B5-Calculating Speed

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A UFO flies over Houston covering 100 miles in 5 seconds. What is its average speed?

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20 miles/sec

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A rocket car can go 1,000 km in 250 seconds. What is its average speed?

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4 km/sec

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A very fast snail can go 360 meters in 18 seconds. What is its average speed?

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20 m/s

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A very slow elephant can cover 1 mile in 2 hours. What is its average speed?

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0.5 miles/hr

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A very hairy ape can run 240 meters in 10 min. What is its average speed?

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24 meters/min

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A poltergeist pushes a small toy car 6 feet over 12 minutes. What is its average speed?

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0.5 ft/minute

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A very fast sloth can climb a tree, covering 20 meters in 40 hours. What is the average speed of the sloth?

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0.5 m/s

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A very good pitcher can throw a baseball that covers the mound, 30 feet away in 5 seconds. What is the average speed?

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6 ft/sec

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A very fast camel can cross 70 km of sand in 2 days. What is the average speed?

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35 km/day

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A very clever squirrel can leap 2 meters from a tree to your house in 1 sec. What is the average speed?

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2 m/sec