Calculating Speed

What is the formula to calculate speed?

• Speed = Time / Distance

• Speed = Distance / Time

• Speed = Distance x Time

• Speed = Time x Distance

A runner sprints 100 metres in 10 seconds. What is her average speed?

• 10 m/s

• 1000 m/s

• 100 seconds

• 10 seconds

Alan travels 100 km in 5hrs. What is his average speed in km/h?

• 5 km/h

• 10 km/h

• 50 km/h

• 20 km/h

Calculate the speed of a car that travels 142 km in 2 hours.

• 71 km/h

• 52 km/h

• 17 km/h

• 90 km/h

What does this graph show?

• Constant Speed

• Acceleration

• Stationary

• Deceleration

What is the speed of an object that travels 60 metres in 4 seconds?

• 240 m/s

• 15 m/s

• 0.067 m/s

• 15 mph

What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?

• Mass and Time

• Temperature and Mass

• Mass and Distance

• Distance and Time

Which runner won the race?

• A

• B

• C

Which runner had a head start?

• A

• B

• C

• None of them

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