5.P.1.2 :: Calculating Speed

If you travel 10 miles in 5 minutes, what is your speed?

• 10 mi/min
• 15 mi/min
• 50 mi/min
• 2 mi/min

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

For the summer 5th grade trip, the students traveled for 90 miles. The trip took 3 hours. What was the buses' average speed?

• 30

• 30 mps

• 30 miles

• 30 m/h

A helicopter travels 150 miles in the first hour. It travels 150 miles the second hour. What can be determined about its speed?

• It traveled faster the first hour

• It traveled faster the second hour

• It traveled at a constant speed

• Not enough information

Which information is needed to determine the speed of an object?

• the weight of the object and the the pull of gravity on the object and the amount of time it travelsdistance it travels

• the pull of gravity on the object and the amount of time it travels

• the inertia of the object and the amount of force that is pushing it

• the distance the object travels and the time it takes to travel that distance

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Suzy’s trip to the store takes 30 minutes. She stays inside the store for 10 minutes before returning home. She follows the exact same route home, making her total trip time one hour and twenty minutes. Which statement best describes Suzy’s motion?

• She slows down on the return trip.

• She speeds up on the return trip.

• Her speed remains constant.

• Her speed gains momentum.

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A helicopter traveled 200 miles in one hour. During the next hour, it traveled another 200 miles. Which best describes the average speed of the helicopter during the second hour?

• slower than the first hour

• faster than the first hour

• about the same as the first hour

• exactly the same as the first hour

What unit would I use when measuring distance?

• meters per second
• meters
• seconds

What unit would I use when measuring time?

• meters per second
• meters
• seconds

What unit would I use when measuring speed?

• meters per second
• meters
• seconds

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1