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Speed Practice

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 1hrs 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A puppy runs across a park at a speed of 15 m/s for 5 seconds. How far does the puppy run?
a)
75 m
b)
3 m
c)
0.33 m
2.
If a man runs at a speed of 70 m/s for 30 s, how far does he run?
a)
2100 m
b)
0.233 m
c)
2.33 m
d)
300m
3.
A bat flies for 400 seconds and has a distance of 100 meters. What is the speed of the bat?
a)
0.25 m/s
b)
4 m/s
c)
400 m/s
4.
If a bird flew a distance of 600 m with a time of 60 s, how fast did it fly?
a)
10 m/s
b)
3600 m/s
c)
0.1 m/s
5.
What is the speed of a car that travels 400 m in 20 minutes?
a)
20 miles/hr
b)
20 m/min
c)
800 m/min
d)
200 miles/hr
6.
What is the equation to calculate speed?
a)
speed = distance/time
b)
speed = time/distance
c)
speed = time x distance 
d)
speed = speed/time 
7.
What is the equation to calculate distance?
a)
distance = speed/time
b)
distance = time/speed
c)
distance = speed/distance
d)
distance = speed x time 
8.
Dave runs a 400 m race with a speed of 4 m/s. What time will it take him to finish the race?
a)
400 minutes
b)
100 minutes
c)
100 seconds 
d)
.25 seconds 
9.
Mr. Rudman speed walked 2 miles in 10 minutes. What is his speed?
a)
0.2 miles/min
b)
2 miles/min
c)
20 miles/min
d)
40 miles/min
10.
How much time will it take the hissing cockroach to cross your 1 m table if it can travel at 1 m/s?
a)
1 m
b)
0 s
c)
2 s
d)
1 s
11.
A swimmer can swim across the pool at 2.8 m/s. How far can she swim in 6 minutes?
a)
1008 m
b)
2 m
c)
128 m
d)
0.001 m
12.
A discus thrower scored 139 m. The coach timed the speed of the disc at 13.0 m/s. How long was the disc in the air?
a)
0.09 s
b)
10.7 s
c)
11 s
d)
10 s
13.
A comet is cruising through the solar system at a speed of 50,000 kilometers per hour for 4 hours time. What is the total distance traveled by the comet during this time?
a)
12,500 km
b)
0.00008 km
c)
200,000 km
d)
50,000 km
14.
If Steve throws a football 50 m in 3 s, what is the average speed of the football?
a)
16 m/s
b)
16.7 m/s
c)
16.6 m/s
d)
17 m/s
15.
Ashley conducted an experiment of her fish and found it swam 20 cm in 5 s. What is the speed of her fish in meters/second?
a)
4 m/s
b)
0.04 m/s
c)
0.25 m/s
d)
25 m/s
16.
What is the speed of a cheetah that travels 112.0 m in 4.0 s?
a)
0.0357 m/s
b)
29.0 m/s
c)
0.036 m/s
d)
28.0 m/s
17.
A snail can move approximately 0.30 meters per minute. How many meters can the snail cover in 15 minutes?
a)
4.5 m
b)
50 m
c)
0.02 m
d)
14 m
18.
You have trained all year for a marathon. In your first attempt to run a marathon, you decide that you want to complete this 26-mile race in 4.5 hours. What will your average speed need to be to reach your goal?
a)
117 mph
b)
6 mph
c)
5.8 mph
d)
0.2 mph
19.
A person in a kayak paddles down river at an average speed of 10 km/h. After 3.25 hours, how far has she traveled?
a)
32.5 km
b)
3.08 km
c)
0.3 km
d)
32 km
20.
What is the speed of an object that travels 60 meters in 4 seconds?
a)
240 m/s
b)
15 m/s
c)
0.067 m/s
d)
15 mph
21.
A rocket traveled 90 meters in 45 seconds. How fast did it travel?
a)
2 km/s
b)
2 m/s
c)
5 m/s
d)
1 m/s
22.
Marta rides her bike 10 miles in 5 hours. Joel rides his bike 11 miles in 5 hours. Avery rides her bike 15 miles in 5 hours. Which child rides her bike faster?
a)
Marta
b)
Avery 
c)
Joel
23.
A snail can move approximately 0.30 meters per minute. How many meters can the snail cover in 15 minutes?
a)
4.5 m
b)
50 m
c)
0.02 m
d)
14 m
24.
What is the formula to calculate speed?
a)
S = t/d
b)
S = d/t
c)
S = d x t
d)
S = t x d
25.
Speed x Time = ?
a)
Distance
b)
Time
c)
Speed
d)
Velocity
26.
A ball rolls 144 cm in 12 sec. What is its speed in meters per second?
a)
12 cm/sec
b)
12 m/s
c)
1.2 m/s
d)
0.12 m/s
27.
The standard unit for speed is
a)
m/s
b)
s
c)
m
d)
km