Motion in One Dimension - Distance, Displacement, Speed

Motion in One Dimension - Distance, Displacement, Speed and Velocity

By Marie Kate Cepeda

DIRECTION: Solve and answer the following problems on a clean sheet of paper. Type your answer on the blank provided.

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1. A runner jogs to the 50 m mark and then turns back to the 20 m mark. What is the total distance?

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2. A Math teacher walks 5 meters East, 3 meters South, 7 meters West, and finally 4 meters North. What is the Math teacher's total distance travelled?

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3. A Math teacher walks 5 meters East, 3 meters South, 7 meters West, and finally 4 meters North. What is the Math teacher's displacement?

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4. Suppose your school is 2 km away from your home. In the morning, you are going to school and in the afternoon you come back home. In this entire trip, what is the distance travelled

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5. James ran 300 m in 80 s. What is his speed?

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6. A cyclist travels at a speed of 30 km/h. How far will he cover in 2 h?

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7. A bus travels at a constant speed of 48 km/h. How long will it take to travel 60 km?

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8. What is the velocity of the car that travelled a total of 67 km North in 1.5 hours?

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9. A plane travelled for about 2.6 hours at a speed of 1250 km/hr. How far did it travel?

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10. A bus is travelling 110 km/hr. How many hours will it take to cover a distance of 700 km?