What is the average speed of a car traveling from New Orleans to Destin, Fl? The car traveled 300 miles in 5 hours. (show your formula..show your work)
Speed=300 miles/5 hour..300 divided by 300 equals 60
Speed=60 mph
You and your family are traveling to Six Flags for the summer. It is a distance of 60 miles from your house to six flags. The drive will take you 30 minutes. What is your average speed?
60 divided by 30 = 20 miles per hour (mph)
The marble rolls 8 meters in 2 seconds. How fast is the marble rolling? (show your formula..show your work)
Speed=8 meters/2seconds
Speed=4m/s
If you walk 3 miles per hour, then, in an hour you have walked _____ miles?
3
To find an object’s average speed, divide the ___________ the object moves by the total ____________ spent moving.
Distance, time
The speed of most objects is NOT constant. In other words, objects do not move at the same speed all of the time. Think about riding a bike. In these types of math problems you can calculate the _______ _______.
Average speed
_____________ is any change in speed or direction of an object’s motion.
Acceleration
If you walk 2 miles per hour, then, in an hour you have walked _______ miles?
2
Patrick rides his bike 12 miles in 1 hour. What speed is Patrick traveling on his bike?(show your formula..show your work)
Speed=12miles/1hour
Speed=12 mph
Objects move at different _________.
Speeds
If you drive 60 miles per hour, then, in one hour you have driven ____ miles?
60
Linda walks 2 miles in 1 hour. What speed is Linda walking? (show your formula..show your work)
Speed=2 miles/1 hour
Speed=2mph
What is the average speed of a car traveling from New Orleans to Mississippi? The car traveled 200 miles in 4 hours? (show your formula..show your work)
Velocity combines both speed and directions...true or false?
True. An example of a unit of velocity is miles per hour North. This is a good example because it tells you the speed (miles per hour) and a direction (North)
The formula for average speed is:
Speed = distance/time
*Speed equals distance divided by time
A train is traveling 10 miles in 2 hours. What speed is the train traveling? (show your formula..show your work)
Speed=10 miles/2 hours
Speed=5mph
If you bike 12 miles per hour, then, in one hour you have biked _____ miles?
12
____________ combines both the speed and the direction an object is moving.
Velocity
If you walk 1 mile per hour, then, in an hour you have walked __________ mile?
1
Name three types of acceleration:
Starting, speeding up, and slowing down
__________ is the ___________ at which an object changes ____________.
Speed, rate, position
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