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Calculating Acceleration I

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many seconds are in one hour?

a)

60

b)

120

c)

180

d)

3600

2.

How many meters are in a kilometer

a)

10

b)

100

c)

1000

d)

10000

3.

Convert 115 km/h into m/s.

a)

31.94 m/s

b)

414 m/s

c)

9291.67 m/s

d)

13.8 m/s

4.

4. Convert 39 m/s into km/h.

a)

10.83 km/h

b)

140.4 km/h

c)

325 km/h

d)

4.68 km/h

5.

A car manufacturer claims that its latest model can

go from “0 to 90” in 7.5 seconds. If “90” refers to

90 km/h, calculate the car’s acceleration?

a)

12 m/s2

b)

12 km/h/s

c)

187.5 km

d)

187.5 m/s2

6.

Mars’ gravitational force is less than that of Earth’s . If an astronaut drops a hammer and its speed increases from 0 to 15 m/s in 4.04 s, what is the acceleration due to gravity on Mars?

a)

9.8 m/s2

b)

0.269 m/s2

c)

60.6 m/s2

d)

3.71 m/s2

7.

A fighter jet landing on an aircraft carrier’s flight deck that has a length of 300 m must reduce speed from about 153 km/h to exactly 0 km/h in 2 s. What is the jet’s acceleration?

a)

76.5 m/s2

b)

76.5 km/h/s

c)

150 m/s2

d)

150 km/h/s

8.

A child sleds down a steep, snow-covered hill with

an acceleration of 2.82 m/s2. If her initial speed

is 0 m/s and her final speed is 15.5 m/s, how long

does it take her to reach the bottom of the hill?

a)

0.18 s

b)

5.5 s

c)

43.71 s

d)

10.5 s

9.

Once the child in the previous problem reaches the

bottom of the hill, she continues to slide along the flat, snow-covered ground until she comes to a stop. If her acceleration is -0.392 m/s2, how long does it take her to travel from the bottom of the hill to her stopping point?

a)

6.08 s

b)

0.025 s

c)

39.5 s

d)

12.3 s

10.

The Formula Rossa at Ferrari World Amusement Park has an acceleration of 13.89 m/s2. How long does it take for it to reach its top speed of 240 km/h?

a)

17.28 s

b)

4.8 s

c)

62.2 s

d)

12.8 s

11.

A bicyclist accelerates at 0.89 m/s2 during a 5 second interval. If his initial speed was 9.2 m/s, what is his final speed?

a)

13.65 m/s

b)

4.45 m/s

c)

5.05 m/s

d)

40.94 m/s

12.

An automobile accelerates 1.77 m/s2 over 6 seconds to reach freeway speed at the end of the ramp. If the car’s final speed is 88 km/h, what was its initial speed, in km/h, when it began accelerating.

a)

2.95 km/h

b)

49.77 km/h

c)

90.95 km/h

d)

77.38 km/h