Average Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration Formula Practice

Calculate the average speed if a cheetah runs 180 meters in 10 seconds.

• 1800 m/sec
• 190 m/sec
• 0.06 m/sec
• 18 m/sec

Calculate the average speed of Cassandra who takes 6 hours to run an 18-mile marathon.

• 24 m/hr
• 3 m/hr
• 0.333 m/hr
• 12 m/hr

How much time would it take for the sound of thunder to travel at an average speed of 330 meters per second a distance of 8000 meters?

• 24.24 seconds
• 24,000 seconds
• 0.04 seconds
• 2.4 seconds

A cricket can travel approximately 8 feet per minute.  How many feet could a cricket travel in 75 minutes?

• 0.11 feet
• 9.375 feet
• 180 feet
• 600 feet

James walked 14 miles at an average speed of 4 miles/hour.  How long did it take him to walk 14 miles?

• 18 hours
• 3.5 hours
• 18,000 minutes
• 3.5 seconds

A bee can fly at an average rate of 7 miles/hour.  If a bee flew nonstop for 18 hours, how far will it have traveled?

• 126 miles
• 2.6 miles
• 25 miles
• 0.38 miles

Find the velocity of a plane that traveled 3000 miles west in 5 hours.

• 600 m/s west
• 6 mph west
• 600 mph west
• 6000 mph west 

Scott travels north 5 miles.  He then goes west 3 miles before he turns south and goes 3 more miles. His trip takes a total of 15 minutes.  What is his average speed?

• about 0.7 mi/min
• about 0.3 mi/min
• about 1.7 mi/min
• about 11 mi/min

Jermaine runs exactly 2 laps around a 400 meter track in 120 seconds. The starting line faces west.  What is his average velocity?

• about 3.3 m/s west
• about 6.7 m/s east
• 0
• about 200 m/s west

Amy runs 2 miles south, then turns around and runs 3 miles north. She does so in 0.75 hour.  What is her average velocity?

• 4 m/s west
• about 1.3 mph north
• about 6.7 mph south
• about 1.3 mph south