Calculating speed

What is the formula to calculate speed?

• S = t/d
• S = d/t
• S = d x t
• S = t x d

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CCSS.6.EE.B.7

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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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Total distance divided by total time is

• average speed
• constant speed
• instantaneous speed
• acceleration

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6

Every summer I drive to Michigan. It is 500 miles to get there. If I average 60 mi/hr, how much time will I spend driving? 

• 8.3 hr
• 0.12 hr
• 30,000 hr

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

• 1/2 mile

• 6 miles

• 24 Kilometers

• 24 miles

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

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

What is the time if the speed is 50 miles per hour and we traveled 100 miles?

• 2 hours

• .5 hours

• 2 miles per hour

• 2 miles

What is the speed of a rocket that travels 9000 meters in 12.12 seconds?

• 725 m/s

• 7,425 m/s

• 742.5 m/s

• 680 m/s

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

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

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

Marni runs 1500 meters around the  school  track.  What does she need to know in order to  find out her speed? 

• her time from  start  to  finish 
• the  number of steps  she  took 
• her  heart rate  at  the finish line 
• the direction  she began  running 

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1