Average Speed 2

1. Javelinas are very abundant in South Texas. Javelinas have

strong muscles that allow them to accelerate at high speeds to

evade predators and the find safety. If a javelina runs 56 m in

7 s, what is its average speed? (L3)

• 384 m/s

• 56 m/s

• 8 m/s

• 6 m/s

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2. A Chevrolet Silverado can travel 40 miles in 30

minutes. What is the average speed of the bus, in miles

per hour (mph)? (L3)

• 0.5 mph

• 20 mph

• 30 mph

• 80 mph

3. The graph shows the movement of a person on his

skateboard over time.(L2)

What is the bicycle’s average speed?

• 10 kilometers per hour

• 15 kilometers per hour

• 25 kilometers per hour

• 30 kilometers per hour

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4. What is the average speed of a ball that rolls down a 18m

driveway in 4 seconds? (L2)

• 22 m/s

• 14 m/s

• 4.5 m/s

• 0.2 m/s

5. If a car travels 400m in 20 seconds how fast is it

going?(L2)

• 20 m/s

• 20 seconds

• 20 m/hr

• 200 m/s

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6. A car's motion is shown in the graph below. (L2)

What is the average speed of the car during this trip?

• 11 km/min

• 1 km/min

• 50 km/min

• 40 km/min

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7. What is the average speed, in miles per hour, of a distance

runner who completes a 10 mile race in 120 minutes? (L2)

• 2.5 mph

• 5 mph

• 10 mph

• 120 mph

8. A taxi makes three stops. After leaving the taxi stand, the

taxi drives 4 miles before it makes its first stop. The taxi drives

another 4 miles to reach the second stop. Finally, the taxi

drives 7 more miles to the third stop. What is the average

speed of the taxi for the entire trip if it took 1 hour to complete

the bus route? (L3)

• 5 mph

• 20 mph

• 30 mph

• 15 mph

9. The speed of a car trip on vacation is show below.

Looking at the car trip data the graph is using minutes

to calculate time. What is the speed of the car on this

trip, in kilometers per hour (km/h)?(L2)

• 10 km/h

• 30 km/h

• 60 km/h

• 120 km/h

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10. What is average speed? (L1)

• Speed and direction.

• the average speed of an object is the total distance traveled by the object divided by time it took to cover that distance.

• Velocity per unit time in a given distance

• None of the above.