Speed Trivia

What information do you need to know in order to figure speed?

• distance and time

• direction and mass

• time and weight

• direction and mass

A person ran 36 meters in 6 seconds. What is the speed of the person?

• 8 meters/second

• 5 meters/ second

• 6 meters/second

• 6 hours

To calculate the average speed you ________ the distance traveled by the time.

• add

• subtract

• multiply

• divide

What is speed?

• how far you go

• how much distance is covered over a period of time

• the position of the object

• multiply two mumbers

What is the average speed of Ben's balloon car that takes 5 seconds to travel 15 meters?

• 15 m/s

• 10 m/s

• 5 m/s

• 3 m/s

Allen travels 100 km in 5 hours. Find his average speed in km/hr.

• 5 km/hr

• 10 km/hr

• 50 km/hr

• 20 km/hr

Which is correct?

• speed= distance x time

• speed= speed divided by time

• speed= distance divided by time

• speed= time x speed

A bug traveled 50 centimeters in 5 minutes. What is the average speed of the worm?

• 10 cm/m

• 25 cm/m

• 250 cm/m

• 1 cm/m

What is the speed of an object that travels 20 meters in 4 seconds?

• 80 m/s

• 2 m/s

• 5 m/s

• 24 m/s

A bug traveled 12 meters in 3 seconds. What is the speed of teh bug?

• 36 m/s

• 5 m/s

• 4 m/s

• 7 m/s