Speed Calculations

Mrs. Bearden drives 50 miles. What does Mrs. Bearden need to figure out her speed?

• The type of car she drives

• Her heart rate as she drives

• The time she has driven

• The direction she was going

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Gabriel sprinted down the hallway for a science project. He ran a total of 40 meters in 20 seconds. What was his average speed?

• 2 meters per second

• 20 meters per second

• 40 meters per second

• 10 meters for second

A truck driver drove his truck for 5 miles. She drove that distance in a total of 20 minutes. What was the truck driver's average speed?

• 4 miles per minute
• 0.25 miles per minute
• 5 miles per minute
• 0.5 miles per minute

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Pablo, Yuridia and Zachary decided to run a race at the same pace together. If they ran 2 miles in a total of 10 minutes, what was their average speed?

• 0.20 miles per minute

• 0.50 miles per minute

• 5 miles per minute

• 10 miles per minute

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

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Sophia was trying to explaining to Tyler how to find the speed. What equation should she use to calculate speed?

• speed = time/distance

• speed = distance X time

• speed = voleicty X time

• speed = distance/time

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A different runner trains for a marathon for 6 months by eating nothing but bags of french fries from McDonalds. They run a 10 meter dash in 100 seconds. What is their speed?

• 0.01 m/s
• 0.1 m/s
• 1 m/s
• 10 m/s

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the speed of the marble at 2 s?

• 5 m/s

• 5 s/m

• 20 m/s

• 20 s/m

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the speed of the marble at 3 seconds?

• 5 m/s

• 45 m/s

• 5 s/m

• 45 s/m

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the speed of a cheetah that travels 112.0 m in 4.0 s?

• 0.0357 m/s
• 28.0 km/s
• 0.036 m/s
• 28.0 m/s