Speed Problems

If Steve throws the football 50 meters in 3 seconds, what is the average speed (velocity) of the football?

• 0.06 m/s
• 16.7 m/s
• 150 m/s
• 53 m/s

If it takes Heather 3 seconds to run from the batter's box to first base at an average speed of 6.5 meters per second, what is the distance she covers in that time?

• 19.5 m
• 0.46 m
• 2.2 m
• 3.5 m

Bart ran 5,000 meters from the police at an average speed of 6 meters/second before he got caught. How long did he run?

• 30,000 s
• 0.0012 s
• 833.3 s
• 212 s

If Justin races his Chevy S-10 at the track for 2,560 meters in 60 seconds, what is his average speed?

• 0.023 m/s
• 153,600 m/s
• 42.7 m/s
• 60 m/s

If Mike rides his motorcycle at an average speed of 20 m/s for 500 seconds, how far does he ride?

• 10,000 m
• 25 m
• 0.04 m
• 250 m

Sarah backstrokes at an average speed of 8 meters per second. How long will it take her to complete a 200-meter race?

• 0.04 s
• 1600 s
• 50 s
• 25 s

Lauren's car was detected exceeding the posted speed limit of 60 km/hr. How much over the speed limit was she going if she covered a distance of 10 km in 0.08 hours?

• 40 km/hr Over
• 65 km/hr Over
• 15 km/hr Over
• 20 km/hr Over

Tina's calculations of a tarantula found that the spider was able to cover 20 cm in 5 seconds. What was the average speed of the spider?

• 4 m/min
• 4 m/s
• 4 cm/min
• 4 cm/s

An aircraft carrier made a trip to Guam. The trip took four hours at an average speed of 6 km/h. How far did the ship travel?

• 24 km
• 1.5 km
• 0.67 km
• 5 km

A passenger plane made a trip to Las Vegas, flying at an average speed of 432 mph. How much time did the trip take if the plane traveled 616 miles?

• 0.70 hours
• 1.43 hours
• 2 hours
• 3.4 hours