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WorksheetsAverage Speed Summative Quiz
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 29mins
A block pulled 0.70 m to the right 0.14 s. What is the Average speed?
5
0.098
.74
1.4
A bus travels 40 km in 10 minutes. What is the average speed of the bus in km/hour.
410 km/h
400 km/h
240 km/h
50 km/h
What was the average speed of the toy car during the two trials to the nearest tenth of a m/s?
1.4 m/s
0.7
14
113.4
1. Which two measurements are needed in order to calculate the speed of an object in motion?
Time and Distance
Volume and Mass
Distance and Force
Mass and Milliliters
It takes five hours to drive from Fort Worth to Midland, which is a distance of 300 miles. What would be the average speed for this trip?
60 mph
300 mph
5 mph
0.016 mph
If you are running to mile on Monday and you stop to tie your shoe, what happens to your time?
The total time you take to complete the mile will increase
The total time you take to complete the mile will decrease
The total distance you take to complete the mile will increase
The total distance you take to complete the mile will decrease
It takes Mrs. Shields 13 hours to drive from Houston to her hometown of St. Louis, which is a distance of 780 miles. What is the average speed of this trip?
(a)
A student throws a football three times. Another student records the distance, the amount of time the ball travels and the average speed in the table above. How many seconds did it take for the ball to travel 40 m during the third throw?
0.5 s
1.0 s
1.5 s
2.0 s
A bus travels 20 km in 30 minutes. What is the average speed of the bus?
20 km/h
30 km/h
40 km/h
50 km/h
Which of the following is a UNIT for speed?
m/s2
m/s
d/t
A golf ball is hit a distance of 400 yards in 20 seconds. What is the speed of the golf ball?
(a)
A car drives with a constant speed of 80 miles per hour. How far can it travel in 180 minutes?
0.44 miles
240 miles
100 miles
80 miles
What is the formula for calculating TIME?
distance/time
distance/speed
speed x time
speed/time
What is the formula for calculating DISTANCE?
distance/time
distance/speed
speed x time
speed/time
The red car rolled 0.5 meters across the table for 2 seconds. The table was 4 meters high. What was the average speed of the red car in m/sec?
0.25 m/sec
2 m/sec
2.25 m/sec
4 m/sec
The purple car traveled for 5 meters in the first 2 seconds, and went 5 more meters in the last 3 seconds. What is the average speed of the purple car's entire trip in m/sec?
0.5 m/sec
1.17 m/sec
1.7 m/sec
2 m/sec
A car travels 50 km in 30 minutes. What is the average speed of the car?
100 km/h
50 km/h
30 km/h
200 km/h
Four students take turns kicking a soccer ball. They record the distance the ball rolls and the amount of time it takes the ball to completely stop. Which student kicks the ball with the greatest average speed?
Student 1
Student 2
Student 3
Student 4
A bus travels 45 km in 30 minutes. What is the average speed of the bus in kilometers per hour?
45 km/h
90 km/h
30 km/h
13 km/h
A girl on a bike rides down a hill 500 meters long in 50 seconds. What is her speed?
100 m/s
10 m/s
1,000 m/s
10 mph
What is the speed of a jet plane that travels 528 meters in 4 seconds ?
140 m/s
132 mph
142 mph
132 m/s
A trip to Florida takes 10 hours. The distance is 816 km. Calculate the average speed.
81.6 km/hr
81.6 mph
82 m/s
816 km/h
An object must travel 60 meters in 4 seconds. At what average speed will the object have to travel to accomplish this task?
15 mph
15 m/s
1500 mph
150 m/s
You are going to race your friend to a tree near the back of the playground. The tress is 24 meters away from where you stand. It will take you 4 seconds to reach the tree. What will your average speed be?
6 mph
16 m/s
60 m/s
6 m/s
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?
