Speed Practice Problems

Calculate the speed of a little boy running if he is covering 40 meters in 33 seconds.

• 0.63 m/s

• 1.21 m/s

• 1320 m/s

• 63 m/s

A family are riding their bikes down by the water. They ride 8 km in 1.3 hours. How fast are they travelling?

• 6.15 km/h

• 10.4 km/h

• 104000 km/h

• 8 km/h

How long does it take a car to travel 432 km if it is travelling at 130 km/h?

• 56160 hours

• 56160 seconds

• 3.32 seconds

• 3.32 hours

A sprinter ran the 200 m sprint at a speed of 6.1 m/s. What was their time?

• 32.8 km

• 32.8 s

• 1220 km

• 1220 s

A train travels at a speed of 144 km/h for 42 minutes. How far has it travelled in this time?

• 6048 km

• 6048 m

• 206 km

• 101 km

Teacher Liv is walking at a speed of 3 m/s. If she walks this fast for 7 minutes, how far will she walk?

• 1260 m

• 140 m

• 21 m

• 2.3 m

Emily ran 300 m in 48 s. David ran 1200 m in 2.9 minutes. Who was running faster?