WorksheetsCalculating Acceleration I
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 23mins
How many seconds are in one hour?
60
120
180
3600
How many meters are in a kilometer
10
100
1000
10000
Convert 115 km/h into m/s.
31.94 m/s
414 m/s
9291.67 m/s
13.8 m/s
4. Convert 39 m/s into km/h.
10.83 km/h
140.4 km/h
325 km/h
4.68 km/h
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?
12 m/s2
12 km/h/s
187.5 km
187.5 m/s2
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?
9.8 m/s2
0.269 m/s2
60.6 m/s2
3.71 m/s2
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?
76.5 m/s2
76.5 km/h/s
150 m/s2
150 km/h/s
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?
0.18 s
5.5 s
43.71 s
10.5 s
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?
6.08 s
0.025 s
39.5 s
12.3 s
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?
17.28 s
4.8 s
62.2 s
12.8 s
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?
13.65 m/s
4.45 m/s
5.05 m/s
40.94 m/s
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.
2.95 km/h
49.77 km/h
90.95 km/h
77.38 km/h
