Speed Equations

What two measurements are needed to calculate average speed?

• Distance and Time

• Volume and Mass

• Mass and Time

• Speed and Distance

Cesar drove from Houston to Dallas in 4 hours. Dallas is roughly 250 miles NW of Houston. What was his average speed?

• 1000 mph

• 62.5 mph

• 55 mph

• 60 mph

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

• 2.25 meters/minute

• 2 meters/minute

• 1 meter/minute

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Jose Altuve is at batting practice for the Houston Astros.

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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Jose Altuve is at batting practice for the Houston Astros.

What was the average speed of all three hits?

• 32 m/sec

• 20.7 m/sec

• 24 m/sec

• 27 m/sec

Using the information in the graph, what is the average speed Josh’s car traveled to get home?

• 8 km/hour

• 160 km/hour

• 16 km/hour

• 40 km/hour

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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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A car moves a distance of 1000 m with an average speed of 28 m/s.   Calculate the time.

• 36 seconds

• 28,000 seconds

• 28 seconds

• 972 seconds

What are you calculating when you divide the distance an object travelled by the amount of time it took for that object to travel that distance?

• velocity

• slope

• motion

• speed

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The relationship between speed, distance, and time can be written as a(n) ________.

• instantaneous speed

• slope

• equation

• velocity