Speed Practice Problems

What is the speed of a car that travels 400 m in 20 minutes?

• 20 miles/hr
• 20 m/min
• 800 m/min
• 200 miles/hr

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the speed of a man who runs 10 miles in 1 hr?

• 20 miles
• 10 m/min
• 10 miles/hr
• 20 hrs

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A train travels 25 km in .5 hrs. How fast is the train going?

• 25 miles/hr
• 5 miles/hr
• 125 km/hr
• 50 km/hr

What is the equation to calculate speed?

• speed = distance/time
• speed = time/distance
• speed = time x distance 
• speed = speed/time 

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the equation to calculate time?

• time = speed/distance
• time = distance/speed 
• time = speed x distance 
• time = distance x speed

What is the equation to calculate distance?

• distance = speed/time
• distance = time/speed
• distance = speed/distance
• distance = speed x time 

A boat travels at 22 km/hr for 10 hrs, what distance will it travel?

• 220 miles
• 2.2 km
• 220 km
• 22 km

A man runs at 10 m/min for 5 min, what distance will he run?

• 10 miles
• 10 m
• 5 m
• 50 m

A speed boat travels 200 miles at a speed of 20 miles/hr. How much time will it take to travel the 200 miles?

• 10 hrs
• 10 miles
• 400 hrs
• 100 km

Dave runs a 400 m race with a speed of 4 m/s. What time will it take him to finish the race?

• 400 minutes
• 100 minutes
• 100 seconds 
• .25 seconds 

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1