Calculating Speed 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

CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

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

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

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

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

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

Which information is needed to  determine  how fast a  truck  is traveling? 

• direction and  mass  
• distance  and time 
• size and  speed 
• time  and  weight  

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

A unusually fast zombie was chasing after Carl to eat him. What was the zombie’s speed at 6 seconds if he traveled 36 meters?

• 6 meters/seconds
• 6 seconds/meters
• .17 meters/second
• None of the above

Tags

CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

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

• Soccer Ball A
• Soccer Ball B
• Their speeds are equal.

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

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!)

• 10 km/day
• 5 km/day
• 15 km/day
• 50 km/day

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

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

• Car #1
• Car #2
• Their speeds are equal.

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

What is the average speed of Ben’s balloon car that takes 5 seconds to travel 15 meters?

• 3 m/s

• 75 m/s

• 10 m/s

• 1/5 m/s

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

• 5km/hr
• 10km/hr
• 50km/hr
• 20km/hr

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3B