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What is speed?

• how far you go
• how much distance is covered over a period of time
• how fast you accelerate
• the change in the location of a object

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If a cheetah runs 180 miles in 3 hours, what is its average speed?

• 60 hours
• 60 miles
• 60 miles/hour
• 60 miles/second/second

Motion is the movement of an object or its change in

• Direction
• Speed
• Position
• Shape

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A news truck traveled 60 miles in one hour on Thursday and 240 miles in four hours on Friday. Which best describes the average speed of the truck? (speed = distance ÷ time)

• The truck drove more slowly on Friday.
• The truck drove more slowly on Thursday.
• The truck drove the same speed on both days.

Michelle drove 300 miles in 6 hours. What was Michelle’s speed?
(speed = distance ÷ time)

• 30 miles per hour
• 50 miles per hour
• 60 miles per hour
• 80 miles per hour

Car W is traveling at 70 miles per hour. Car X is traveling 65 miles per hour. Which statement is true about the movement of the two cars?

• Car W will travel farther than Car X in the same amount of time.
• Car X will travel farther than Car W in the same amount of time.
• Both Car X and Car W will travel the same distance in the same amount of time.
  

How long would it take a car traveling 60 miles per hour to get from Charlotte, NC to Atlanta, GA if the two cities are 240 miles apart? (speed = distance ÷ time)

• 2 hours
• 4 hours
• 6 hours

About how long would it take for an airplane traveling at 500 miles per hour to travel nonstop from San Francisco, CA to Myrtle Beach, SC if the distance between these two cities is 2,800 miles? (speed = distance ÷ time)

• between 5 and 6 hours
• between 3 and 4 hours
• between 1 and 2 hours

Melissa’s dad drives north on the interstate going 70 miles

per hour. About how many miles will her dad travel in

2 hours?

• 70 miles

• 140 miles

• 180 miles

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A car is traveling 50 miles per hour. It leaves Boston, Massachusetts at 5 a.m. and is traveling to Hartford, Connecticut, which is 100 miles away. Without traffic problems or stops, about what time should the car arrive in Hartford?

• 6:00 a.m.

• 6:50 a.m

• 7:00 a.m.

• 7:50 a.m.

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