5.P.1.2 #7: Schoolnet

Cary wanted to time her long jump. What two other pieces of information does she need to figure out her final time?

• length of her leg and starting position

• starting position and distance traveled

• length of jump and pace of jump

• pace of jump and her height

Lauryn wants to know how fast her printer prints. She knows the time it took for the printing to happen, what else does she need to know?

• the size of her printer

• how many pages were printed

• how much ink was used

• if there was enough paper in the machine

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Briana was biking in a triathlon. If she knows she traveled 3.2 kilometers and that it took her 11 minutes. What can she calculate using these?

• her position in the triathlon

• her pace while swimming

• the diameter of her bike's wheel

• her pace while biking

Austin was completing his weekend to-do list. He wants to know his speed of task completion. If he knows how many tasks he finished, what else does he need to know?

• how long it took to finish all of his tasks

• when he started working on his tasks

• how difficult each task was

• when his deadline was

Leroy was racing against his dog. If they ran the same distance and had the same speed, who finished the race first?

• Neither of them finished the race.

• Leroy finished the race first.

• The dog finished the race first.

• Leroy and the dog tied.

Antonio was speed skating at the ice rink. He traveled 300 yards in total and it took him 5.32 minutes. What else can he understand using this information?

• his record

• his speed

• his ability

• his acceleration

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Rhonda went on a cruise. The cruise ship traveled at 32 knots per hour. It took them 7.2 hours to arrive at their destination. What can Rhonda figure out using this information?

• the direction in which the cruise ship traveled

• how far Rhonda's destination was

• where Rhonda was going

• what time Rhonda arrived at her destination

Jayden was riding a motorcycle. What two things does he need to know to figure out his motorcycle's speed?

• the distance that he traveled

• the make and model of his motorcycle

• when he started moving and when he stopped moving

• how far he traveled and how many hours it took

Kai wants to know how long it will take to drive to his grandparents' house. What does he need to know to figure this out?

• where their house is and where his house is

• how fast his car is traveling and how far away their house

• how many stops he will have to make and when he needs to be there

• how fast his car is traveling and the size of his car

Grace is a ballet dancer. She wants to know her speed when doing her spins. She knows she spun for 34.67 seconds. What else does she need to know to calculate her speed?

• if her spins are balanced

• where she was spinning

• what kind of spins she was doing

• how many spins she did in that time

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