Average Speed

Average speed is

• equivalent to velocity

• the rate at which an object is moving at a given instant

• the rate at which a slope changes

• the total distance traveled divided by the total time

Which of the following is the units for speed?

• miles, meters, kilometers

• minutes, hours, years

• m/s, cm/yr, km/s

• seconds, meters, miles/hour

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Find the velocity of a truck that travels 75 miles north in 2.5 hours.

• 187.5 mph north

• 30 mph north

• 300 mph north

• 200 mph north

This line is:

• curved

• vertical

• horizontal

• none of these

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What is velocity?

• the quickness of an object

• the location of an object

• acceleration

• speed in a specific direction

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What is the formula to calculate speed?

• Speed = time / distance

• Speed = distance x time

• Speed = distance / time

• Speed = time x distance

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In a Fall Trip, the 6th grade students drove to Austin, which is 180 miles away. It takes them 3 hours to get there. What was the bus's speed in miles per hour?

• 60 mph

• 50 mph

• 30 mph

• 55 mph

Beyonce hits a volleyball to Cardi. The ball travels 16 meters in 8 seconds. What is the speed of the ball in meters per seconds?

• 3 m/s

• 5 m/s

• 2 m/s

• 4 m/s

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Jay-Z is driving a remote control car down the hallway. The car goes 60 meters in 15 seconds. What is the car’s speed in meters per second?

• 3 ms

• 6 m/s

• 5 m/s

• 4 m/s

What is speed?

• how far you go

• how much distance is covered over a period of time

• how fast you accelerate

• the change in the location of a object

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