1. miles/hr 2. hr 3. km 4. min
    km
  • What is the equation to calculate time?
    time = distance/speed
  • Find the velocity of a truck that travels 75 miles north in 2.5 hours.
    30 mph north
  • What is the speed of a car that travels 400 m in 20 minutes?
    20 m/min