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Calculating Speed

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A girl on a bike rides down a hill 500 meters long in 50 seconds. What is her speed?

a)

100 m/s

b)

10 m/s

c)

1,000 m/s

d)

10 mph

2.

What is the speed of a rocket that travels 9000 meters in 12.12 seconds?

a)

725 m/s

b)

7,425 m/s

c)

742.5 m/s

d)

680 m/s

3.

What is the speed of a jet plane that travels 528 meters in 4 seconds ?

a)

140 m/s

b)

132 mph

c)

142 mph

d)

132 m/s

4.

A trip to Florida takes 10 hours. The distance is 816 km. Calculate the average speed.

a)

81.6 km/hr

b)

81.6 mph

c)

82 m/s

d)

816 km/h

5.

An object must travel 60 meters in 4 seconds. At what average speed will the object have to travel to accomplish this task?

a)

15 mph

b)

15 m/s

c)

1500 mph

d)

150 m/s

6.

How fast does a sloth crawl if he moves 10 meters in 4 minutes?

a)

24 m/s

b)

0.4 m/min

c)

2.5 m/min

d)

0.40 m/s

7.

What is the speed of an object that goes 60 miles in 2 hours?

a)

120 mph

b)

30 m/s

c)

120 m/s

d)

30 mph

8.

A dog goes on a walk for 50 minutes. By the time he is done he had traveled 2 km. What was the dog's speed on the walk

a)

0.04 km/min

b)

25 m/s

c)

205 km/min

d)

25 mph

9.

A dog runs after a ball that is 45 meters away. It takes him 9 seconds to reach the ball. How fast is the dog running?

a)

15 m/s

b)

5 mph

c)

50 mph

d)

5 m/s

10.

A plane travels 395,000 meters in 9000 seconds. What was its speed?

a)

460 mph

b)

438 m/s

c)

43.8 m/s

d)

43.8 mph

11.

It takes Serina 0.25 hours to drive to school. Her route is 16 km long. What is Serina’s average speed on her drive to school?

a)

64 km/hr

b)

64 mph

c)

640 mph

d)

160 km/hr

12.
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
13.
What is the formula to calculate speed?
a)
Speed = time/distance
b)
Speed = distance/time
c)
Speed = distance x time
d)
Speed = time x distance
14.
Calculate the average speed (in meter/sec) if a cheetah runs 180 meters in 10 seconds.
a)
198 m/sec
b)
170 m/sec
c)
12 m/sec
d)
18 m/sec
15.
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
16.
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
17.

If the man and the ball travels 90 m in 9 seconds, what is their average speed?

a)

10 m/s

b)

180 m/s

c)

99 m/s

d)

10 meters

18.

A ball rolls down a steep hill. It travels 500 m in 1 minute. It then rolls on a flat surface for an additional 3 minutes and travels 300 m. What is the average speed of the ball?

a)

.5 m/min

b)

100 m/min

c)

200 m/sec

d)

200 m/min

19.

If a lizard can run 8 m across the water in 4 seconds, how fast is he traveling?

a)

32 m/s

b)

2 m/s

c)

2 seconds

d)

34 meters

20.
Total distance divided by total time is
a)
average speed
b)
constant speed
c)
instantaneous speed
d)
acceleration
21.

You are practicing for an upcoming 100-meter dash and documenting average speed to see your growth. Trial one you ran at 14 seconds, trial two was at 13.8 seconds, and trial three was at 13.2 seconds. What is the combined average speed of all three trials? (round answer to hundredth place – to the second decimal)

a)

7.58 meters/second

b)

7.14 meters/second

c)

7.32 meters/second

d)

7.25 meters/second

22.

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?

a)

32 m/sec

b)

20.7 m/sec

c)

24 m/sec

d)

27 m/sec

23.

Jose Altuve is at batting practice for the Houston Astros.

What was the average speed of all three hits?

a)

32 m/sec

b)

20.7 m/sec

c)

24 m/sec

d)

27 m/sec