Velocity

John can travel 560 meters to his house in 540 seconds. What is his velocity?

(a)  

Todd drives to work – 55 miles one way in 1.4 hours. What is his average velocity?

(a)  

Crystal can get to her favorite grocery store at an average velocity of 2.6 m/s. If it takes her 76.92 seconds to get there, how far has she traveled?

(a)  

Liz travels at a constant velocity of 65 miles per hour toward Tucson. Tucson is 275 miles away - How long will it take her to get there?

(a)  

Nascar driver, Jeff Gordon, has a car that is one of the fastest on the circuit. If it travels 600 miles around the track in 4 hours, what is his average velocity?

(a)  

Tom traveled during the holidays to visit his family. The distance and driving time are shown in the graph below. Which conclusion can be made from the graph?

• They stopped often along the way

• They traveled at a fairly constant velocity

• There were different drivers at different times

• They were driving slowly at first and then increased their velocity before stopping

Which of the following is NOT a possible unit for velocity?

• meters/second toward first base

• miles per hour Southbound

• kilometers

• kilometers per minute North