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WorksheetsCalculating Speed
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 20mins
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 rocket that travels 9000 meters in 12.12 seconds?
725 m/s
7,425 m/s
742.5 m/s
680 m/s
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
Which is the best NFL team?
Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills
Dallas Cowboys (Hint: This is the wrong answer)
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 tree 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
A plane from Waco to Dallas, Texas travels 85 miles. It took the plane 25 minutes to complete the trip. What is the speed?
340 mph
3.4 mi/min
30 mi/min
340 m/s
How fast does a sloth crawl if he moves 10 meters in 4 minutes?
24 m/s
0.4 m/min
2.5 m/min
0.40 m/s
What is the speed of an object that goes 60 miles in 2 hours?
120 mph
30 m/s
120 m/s
30 mph
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
Which is better: Pizza or Nachos?
Pizza
Nachos
Give me both- Pizza Nachos
They're both gross
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
0.04 km/min
25 m/s
205 km/min
25 mph
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?
15 m/s
5 mph
50 mph
5 m/s
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
A plane travels 395,000 meters in 9000 seconds. What was its speed?
460 mph
438 m/s
43.8 m/s
43.8 mph
It takes Josie 0.25 hours to drive to school. Her route is 16 km long. What is Josie’s average speed on her drive to school?
64 km/hr
64 mph
640 mph
160 km/hr
Who's the best science teacher in the world?
Mrs. Rochelle
Mrs. Rochelle
Mrs. Rochelle
Mrs. Rochelle
To work it out you need to...
A train travels 25 km in 5 hrs. How fast is the train going?
25 miles/hr
5 km/hr
5 m/s
50 km/hr
A worm traveled 50 centimeters in 5 minutes. What is the average speed of the worm?
An unusually fast zombie was chasing after Carl to eat him. What was the zombie’s speed at 6 seconds if he traveled 36 meters?
What is the formula to calculate distance?
D = t/s
D = s/t
D = s x t
What is the formula to calculate time?
T = d/s
T = s/d
T = d x s
