Calculating Speed

What is the speed of a snail that travels 24 cm in 4 minutes?

• 9 cm per hour

• 6 cm per minute

• 96 cm per hour

• 4 cm per minute

What is the speed of a man who runs 16 miles in 2 hours?

• 32 miles

• 8 miles/min

• 8 miles/hr

• 2 miles/hr

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A train travels 250 km in 5 hrs. How fast is the train going?

• 25 miles/hr

• 50 miles/hr

• 125 km/hr

• 50 km/hr

What is the equation to calculate speed?

• speed = distance/time

• speed = time/distance

• speed = time x distance

• speed = speed/time

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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

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A boat travels at 20 km/hr for 10 hrs, what distance will it travel?

• 220 miles

• 20 km

• 200 km

• 200 miles

A cyclist rides his bike 36 miles in 4 hours. What is his speed?

• 7 miles per hour

• 9 miles per minute

• 8 miles per hour

• 9 miles per hour

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Soccer Ball A goes 15 feet in 3 seconds

Soccer Ball B goes 12 feet in 2 seconds

Which ball moved the fastest?

• Soccer Ball A

• Soccer Ball B

• Their speeds are equal.

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

• 10 centimeters per minute

• 25 centimeters per minute

• 250 centimeters per minute

• 1 centimeter per minute

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