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calculating average speed

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name

Class

Date

What is the formula to calculate speed?

S = t/d

S = d/t

S = d x t

S = t x d

What is speed?

how far you go

how much distance is covered over a period of time

how fast you accelerate

the change in the location of a object

A runner races in the 100 meter dash. It takes her 10 seconds to finish. What is her average speed?

10 m/s

1000 m/s

100 seconds

10 seconds

Total distance divided by total time is

average speed

constant speed

instantaneous speed

acceleration

Alan travels 100 km in 5hrs. Find his average speed in km/h

5km/hr

10km/hr

50km/hr

20km/hr

Find speed when distance is 142 km and time is 2 hours.

71km/hr

52km/hr

17km/hr

90km/hr

What is the speed of an object that travels 60 meters in 4 seconds?

240 m/s

15 m/s

0.067 m/s

15 mph

What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?

Mass and time

Temperature and mass

Mass and distance

Distance and time

A worm traveled 3 miles in 30 minutes. What is the average speed of the worm in miles per hour?

10 mi/h

6 mi/h

33 mi/h

3 mi/h

10.

Which of the following is a unit of speed?

km/h

11.

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

12.

A person walked 10 miles. It took them 2 hours. How fast were they walking?

8 mph

5 mph

2 mph

10 mph

13.

How fast is a monkey running if it takes him 30 minutes to travel 240 meters?

80 m/min

18 m/min

8 m/min

8 m/s

14.

You arrive in my class 45 seconds after leaving math which is 90 meters away. How fast did you travel?

2 m/s

20 m/s

2 mph

0.5 m/2

15.

Time can be measured in...

how far an object moves

seconds, minutes, hours, etc

the rate at which velocity changes (speeds up)

an object's change in position relative to a reference point

16.

Time is...

how fast an object is moving

how far the object has moved

how long it took the object to travel the distance

17.

Distance is...

how fast an object is moving

how far the object has moved

how long it took the object to travel the distance

18.

Can be measured in meters per second (m/s)

Distance

Time

Speed

Acceleration

19.

Find speed when distance is 142 km and time is 2 hours.

71km/hr

52km/hr

17km/hr

90km/hr

20.

Cesar drove from Houston to Dallas in 4 hours. Dallas is roughly 250 miles NW of Houston. What was his average speed?

1000 mph

62.5 mph

55 mph

60 mph

100 %

calculating average speed

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 28mins

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