Quiz about Calculating Average Speed

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

20 m/min

Answer

20 miles/hr

Answer

800 m/min

Answer

200 miles/hr

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

10 miles/hr

Answer

20 miles

Answer

10 m/min

Answer

20 hrs

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

50 km/hr

Answer

25 miles/hr

Answer

5 miles/hr

Answer

125 km/hr

Question 4

What is the equation to calculate speed?

Accepted Answer

speed = distance/time

Answer

speed = time/distance

Answer

speed = time x distance

Answer

speed = speed/time

Question 5

What is the equation to calculate time?

Accepted Answer

time = distance/speed

Answer

time = speed/distance

Answer

time = speed x distance

Answer

time = distance x speed

Question 6

What is the equation to calculate distance?

Accepted Answer

distance = speed x time

Answer

distance = speed/time

Answer

distance = time/speed

Answer

distance = speed/distance

Question 7

A car travels 30 miles/hr for 3 hours, calculate the distance it will travel

Accepted Answer

90 miles

Answer

10 miles

Answer

600 miles

Answer

90 km

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

220 km

Answer

220 miles

Answer

2.2 km

Answer

22 km

Question 9

Mr. Rudman speed walked 2 miles in 10 minutes, what is his speed?

Accepted Answer

0.2 miles/min

Answer

2 miles/min

Answer

20 miles/min

Answer

40 miles/min

Question 10

Car #1 that traveled 160 kilometers in 5 hours, and Car #2 traveled 140 kilometers in the same time. Which car traveled faster?

Accepted Answer

Car #1

Answer

Car #2

Answer

Their speeds are equal.

Question 11

Soccer ball A goes 15 feet in 3 seconds, and Ball B goes 12 feet in 2 seconds. Which ball moved the fastest?

Accepted Answer

Soccer Ball B

Answer

Soccer Ball A

Answer

Their speeds are equal.

Question 12

What is the difference between soccer ball A's speed of 5 feet/second and soccer ball B's speed of 6 feet/second?

Accepted Answer

1 feet/second

Answer

0.5 feet/second

Answer

5 feet/second

Answer

6 feet/second

Question 13

A dog can run 50 km in 5 days and a cat can run 15 km in 3 days. What is the difference in the two speeds? (Hint: You need to subtract!)

Accepted Answer

5 km/day

Answer

10 km/day

Answer

15 km/day

Answer

50 km/day

Question 14

A ladybug moves from 2 cm to 7 cm in 25 seconds. What is the speed of the ladybug? (Hint: To find the total distance, you have to subtract!)

Accepted Answer

0.2 cm/second

Answer

5 cm/second

Answer

12 cm/second

Answer

3.57 cm/second

Question 15

What is the average speed of the ball if it falls 20 meters 40 seconds?

Accepted Answer

C.  0.5 m/s

Answer

A.  20 m/s

Answer

B.  10 m/s

Answer

D.  2 m/s

Question 16

A dog runs 100 meters in 4 seconds.  A lion runs 250 meters in 10 seconds.  What is the difference in their speeds?

Accepted Answer

C.  Their speeds are equal.

Answer

A.  The dog is 100 m faster.

Answer

B.  The lion 102 m/s slower.

Answer

D.  The dog is 45 m/s faster.

Question 17

To score the winning goal, the players must move the ball down the field 80 meters to the goal during the 5 seconds left in the game.  How fast (at what speed) must the ball travel to reach the goal in time?

Accepted Answer

16 meters/second

Answer

0.0625 meters/second

Answer

16 miles/second

Answer

13 meters/second

Question 18

Marlon decided to visit Dallas, which is 210 miles away from Houston. His trip took him 3 hours to complete. Calculate his average speed.

Accepted Answer

70 mph

Answer

60 mph

Answer

64 mph

Answer

3 mph

Question 19

A runner's times for each section of a 400-meter race are shown below:
Results from 400-meter Race
Section Time
1st 100 m 11 seconds
2nd 100 m 13 seconds
3rd 100 m 14 seconds
4th 100 m 14.5 seconds
Which best describes the runner's motion over the course of the 400-meter race?

Accepted Answer

The runner's speed decreased.

Answer

The runner's speed increased.

Answer

The runner's speed stayed the same.

Answer

The runner's direction stayed the same.

Question 20

A dog can run 50 km in 5 days and a cat can run 15 km in 3 days. What is the difference in the two speeds? (Hint: You need to subtract!)

Accepted Answer

5 km/day

Answer

10 km/day

Answer

15 km/day

Answer

50 km/day

Question 21

What is the formula to calculate speed?

Accepted Answer

S = d/t

Answer

S = t/d

Answer

S = d x t

Answer

S = t x d

Question 22

What is speed?

Accepted Answer

how much distance is covered over a period of time

Answer

how far you go

Answer

how fast you accelerate

Answer

the change in the location of a object

Question 23

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

Accepted Answer

20km/hr

Answer

5km/hr

Answer

10km/hr

Answer

50km/hr

Question 24

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

Accepted Answer

10 m/s

Answer

1000 m/s

Answer

100 seconds

Answer

10 seconds

Question 25

To calculate average speed you _______ the distance traveled by the elapsed time.

Accepted Answer

divide

Answer

multiply

Answer

square

Answer

subtract

Question 26

What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?

Accepted Answer

Distance and time

Answer

Mass and time

Answer

Temperature and mass

Answer

Mass and distance

Question 27

Total distance divided by total time is

Accepted Answer

average speed

Answer

average time

Answer

average distance

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