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Average Speed Practice

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 2hrs 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What two measurements are needed to calculate average speed?

a)

Distance and Time

b)

Volume and Mass

c)

Mass and Time

d)

Speed and Distance

2.

Which truck pulled 2,000 pounds at the average speed of 2 yards per minute?

a)

Chevy

b)

Dodge

c)

Nissan

d)

Ford

3.

Runner A ran 12 miles in 4 hours and Runner B ran 9 miles in 3 hours. Which runner had the greatest average speed?

a)

Runner A

b)

Runner B

c)

Both runners had the same average speed.

4.

What is the average speed of the Worm's Journey?

a)

2.25 meters/minute

b)

2 meters/minute

c)

1 meter/minute

5.

Using the information in the graph, what is the average speed Josh’s car traveled to get home?

a)

8 km/hour

b)

160 km/hour

c)

16 km/hour

d)

40 km/hour

6.

Select the times that the object is NOT moving according to the graph. (Could be more than one)

a)

0-10 minutes.

b)

10-20 minutes.

c)

20-30 minutes.

d)

30-40 minutes.

7.

Which of these graphs represent a constant speed?

a)
b)
c)
8.

A baseball is thrown a distance of 20 meters. What is its speed if it takes 0.5 seconds to cover the distance?

a)

40 m/s

b)

10 m/s

c)

3 m/s

d)

30 m/s

9.

Calculate the average speed of the object between 1 and 3 seconds.

a)

20 m/s

b)

1 m/s

c)

30 m/s

d)

12 m/s

10.

What kind of speed does this graph represent?

a)

No speed.

b)

Constant Speed.

c)

Increasing speed.

d)

Decreasing speed.

11.

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)  

12.

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?

a)

0.5 s

b)

1.0 s

c)

1.5 s

d)

2.0 s

13.

What is the farthest distance traveled on the graph?

a)

225 km

b)

250 km

c)

200 km

d)

175 km

14.

How is this graph moving?

a)

not moving

b)

decelerating

c)

accelerating

d)

constant speed

15.

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