WorksheetsCalculating Average Speed
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
What is the speed of a man who runs 10 miles in 1 hr?
a)
20 miles
b)
10 m/min
c)
10 miles/hr
d)
20 hrs
3.
A train travels 25 km in .5 hrs. How fast is the train going?
a)
25 miles/hr
b)
5 miles/hr
c)
125 km/hr
d)
50 km/hr
4.
What is the equation to calculate speed?
a)
speed = distance/time
b)
speed = time/distance
c)
speed = time x distance
d)
speed = speed/time
5.
What is the equation to calculate time?
a)
time = speed/distance
b)
time = distance/speed
c)
time = speed x distance
d)
time = distance x speed
6.
What is the equation to calculate distance?
a)
distance = speed/time
b)
distance = time/speed
c)
distance = speed/distance
d)
distance = speed x time
7.
A car travels 30 miles/hr for 3 hours, calculate the distance it will travel
a)
90 miles
b)
10 miles
c)
600 miles
d)
90 km
8.
A boat travels at 22 km/hr for 10 hrs, what distance will it travel?
a)
220 miles
b)
2.2 km
c)
220 km
d)
22 km
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.
Car #1 that traveled 160 kilometers in 5 hours, and Car #2 traveled 140 kilometers in the same time. Which car traveled faster?
a)
Car #1
b)
Car #2
c)
Their speeds are equal.
11.
A unusually fast zombie was chasing after Carl to eat him. What was the zombie’s speed at 6 seconds if he traveled 36 meters?
a)
6 meters/seconds
b)
6 seconds/meters
c)
.17 meters/second
d)
None of the above
12.
Soccer ball A goes 15 feet in 3 seconds, and Ball B goes 12 feet in 2 seconds. Which ball moved the fastest?
a)
Soccer Ball A
b)
Soccer Ball B
c)
Their speeds are equal.
13.
What is the difference between soccer ball A's speed of 5 feet/second and soccer ball B's speed of 6 feet/second?
a)
0.5 feet/second
b)
1 feet/second
c)
5 feet/second
d)
6 feet/second
14.
A dog can run 50 km in 5 days and a cat can run 15 km in 3 days. What is the difference in the two speeds? (Hint: You need to subtract!)
a)
10 km/day
b)
5 km/day
c)
15 km/day
d)
50 km/day
15.
It takes a student 15 seconds for a weighted ball to travel 5 centimeters. Calculate the ball’s speed. (Think - what is the distance? What is the time?)
a)
0.5 cm/seconds
b)
2 cm/second
c)
0.33 cm/second
d)
3 cm/second
16.
A ladybug moves from 2 cm to 7 cm in 25 seconds. What is the speed of the ladybug? (Hint: To find the total distance, you have to subtract!)
a)
5 cm/second
b)
0.2 cm/second
c)
12 cm/second
d)
3.57 cm/second
17.
What is the average speed of the ball if it falls 20 meters 40 seconds?
a)
A. 20 m/s
b)
B. 10 m/s
c)
C. 0.5 m/s
d)
D. 2 m/s
18.
A dog runs 100 meters in 4 seconds. A lion runs 250 meters in 10 seconds. What is the difference in their speeds?
a)
A. The dog is 100 m faster.
b)
B. The lion 102 m/s slower.
c)
D. The dog is 45 m/s faster.
d)
C. Their speeds are equal.
19.
To score the winning goal, the players must move the ball down the field 80 meters to the goal during the 5 seconds left in the game. How fast (at what speed) must the ball travel to reach the goal in time?
a)
0.0625 meters/second
b)
16 meters/second
c)
16 miles/second
d)
13 meters/second
20.
Marlon decided to visit Dallas, which is 210 miles away from Houston. His trip took him 3 hours to complete. Calculate his average speed.
a)
60 mph
b)
64 mph
c)
70 mph
d)
3 mph
21.
A runner's times for each section of a 400-meter race are shown below:
Results from 400-meter Race
Section Time
1st 100 m 11 seconds
2nd 100 m 13 seconds
3rd 100 m 14 seconds
4th 100 m 14.5 seconds
Which best describes the runner's motion over the course of the 400-meter race?
Results from 400-meter Race
Section Time
1st 100 m 11 seconds
2nd 100 m 13 seconds
3rd 100 m 14 seconds
4th 100 m 14.5 seconds
Which best describes the runner's motion over the course of the 400-meter race?
a)
The runner's speed increased.
b)
The runner's speed decreased.
c)
The runner's speed stayed the same.
d)
The runner's direction stayed the same.
22.
A dog can run 50 km in 5 days and a cat can run 15 km in 3 days. What is the difference in the two speeds? (Hint: You need to subtract!)
a)
10 km/day
b)
5 km/day
c)
15 km/day
d)
50 km/day
23.
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
24.
What is speed?
a)
how far you go
b)
how much distance is covered over a period of time
c)
how fast you accelerate
d)
the change in the location of a object
25.
Allen travels 100 km in 5hrs. Find his average speed in km/h
a)
5km/hr
b)
10km/hr
c)
50km/hr
d)
20km/hr
26.
A runner races in the 100 meter dash. It takes her 10 seconds to finish. What is her average speed?
a)
10 m/s
b)
1000 m/s
c)
100 seconds
d)
10 seconds
27.
To calculate average speed you _______ the distance traveled by the elapsed time.
a)
divide
b)
multiply
c)
square
d)
subtract
28.
What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?
a)
Mass and time
b)
Temperature and mass
c)
Mass and distance
d)
Distance and time
29.
Total distance divided by total time is
a)
average speed
b)
average time
c)
average distance
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