Quiz about Distance, Speed, Time

Question 1

A toy car rolls 8 meters in 2 seconds. What is the average speed of the toy car?

Accepted Answer

4 m/s

Answer

16 m/s

Answer

.25 m/s

Answer

10 m/s

Question 2

A cyclist travels 30 meters in 3 hours. How fast was the cyclist traveling?

Accepted Answer

10 m/h

Answer

90 m/h

Answer

30 m/h

Question 3

A man runs a marathon at 8 mph. The course is 32 miles. How long did it take him?

Accepted Answer

4 h

Answer

128 h

Answer

50 h

Question 4

A mouse traveled 26cm in 4s. What is the average speed of the mouse?

Accepted Answer

6.5cm/s

Answer

6cm/s

Answer

104cm/s

Question 5

A dog walks for 2 hours at 5mph. How far did she walk?

Accepted Answer

10 miles

Answer

10 hours

Answer

2.5 miles

Question 6

1.  How far will a train moving at 5.7 km/min go in 45 minutes?

Accepted Answer

256.5 km

Answer

0.12 km

Answer

7.89 km

Question 7

Speed is equal to

Accepted Answer

Distance/Time

Answer

Time/Distance

Answer

Time x Distance

Answer

Acceleration

Question 8

If a man runs at a speed of 70 m/s, and has a time of 30 s. What is the distance he ran?

Accepted Answer

2100 m

Answer

0.233 m

Answer

2.33 m

Answer

300m

Question 9

If a robot chases you down at a speed of 900 m/s for a distance of 200 m. How long has the robot been chasing you?

Accepted Answer

0.22 s

Answer

4.5 s

Answer

180000 s

Question 10

Michael rides his bike at a constant speed of 12 miles per hour. How far can he travel in 2 hours?

Accepted Answer

24 miles

Answer

1/2 mile

Answer

6 miles

Answer

24 Kilometers

Question 11

If you travel 10 miles in 5 minutes, what is your speed?

Accepted Answer

2 mi/min

Answer

10 mi/min

Answer

15 mi/min

Answer

50 mi/min

Question 12

What equation do I use to calculate time?

Accepted Answer

T = D/S

Answer

S = D/T

Answer

D=TS

Question 13

What equation do I use to calculate distance?

Accepted Answer

D=TS

Answer

S = D/T

Answer

T = D/S

Question 14

What equation do I use to calculate speed?

Accepted Answer

S = D/T

Answer

T = D/S

Answer

D=TS

Question 15

Joshua can run 6 km in 30 minutes. What is his unit rate in km per minute?

Accepted Answer

0.2 km per minute

Answer

5 km per minute

Answer

2 km per minute

Answer

3.5 km per minute

Question 16

Calculate the average speed (in meter/sec) if a cheetah runs 180 meters in 10 seconds.

Accepted Answer

18 m/sec

Answer

198 m/sec

Answer

170 m/sec

Answer

12 m/sec

Question 17

What key word tells me I am measuring time?

Accepted Answer

how long

Answer

how fast

Answer

how far

Answer

how much

Question 18

What key word tells me I am measuring distance?

Accepted Answer

how far

Answer

how long

Answer

how fast

Answer

how much

Question 19

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 location of an object.

Question 20

Lucy the Llama ran 50 meters in 10 seconds. What is Lucy's speed?

Accepted Answer

5 meters per second

Answer

50 meters

Answer

1 second per meter

Answer

10 seconds

Question 21

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 22

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 23

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 24

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 25

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 26

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

Accepted Answer

50 m

Answer

10 miles

Answer

10 m

Answer

5 m

Question 27

Which of the following is a unit of time?

Accepted Answer

hr

Answer

km/hr

Answer

km

Answer

mi

Question 28

Which of the following is a unit of distance ?

Accepted Answer

km

Answer

miles/hr

Answer

hr

Answer

min

Question 29

What is the speed of a jet plane that flies 7200 km in 9 hours ( in km/hr)

Accepted Answer

800 km/hr

Answer

80 km/hr

Answer

800 hrs

Answer

64,800 km/hr

Question 30

A car travels 300 km in 6 hours. What is the average speed of the car (in km/hr)?

Accepted Answer

50 km/hr

Answer

0.02 km/hr

Answer

1,800 km/hr

Answer

50 km

Question 31

A storm is moving toward your house at a speed of 20 km/hr.  It is now 60 km away from your house.  In what time will the storm reach your house?

Accepted Answer

3 hours

Answer

0.3 hours

Answer

1200 hours

Answer

3 km

Question 32

A bird flies at a speed of 4 m/s.  It flies for 2160 seconds from its nest to the field.  How much distance did the bird cover?

Accepted Answer

8,640 meters

Answer

540 meters

Answer

2164 meters

Answer

2156 meters

Question 33

If a student ran 300 m in 30 seconds, what was her average speed?

Accepted Answer

10 m/s

Answer

0.10 m/s

Answer

270 m/s

Answer

100 m/s

Question 34

A man cycling along the road at a constant speed noticed that every 12 minutes a bus overtakes him and every 6 minutes he meets an oncoming bus. If all buses move at the same constant speed and leave the bus station at fixed time intervals, what is the time interval between consecutive buses?

Accepted Answer

8 min

Answer

5 min

Answer

6 min

Answer

9 min

Question 35

sonia and rahul have to cross 125m road. sonia walks and rahul rides bicycle to the end of road and comes back to start. he completes two rounds in this way. After 2 rounds they walk together for 45 meters. If sonia walkswith the speed of 4m/sec what is the speed of rahul while riding bicycle?

Accepted Answer

14 m/s

Answer

8 m/s

Answer

20 m/s

Answer

10 m/s

Question 36

A basketball is dropped from a height of 40 feet.it bounces back each time to a height which is one half of the height of the last bounce. How far approximately will the ball have to be travelled before it comes to rest?

Accepted Answer

120 ft

Answer

80 ft

Answer

60 ft

Answer

160 ft

Question 37

Three cars leave A for B in equal time intervals. They reach B simultaneously and then leave for Point C which is 240 km away from B. The first car arrives at C an hour after the second car. The third car, having reached C, immediately turns back and heads towards B. The first and the third car meet a point that is 80 km away from C. What is the difference between the speed of the first and the third car?

Accepted Answer

60 kmph

Answer

80 kmph

Answer

20 kmph

Answer

40 kmph

Question 38

14 km

Accepted Answer

distance

Answer

time

Answer

speed

Answer

acceleration

Question 39

30 m/s

Accepted Answer

speed

Answer

distance

Answer

time

Answer

acceleration

Question 40

34 minutes

Accepted Answer

time

Answer

distance

Answer

speed

Answer

acceleration

Question 41

Calculate these 3 car's speeds, then rank them in order of fastest to slowest, with 3 being the fastest car and 1 the slowest car.
Car A- distance: 4 meters, time: 2 sec
Car B- distance: 2 meters, time: 2 sec
Car C- distance: 8 meters, time: 2 sec

Accepted Answer

Car A = 2
Car B= 1
Car C= 3

Answer

Car A= 1
Car B= 2
Car C = 3

Answer

Car A= 3
Car B= 1
Car C = 2

Answer

Car A = 3
Car B= 2
Car C= 1

Question 42

Reese rides her bike 10 miles in 5 hours.
Avery rides her bike 15 miles in 5 hours. Which girl rides her bike faster?

Accepted Answer

Avery

Answer

Reese

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