Speed Word Problem

Jarrod can run 250 m in 50 seconds. His speed is _____________.

• 250 m/s

• 50 m/s

• 10 m/s

• 5 m/s

A car travelled at 80 km/h for 8 hours. The total distance the car travelled

was ___________.

• 80 km

• 160 km

• 480 km

• 640 km

A small plane flew 2000 km at a speed of 250 km/h. How long did it take?

• 25 h

• 20 h

• 16 h

• 8 h

A car takes 4 h to travel from Town A to Town B. It takes 6 h to travel from Town B to Town C. Town A and Town B are 360 km apart. Town B and Town C are 600 km apart. What is the average speed of the car?

(a)  

Josephine ran at a speed of 3 m/s. She ran for 5 min. How far did she run?

(a)  

The average speed of a car was 92 km/h. The car travelled a total of 414 km. How long did it take?

(a)  

Koster drove at 50 km/h for 7 h. Then he drove at 60 km/h for 3 h. How far did he travel?

(a)  

Johnny and Candice started to walk in opposite directions from Sunshine Shopping Centre. After walking for 30 min, they were 3 km apart. Johnny walked at a constant speed of 2 km/h. What was Candice’s walking speed?

(a)