Finding Averages

a picture form of your data averages; use color on it, write the averages on top of each

• data table

• bar graph

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Total divided by number of trials you did; in a bar graph, you only show these, not every piece of data

• trials

• average

• materials / equipment

• procedure

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the average speed of the Worm's Journey?

• 2.25 meters/minute

• 2 meters/minute

• 1 meter/minute

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What was the average speed of the baseball for his third hit as it traveled in the air?

• 32 m/sec

• 20.7 m/sec

• 24 m/sec

• 27 m/sec

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Show all your work on your answer document.

• 400 m/min

• 0.0025 m/min

• 3600 mi/hr

• 40 m/s

A block pulled 0.70 m to the right 0.14 s. What is the Average speed?

• 5

• 0.098

• .74

• 1.4

Usain Bolt of Jamaica holds the world record for the Men's 100 meter race. He finished in 9.58 seconds! What was his average speed? (Round to the nearest tenth.)

• 10.4 m/s

• .1 m/s

• 1 m/s

• 10.5 m/s

A tortoise can walk about 1.5 miles in 5 hours. What is its average speed?

• 3.3 mph

• 3.3 m/s

• .3 mph

• .3 m/s

A block is pulled 1.8 m to the right in 5 s. What is the block's average speed to the nearest hundredth of a m/s? DO NOT FORGET TO INCLUDE UNITS!

Show all your work on your answer document.

• 4.5 m/s

• 0.22 m/s

• 175 m/s

• 11250 m/s