Quiz about Finding the Distance and Speed

Question 1

What is the speed of a car that travels 400 m in 20 minutes?

Accepted Answer

20 m/min

Answer

20 miles/hr

Answer

800 m/min

Answer

200 miles/hr

Question 2

What is the speed of a man who runs 10 miles in 1 hr?

Accepted Answer

10 miles/hr

Answer

20 miles

Answer

10 m/min

Answer

20 hrs

Question 3

A train travels 25 km in .5 hrs. How fast is the train going?

Accepted Answer

50 km/hr

Answer

25 miles/hr

Answer

5 miles/hr

Answer

125 km/hr

Question 4

What is the equation to calculate speed?

Accepted Answer

speed = distance/time

Answer

speed = time/distance

Answer

speed = time x distance

Answer

speed = speed/time

Question 5

What is the equation to calculate time?

Accepted Answer

time = distance/speed

Answer

time = speed/distance

Answer

time = speed x distance

Answer

time = distance x speed

Question 6

What is the equation to calculate distance?

Accepted Answer

distance = speed x time

Answer

distance = speed/time

Answer

distance = time/speed

Answer

distance = speed/distance

Question 7

A car travels 30 miles/hr for 3 hours, calculate the distance it will travel

Accepted Answer

90 miles

Answer

10 miles

Answer

600 miles

Answer

90 km

Question 8

A boat travels at 22 km/hr for 10 hrs, what distance will it travel?

Accepted Answer

220 km

Answer

220 miles

Answer

2.2 km

Answer

22 km

Question 9

A man runs at 10 m/min for 5 min, what distance will he run?

Accepted Answer

50 m

Answer

10 miles

Answer

10 m

Answer

5 m

Question 10

A speed boat travels 200 miles at a speed of 20 miles/hr. How much time will it take to travel the 200 miles?

Accepted Answer

10 hrs

Answer

10 miles

Answer

400 hrs

Answer

100 km

Question 11

Dave runs a 400 m race with a speed of 4 m/s. What time will it take him to finish the race?

Accepted Answer

100 seconds

Answer

400 minutes

Answer

100 minutes

Answer

.25 seconds

Question 12

Which of the following is a unit of speed?

Accepted Answer

km/hr

Answer

hr

Answer

km

Answer

s

Question 13

Which of the following is a unit of time?

Accepted Answer

hr

Answer

km/hr

Answer

km

Answer

mi

Question 14

Which of the following is a unit of time?

Accepted Answer

hr

Answer

km/hr

Answer

km

Answer

mi

Question 15

Which of the following is a unit of distance ?

Accepted Answer

km

Answer

miles/hr

Answer

hr

Answer

min

Question 16

Which of the following is a unit of distance ?

Accepted Answer

mi

Answer

miles/hr

Answer

s

Answer

min

Question 17

Which of the following is a unit of time?

Accepted Answer

sec

Answer

mi

Answer

m/s

Answer

km

Question 18

Which of the following is a unit of speed ?

Accepted Answer

m/s

Answer

sec

Answer

mi

Answer

min

Question 19

Mr. Rudman speed walked 2 miles in 10 minutes, what is his speed?

Accepted Answer

0.2 miles/min

Answer

2 miles/min

Answer

20 miles/min

Answer

40 miles/min

Question 20

Mr. Rudman drives his speed boat 22 km at 45 km/hr how, how long will it take him to go the 22 km?

Accepted Answer

0.48 hrs

Answer

48 hrs

Answer

990 hrs

Answer

45 min

Question 21

Mr. Rudman drives his race car for 4 hrs at 150 miles/hr. How far will he travel?

Accepted Answer

600 miles

Answer

600 km

Answer

60 miles

Answer

6 miles

Question 22

Becky leaves home and rides a distance of 30 km. It took her 2.5 hours. What is her speed?

Accepted Answer

12 km/hr

Answer

0.83 hm/hr

Answer

27.5 km/hr

Answer

75 km/hr

Question 23

A car traveled 1027.88 km from Harrisburg, PA to Chicago, IL in 11.75 hours.  What was the average speed of the car?

Accepted Answer

87.48 m/s

Answer

12,077.59 m/s

Answer

85.67 m/s

Answer

1,039.63 m/s

Question 24

If a student ran 300 m in 30 seconds, what was her average speed?

Accepted Answer

10 m/s

Answer

0.10 m/s

Answer

270 m/s

Answer

100 m/s

Question 25

A speed boat is traveling at 100 km/hr. How many hours will it take for the boat to cover a distance of 115 km?

Accepted Answer

1.15 hours

Answer

15 hours

Answer

0.87 hours

Answer

11,500 hours

Question 26

What is the speed of a helicopter that traveled 1200 miles in 7 hours?

Accepted Answer

171 mi/hr

Answer

70,000 seconds

Answer

171 hours

Answer

8,400 mi/hr

Question 27

A bird flies at a speed of 4 m/s.  It flies for 2160 seconds from its nest to the field.  How much distance did the bird cover?

Accepted Answer

8,640 meters

Answer

540 meters

Answer

2164 meters

Answer

2156 meters

Question 28

You are traveling at 100 km/hr to make it to work on time.  You have to be to work in .25 hours or you will be late.  You have 16 km to travel.  Will you make it to work on time?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Answer

No

Question 29

A truck travels down the highway at a speed of 110 km/hr.  How long does the trip last if the truck covered 2200 km?

Accepted Answer

20 hours

Answer

0.05 hours

Answer

2,090 hours

Answer

242,000 hours

Question 30

What is the average speed of a walker who walks 500 m in 400 seconds?

Accepted Answer

1.25 m/s

Answer

100 m/s

Answer

0.8 m/s

Answer

200,000 m/s

Question 31

A hot air balloon traveled 2.5 hours at a speed of 450 km/hr. What distance did it travel?

Accepted Answer

1,125 km

Answer

87 m/s

Answer

1300 m/s

Answer

180 km

Question 32

A rocket is launched from the launch pad at a speed of 700 km/hr.  How far will the rocket have traveled after 1.0 hour?

Accepted Answer

700 km

Answer

699 km

Answer

350 km

Answer

700 hours

Question 33

An airplane leaves Orlando, FL and travels 540 miles to Washington D.C. The flight takes 90 minutes. What is the speed of the plane?

Accepted Answer

6 m/s

Answer

0.17 m/s

Answer

6 s

Answer

480 m/s

Question 34

A storm is moving toward your house at a speed of 20 km/hr.  It is now 60 km away from your house.  In what time will the storm reach your house?

Accepted Answer

3 hours

Answer

0.3 hours

Answer

1200 hours

Answer

3 km

Question 35

What is the speed of a jet plane that flies 7200 km in 9 hours ( in km/hr)

Accepted Answer

800 km/hr

Answer

80 km/hr

Answer

800 hrs

Answer

64,800 km/hr

Question 36

A car travels 300 km in 6 hours. What is the average speed of the car (in km/hr)?

Accepted Answer

50 km/hr

Answer

0.02 km/hr

Answer

1,800 km/hr

Answer

50 km

Question 37

The graph shows Ashley riding her bike to Maria's house.
What was occurring from point B to point C?

Accepted Answer

She stopped for 4 minutes

Answer

She was increasing her speed.

Answer

She was decreasing in speed

Question 38

What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?

Accepted Answer

Distance and time

Answer

Mass and time

Answer

Temperature and mass

Answer

Mass and distance

Question 39

Nathaniel needs to reach his job in 2 hours. He needs to travel a distance of 95 miles. How fast does he need to drive?

Accepted Answer

47.5 mph

Answer

190 mph

Answer

97 mph

Answer

42.5 mph

Question 40

Mr. Parker decided to go for a long drive in the country. He drove for three hours before stopping. His odometer said that he'd driven 210 miles. What was his average speed on the trip?

Accepted Answer

70 mph

Answer

630 mph

Answer

80 mph

Answer

105 mph

Question 41

If a robot chases you down at a speed of 900 m/s for a distance of 200 m. How long has the robot been chasing you?

Accepted Answer

0.22 s

Answer

4.5 s

Answer

180000 s

Question 42

If you travel 10 miles in 5 minutes, what is your speed?

Accepted Answer

2 mi/min

Answer

10 mi/min

Answer

15 mi/min

Answer

50 mi/min

Question 43

What equation do I use to calculate time?

Accepted Answer

T = D/S

Answer

S = D/T

Answer

D=TS

Question 44

What equation do I use to calculate distance?

Accepted Answer

D=TS

Answer

S = D/T

Answer

T = D/S

Question 45

What equation do I use to calculate speed?

Accepted Answer

S = D/T

Answer

T = D/S

Answer

D=TS

Question 46

If a puppy runs across a park at a speed of 15 m/s. The puppy has a time of 5 seconds. How far did the puppy run?

Accepted Answer

75 m

Answer

30 m

Answer

45 m

Answer

105 m

Question 47

A cross country racer runs at a speed of 550 m/s, with a time of 4 seconds. What is the distance that they ran?

Accepted Answer

2200 m

Answer

1375 m

Answer

.5 m

Question 48

What is the speed of a cheetah that travels 112.0 m in 4.0 s?

Accepted Answer

28.0 m/s

Answer

0.0357 m/s

Answer

28 m/s

Answer

0.036 m/s

Question 49

Avery likes to walk 30 feet in 10 seconds. What is her speed?

Accepted Answer

3 feet/sec

Answer

6 feet/sec

Answer

10 feet/sec

Answer

2 feet/sec

Question 50

Reese rides her bike 10 miles in 5 hours.
Avery rides her bike 15 miles in 5 hours. Which girl rides her bike faster?

Accepted Answer

Avery

Answer

Reese

Question 51

Reese can run 10 meters in 5 seconds. What is her speed?

Accepted Answer

2 meters/sec

Answer

5 meters/sec

Answer

5 miles/hour

Answer

2 miles/hour

Question 52

Anna ran 100 meters in 20 seconds. What was her average speed?

Accepted Answer

5 m/s

Answer

2 m/s

Answer

20 m/s

Answer

25 m/s

Finding the Distance and Speed

52 questions

What is the speed of a car that travels 400 m in 20 minutes?

What is the speed of a man who runs 10 miles in 1 hr?

A train travels 25 km in .5 hrs. How fast is the train going?

What is the equation to calculate speed?

What is the equation to calculate time?

What is the equation to calculate distance?

A car travels 30 miles/hr for 3 hours, calculate the distance it will travel

A boat travels at 22 km/hr for 10 hrs, what distance will it travel?

A man runs at 10 m/min for 5 min, what distance will he run?

A speed boat travels 200 miles at a speed of 20 miles/hr. How much time will it take to travel the 200 miles?

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