Speed and Rate Word Problems

Gabriel sprinted down the hallway for a science project. He ran a total of 40 meters in 20 seconds. What was his average speed?

• 2 meters per second

• 20 meters per second

• 40 meters per second

• 10 meters for second

A truck driver drove his truck for 5 miles. She drove that distance in a total of 20 minutes. What was the truck driver's average speed?

• 4 miles per minute
• 0.25 miles per minute
• 5 miles per minute
• 0.5 miles per minute

Pablo, Yuridia and Zachary decided to run a race at the same pace together. If they ran 2 miles in a total of 10 minutes, what was their average speed?

• 0.20 miles per minute

• 0.50 miles per minute

• 5 miles per minute

• 10 miles per minute

What is the speed of an object that travels 60 meters in 4 seconds?

• 240 m/s
• 15 m/s
• 0.067 m/s
• 15 mph

Sophia was trying to explaining to Tyler how to find the speed. What equation should she use to calculate speed?

A different runner trains for a marathon for 6 months by eating nothing but bags of french fries from McDonalds. They run a 10 meter dash in 100 seconds. What is their speed?

• 0.01 m/s
• 0.1 m/s
• 1 m/s
• 10 m/s

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

• 0.0357 m/s

• 33 m/s

• 0.036 m/s

• 28.0 m/s

A quarterback threw a football 90 meters. The ball's time in the air was 3 seconds. What speed did the ball travel through the air?

• 30 m/s

• 50 m/s

• 90 m/s

• 33 m/s

A softball player took 3.5 seconds to run from the batter’s box to 1^st base. She ran 10 ft. What is her speed?

Round to the tenths place.

• 2.9 ft/s

• 2.8 ft/s

• 2.7 ft/s

• 2.86 ft/s

Paola ran a 440 meter race in 45 seconds. What was her average speed? Round to the tenths place.

• 8.5 m/s

• 10.2 m/s

• 9.8 m/s

• 9.4 m/s