5.P.1.2 Calculating Speed

CALCULATING SPEED,
DISTANCE, AND TIME

Solve

• First write formula s=d/t

• Plug in 50 for distance

• Plug in 25 for time

• 50/25 =2

• 2 m/s

Calculating Speed, Distance and

Time

One formula 🡪 s = d/t

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3 different
calculations

Multiple Choice

What is speed?

• how far you go
• how much distance is covered over a period of time
• how fast you accelerate
• the change in the location of a object

Multiple Choice

What is the formula to calculate speed?

• S = t/d
• S = d/t
• S = d x t
• S = t x d

Multiple Choice

What is velocity?

• the quickness of an object
• the location of an object
• acceleration
• speed in a specific direction

Multiple Choice

Total distance divided by total time is

• average speed
• constant speed
• instantaneous speed
• acceleration

Multiple Choice

A runner races in the 100 meter dash.  It takes her 10 seconds to finish.  What is her average speed?

• 10 m/s
• 1000 m/s
• 100 seconds
• 10 seconds

Multiple Choice

Alan travels 100 km in 5hrs. Find his average speed in km/h

• 5km/hr
• 10km/hr
• 50km/hr
• 20km/hr

Multiple Choice

Find speed when distance is 142 km and time is 2 hours.

• 71km/hr
• 52km/hr
• 17km/hr
• 90km/hr

Multiple Choice

What is the speed of an object that travels 60 meters in 4 seconds?

• 240 m/s
• 15 m/s
• 0.067 m/s
• 15 mph

Multiple Choice

What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?

• Mass and time
• Temperature and mass
• Mass and distance
• Distance and time

Multiple Choice

A bus travels 20 km in 30 minutes. What is the average speed of the bus?

• 20 km/hrs

• 30 km/min

• 40 km/hrs

• 50 km/min

Multiple Choice

If a car travels 400 m in 20 seconds, how fast is it going?

• 20 m/s

• 2 m/s

• 32 m/s

Multiple Choice

You arrive in my class 45 seconds after leaving math, which is 90 meters away, How fast did you travel?

• 3 m/s

• 2 m/s

• 4 m/s

Multiple Choice

Kermit rides his bike at a constant speed of 12 miles per hour. How long will it take him to travel 24 miles?

• 12 miles per hour

• 6 hours

• 2 hours

• 24 miles

Multiple Choice

Steve runs 20 m North in 4 seconds. What is his velocity

• 5 m/s

• 4 m/s south

• 5 m/s south

• 5 m/s north

Multiple Choice

1. An airplane leaves California and flies to North  Carolina.  The airplane travels 5 hours at a speed of 804 km per hour.  Which  statement about this trip is true?  (speed = distance/time) 

• California is about  4,020 km from North Carolina.  
• California  is about  800 km from North Carolina. 
• California is about 160 km from North  Carolina.  

Multiple Choice

Car W is traveling at 70 miles per hour.   Car X is traveling at 65 miles  per hour. Which statement is true about  the movement of the two cars?  

• Car W will travel farther  than Car X in the  same amount  of time.  
• Car X will  travel farther than Car W in  the same amount of  time.  
• Both Car X and  Car  W will travel the same distance in  the same amount of time.