Average Speed Calculations

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

• 20 miles/hr
• 20 m/min
• 800 m/min
• 200 miles/hr

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

• 20 miles
• 10 m/min
• 10 miles/hr
• 20 hrs

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

• 25 miles/hr
• 5 miles/hr
• 125 km/hr
• 50 km/hr

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the equation to calculate speed?

• speed = distance/time
• speed = time/distance
• speed = time x distance 
• speed = speed/time 

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the equation to calculate time?

• time = speed/distance
• time = distance/speed 
• time = speed x distance 
• time = distance x speed

What is the equation to calculate distance?

• distance = speed/time
• distance = time/speed
• distance = speed/distance
• distance = speed x time 

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

• 90 miles
• 10 miles
• 600 miles
• 90 km

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

• 220 miles
• 2.2 km
• 220 km
• 22 km

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

• 0.2 miles/min
• 2 miles/min
• 20 miles/min
• 40 miles/min

Car #1 that traveled 160 kilometers in 5 hours, and Car #2 traveled 140 kilometers in the same time. Which car traveled faster?

• Car #1
• Car #2
• Their speeds are equal.