6.8 Calculate Speed

What is the speed of a car that travels 78 miles in 2 hours?

• 50 miles per hour

• 39 miles per second

• 156 miles per hour

• 39 miles per hour

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What is the speed of a ship that takes 4 hours to sail 68 km?

• 17 miles per hour

• 17 kilometers per hour

• 272 kilometers per hour

• 272 miles per hour

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What is the speed of a horse that runs 300 meters in 20 seconds?

• 15 meters per second

• 15 miles per hour

• 600 meters per second

• 20 meters per second

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What is the speed of a train that travels 120 miles in 1.5 hours?

• 180 kilometers per hour

• 180 miles per hour

• 80 miles per hour

• 80 kilometers per hour

Shane can sprint 100 meters in 12 seconds. What is Shane's speed?

• 8.33 m/s

• 8.33 mi/hr

• 8 m/s

• 8 mi/hr

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A snail crawls 2 meters in 1 hour. What is its speed?

• 2 meters per hour

• .5 meters per hour

• 1 meter per hour

• 1.5 meters per hour

A car travels 90 kilometers in 2.5 hours. What is the speed of the car?

• 40 km/hr

• 36 km/hr

• 36 mi/hr

• 36 m/s

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A car traveled 60 miles in 1.5 hours. What was the avg. speed?

• 40 mph

• 45 mph

• 35 mph

• 30 mph

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What is the difference in average speed between two cars, one that traveled 160 kilometers in 5 hours, and the other that traveled 140 kilometers in the same time?

• 4.0 km/hr

• 40.0 km/hr

• 32 km/hr

• 60 km/hr

Which of the following is the correct formula for calculating speed?

• Speed= force/distance (force divided by distance)

• Speed= mass x acceleration (mass times acceleration)

• Speed = distance/time (distance divided by time)

• Speed = time x energy (time times energy)

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